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Doreen Virtue (born 1958) is an American author and a "folk psychology motivational speaker". She is the founder of Angel Therapy, a type of New Age therapy based "on the premise that communicating with angels is the key to healing. Angel therapists claim they can facilitate healing by helping their patients get in touch with angels who will guide the patients in the right direction."〔("Angel Therapy", the Skeptics Dictionary )〕 Virtue has written over 50 books including oracle card decks on the subject of angels and other New Age topics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.angeltherapy.com/about.php )〕 ==Education and early career== Virtue states of herself "Doreen worked as a psychotherapist specializing in healing eating disorders, until ... 1995". 〔http://www.angeltherapy.com/about〕 According to website 'Best Psychic Readings' she had earlier worked as editor of a local newspaper 'The San Marcos Outlook' from leaving high school apparently until taking up therapy.〔http://bestpsychicreading.org/bio/doreen-virtue/〕 Virtue received an associate degree in liberal arts from Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, California, and obtained a B.A. in Psychology in 1986 and an M.A. in Counseling psychology in 1988 from Chapman University in Orange, California. (Master's programs in psychology are not accredited by the American Psychological Association; accreditation is reserved for doctoral programs and internships.)〔("Understanding APA Accreditation", American Psychological Association )〕 Virtue got a Doctorate of Philosophy in Psychology from California Coast University in 1996. (CCU received accreditation from the Distance Education and Training Council in 2005, and is accredited for its program is Educational Psychology.〔("California Coast University, DETC )〕 CCU is not accredited by the American Psychological Association.)〔("Accredited Programs", American Psychological Association )〕 The subject of her dissertation was the tendency of adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse to develop addictions such as eating disorders.〔 According to the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Doreen L. Virtue held a license as a Registered Psychological Assistant that was voluntarily cancelled January 31, 1993, re-issued July 13, 1993 and again voluntarily cancelled September 16, 1993. A license as a Marriage & Family Therapist Intern issued September 6, 1989. expired September 30, 1993.〔(California Department of Consumer Affairs )〕 Doreen began publishing psychology and self-help books on topics such as child custody and eating disorders before changing the focus of her work and writing to spiritually-oriented and new thought topics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doreen Virtue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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