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Psychotherapy

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Re-evaluation Counseling, Virtually

Organize an avatar-mediated-communication re-evaluation counseling group, or one-to-one, in a virtual world, like Second Life, here through World University and School - see Harvey Jackins' "Re-evaluation counseling" below.

Anger

Weil MD, Andrew. 2010. Managing Stress. drweil.com

Anxiety

Weil MD, Andrew. 2010. Generalized Anxiety Disorder. drweil.com

Depression

Weil MD, Andrew. 2010. Natural Depression Treatment. drweil.com

Diet

5-9 servings of fruit, grains, vegetables, beans and 2 eggs per day?

Exercise

Exercise (30 mins. of walking; Yoga poses? - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Yoga ; Contact Improvisation? - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Contact_Improvisation)

Loneliness

Re-evaluation counseling in Second Life. (Someone will need to orchestrate this, - e.g. see the Re-evaluation Counseling web site below, as one approach. It's easy to start now).

Psychiatry

Seeing and talking with a psychiatrist can be a very sensible thing to do.

Psychodynamic Theory

Psychodynamic therapy works with interactive dynamics, explicitly.

Psychodynamic Theory vis-a-vis primates and concepts of ecology

John Money's Concepts of Determinism, as a start?

See Vaillant below in videos.

Relaxation Response

Benson MD, Herbert. 1972. The Relaxation Response. relaxationresponse.org/steps/

Rough Day?

Did you get ... 8-11 hours of sleep?, 5-9 servings of fruits, grains, vegetables and grains?, an egg or two?, 30 minutes of dancing/walking/movement?, Flax seed oil for omega fatty acids?, Antioxidants (See Dr. Andy Weil's "What's So Special About Antioxidants?" - http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400535/Whats-So-Special-About-Antioxidants.html)?, Ginseng (Yogi tea?) for vitality (See Dr. Andy Weil's "Fighting Fatigue" - http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA400057/Fighting-Fatigue.html)?, a multivitamin? Think improving bodymind neurophysiology as a basis.

Science and Psychotherapy

Self Healing

Piver, Susan. 2010. The Self-Healing Benefits of Meditation. drweil.com

Sleep

8-11 hours of sleep per night while in psychotherapy?

Talking

Learn to talk in new ways about what is challenging you, with someone skilled in listening and problem-solving like a psychotherapist, and/or mutually with a re-evaluation counselor, virtually - and for free. (If you'd like to start this, or organize this, let WUaS know at the email address on the WUaS front page). See this WUaS page for re-evaluation counseling.

Allow language to become central to understanding and communicating for your bodymind.

Select Books
Kauffman, Katie and Caroline New. 2004. Co-counseling: The Theory and Practice of Re-evaluation Counselling. Brunner-Routledge.

Miller, Alice. 1997. The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self. (Revised Edition). Basic Books.

Szasz, Thomas. 2008. Psychiatry: The Science of Lies. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press.

Szasz, Thomas. 2009. Antipsychiatry: Quackery Squared. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press.

Vaillant, George Eman. 1992. Ego Mechanisms for Defense: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press.

Vaillant, George Eman. 1993. The Wisdom of the Ego. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Select Libraries
(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).

Select References
Benson MD, Herbert. 1972. Steps to Elicit the Relaxation Response. relaxationresponse.org/steps/

Bloom, Professor Paul, and Professor Susan Nolen-Hoeksema. 2007. Introduction to Psychology: Lecture 18 Transcript. April 18. New Haven, CT: Open Yale Courses.

Carey, Benedict. 2010. In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist With Healing. November 22. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Goodyear, Dana. 2011. A Cure for Blocked Screenwriters. (Dana Goodyear profiles Barry Michels, a therapist who uses unconventional techniques to unlock the creativity of some of Hollywood's biggest players). March 21. New York, NY: The New Yorker.

Harris, Gardiner. 2011. Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy. March 5. New York, NY: The New York Times.

Murphy, Samantha. 2010. Avatar therapy: From couch to cyberspace. 15 September. Newscientist.com.

Vaillant, George Eman. 2008. Positive Emotions, Spirituality and the Practice of Psychiatry. 6:1:48-62. Cambridge, MA: Mental Health, Spirituality, Mind.

Cognitive therapy

Taylor, Daniel J, Walters, Heather M, Vittengl, Jeffrey R, Krebaum, Steven, Jarrett, Robin B. 2009. Which depressive symptoms remain after response to cognitive therapy of depression and predict relapse and recurrence?. Vol. 123 Issue 1-3 Jun. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy

Bockting, Claudi L H, Spinhoven, Philip, Wouters, Luuk F, Koeter, Maarten W J, Schene, Aart H. 2009. Long-term effects of preventive cognitive therapy in recurrent depression: a 5.5-year follow-up study. (FREE FULL TEXT) Vol. 70 Issue 12 Dec The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Zindel V. Segal, PhD; Peter Bieling, PhD; Trevor Young, MD; Glenda MacQueen, MD; Robert Cooke, MD; Lawrence Martin, MD; Richard Bloch, MA; Robert D. Levitan, MD. 2010. Antidepressant Monotherapy vs Sequential Pharmacotherapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, or Placebo, for Relapse Prophylaxis in Recurrent Depression. (FREE FULL TEXT). Dec 1. 67(12):1256-1264. Archives of General Psychiatry.

Wellness

Select Textbooks
Hales, Robert E., M.D., Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D., and Glen O. Gabbard, M.D. (Authors/Editors). 2008. American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry: Textbook of Psychiatry. 5th edition / Online edition. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Select Video and Audio
Bly, Robert. 1990. AGathering of Men, with Robert Bly and Bill Moyers. (90 minutes). PBS.

Depression - PBS. 2008. Depression: Out of the Shadows. St. Paul, MN: Twin Cities Public Television and WGBH Boston

Dorfmann, Andrea, and Tanya Davis. 2010. How To Be Alone. Youtube.com

Vaillant, George. 2008. George Vaillant at Gel 2008. Gel Conference.

Zimbardo, Phil. 2009. Stanford Open Office Hours: Philip Zimbardo, Part 1. (Heroic Imagination/Insight - also here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=614090435683). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University.

Zimbardo, Phil. 2009. Stanford Open Office Hours: Philip Zimbardo, Part 2 (Evil & Time). ((Evil & Time - also here: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=615467086863). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University.

Zimbardo, Phil. 2009. Stanford Open Office Hours: P. Zimbardo, Part 3 (Shyness/Heroism). (Shyness/Heroism - also here: http://facebook.com/video/video.php?v=616065342953). Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University.

Select Websites
Jackins, Harvey. 2010. Re-evaluation Counseling. Seattle, WA: The Re-evaluation Counseling Communities.

Psychoanalysis - Techniques and Practice. 2010. Psychoanalysis - Techniques and Practice. Romanian Association for Psychoanalysis Promotion (AROPA).

Select Wikis
Psychotherapy. 2010. Psychology wiki. psychology.wikia.com

World University and School Links
Beings Enjoying Life: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Beings_Enjoying_Life

Happiness: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Happiness

Psychology: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Psychology

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