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	<title>Dr. Mary Gresham</title>
	<link>http://doctorgresham.com</link>
	<description>Atlanta Psychologist</description>
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		<title>Families with problem mothers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    There is often denial in families about the emotional troubles of others in the family. This is particularly true when a mother is emotionally unstable and family members look the other way instead of stepping in and dealing with the issue. The problem with this kind of denial is that children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2010/06/23/families-with-problem-mothers/</link>
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		<title>Helping young adults who are underfunctioning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    Is there such a thing as a slacker young adult? Yes there is and they may be part of your own family or even living with you. I have recently been asked by 2 mothers who have children  in their 20s  living at home, how to help launch these [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2010/05/02/helping-young-adults-who-are-underfunctioning/</link>
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		<title>On being single :the paradox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[   We have just passed Valentine&#8217;s Day, a hard time for many single people because the world seems to be coupled. My single patients tend to have difficulties  and distress at this time of year, feeling shame that they are still single. Most of them express that they feel no one has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2010/02/23/on-being-single-the-paradox/</link>
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		<title>A Difficult Mother</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  What does it mean to have a difficult mother? All mothers go through difficult periods due to fatigue, stress and the demands of adult life and parenting. However a truly difficult mother is difficult all the  time and presents a child with an unresolvable dilemma: you can either sacrifice yourself and have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2010/01/05/a-difficult-mother/</link>
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		<title>Happiness Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    What should you spend your money on? How effective is therapy at increasing happiness?  The latest research from the Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law ( Boyce and Wood) has an article entitled Money or Mental Health: Alleviating Psychological Distress with Monetary Compensation versus Psychological Therapy. This research analyzed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/12/15/happiness-research/</link>
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		<title>Health Insurance Reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    I believe that the majority of health insurance clients have little knowledge of how the industry works and the problems inherent in the current system until they have a serious medical situation and have to become an expert on the process. Most of my new clients are in the dark about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/09/13/health-insurance-reform/</link>
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		<title>ABC&#8217;s 20/20 program about Onsite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday night the Healing Money Issues program was featured on ABC&#8217;s 20/20. This is a 5 day live-in program at a retreat center in Tennessee that works with clients on money issues. I worked in this program as an assistant last november and learned a lot . Here is a link to the video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/08/05/abcs-2020-program-about-onsite/</link>
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		<title>Intimacy and chemicals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been aware for a number of years how using recreational chemicals can impede the development of closeness in couples. The last 2 weeks in the office have really brought this home. When you are high and your special one is not,  he/she is likely to withdraw from you. You don&#8217;t  see the changes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/05/25/addiction-and-the-effects-on-intimacy/</link>
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		<title>Relationship Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of my clients are either seeking to find a special love relationship or to improve the relationship that they are in. Relationship skills that are important for either seeking or improving a relationship are often learned in the family by watching our parents and how they treat each other. If we are fortunate enough [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/03/17/relationship-skills/</link>
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		<title>Seeking Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us want to feel better. This is often the reason people seek therapy.
Psychologists are finally beginning to study and do research on the experience of happiness. Happiness is defined as a feeling of &#8220;subjective well-being&#8221;, meaning that only we can decide if we are happy or not and that it will change from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://doctorgresham.com/blog/2009/02/15/seeking-happiness/</link>
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