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The Limits of Compassion: Why Sympathy Alone Won't Prevent Genocide
February 16, 2007 08:26 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Conceptualizing of large numbers of deaths and other atrocities is overwhelming. Logic tells us that the death of 100,000 people is more tragic than the death of 100, but does the increase really produce any change in emotion--or even the expected change of...

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For Many, Grieving Process Defies Traditional Model
February 21, 2007 04:15 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

It's taught in medical schools and psychology classrooms around the world: the stage theory of grief which says the grieving process follows five clear stages, beginning with a sense of disbelief or numbness and moving on through anger, bargaining and depre...

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Brooding Can Be Deadly
January 23, 2008 04:30 AM
Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff

Couples who both express their anger and resolve their issues live longer and have healthier marriages than couples in which one or both members suppress their anger, show preliminary findings from a 17-year study on married couples.

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