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	<title>Nina Ross, PhD</title>
	<link>http://ninarossphd.com</link>
	<description>psychotherapy, art therapy, sandtray therapy</description>
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		<title>Testimonials from the Last Painting Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This is one of the safest places I&#8217;ve ever experienced.&#8221; V.F. &#8220;This is wild shit! You never know what gifts may come. The painting answered is the prayer. The prayer answered is the painting.&#8221; V.F. &#8220;It&#8217;s such a relief to see that there is a natural healing process which happens when I pick up the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2012/02/testimonials-from-the-last-painting-group/</link>
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		<title>Letting Go Painting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A person came to painting group who, I discovered upon talking with her during painting time, is extremely hard on herself. Her father was quite critical of her, and she, as a child, just swallowed all of his harshness into herself and believed all the words. In the painting process, she was judgmental towards what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2012/02/letting-go-painting/</link>
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		<title>Intuition, Action and Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I met with a friend last night who is a sculptor. Her interest is in making molds of birds that are endangered, especially of vultures. Last night she told me a story. She was watching a PBS special on vultures in Africa. A woman was being interviewed that runs a sanctuary in Africa. My friend [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2012/01/intuition-action-and-risk/</link>
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		<title>Relief From Not Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that makes art-making so healing is that we &#8220;forget&#8221; to think about ourselves! Art-making, bringing attention to images, takes the focus off of our usual self-obsession. This is usually felt as a gigantic relief. Hours go by, and where have we been? We don&#8217;t know, we&#8217;ve been so immersed, that we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2012/01/relief-from-not-thinking/</link>
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		<title>Keeper of the Secrets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When talking about image-making and images with a friend over tea, I admitted that I don&#8217;t look for meaning when I make my art. How ironic we laughed that, as an art therapist, I keep quiet when it comes to my own work. My friend said that she understands this. She stated, &#8220;We as artists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2012/01/keeper-of-the-secrets/</link>
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		<title>One Painter&#8217;s Share of her painting experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This fall, I approached an intuitive painting class with some trepidation. After laboring over the first painting I presented my work to one of my mentors, an art therapist, for comment. She asked me what I felt it needed. I was blank. We turned it up-side-down. Again I was blank. She then asked if the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2011/11/one-painters-share-of-her-painting-experience/</link>
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		<title>Relief From Meaning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we practice Intuitive Painting in the studio, there is a relief from meaning that takes place. We don&#8217;t ask, as we do in a therapeutic session, what does this painting mean, what story does it tell. We, instead, follow the thread of the painting, step by step, as it reveals itself to us. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2011/11/relief-from-meaning/</link>
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		<title>Beautifying The Wound</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I am watching somebody carve slashes into a piece of wood, I am thinking of wounding, as is she. After cutting the slashes the way that she wants them, she is now painting the wood gold, and rapping the wood/wound with black and gold thread. She is acknowledging the wound, and how hurt she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2011/11/beautifying-the-wound/</link>
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		<title>Painting as Opening</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A participant in an Intuitive Painting group writes&#8221; Painting like this provides an opening. What was once closed, blocked, or neglected begins to breathe again. The breath of new life moving through me and extending again beyond the studio space. I become more and more in touch with myself and what is natural and authentic, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2011/09/painting-as-opening/</link>
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		<title>State of Unknowing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A client, the oldest of three daughters, has been raised to be forthright, responsible, and somewhat rigid. Having not rebelled against that as a teenager, her time is ripe to now. However, now in her late 20&#8242;s, she does not seek to be wild and crazy, but to be be more open, spontaneous, and natural. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ninarossphd.com/2011/08/state-of-unknowing/</link>
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