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California Psychiatrist Thaddeus Kostrubala, 47, is a bald, intense man who for five years has practiced psychotherapy while jogging alongside his patients. Jogging, he says, makes people more talkative and breaks down the social barrier between a know-it-all therapist and a passive patient. But Kostrubala, a veteran marathoner and author of The Joy of Running, has a stronger reason for conducting his running dialogues: he thinks jogging is itself a form of therapy. So far he has trained two "running therapists" and claims some success in using jogging as a treatment for depression, drug addiction and schizophrenia. Says...
...prescribe jogging instead of pills for moderate depression. Others use it to break down patients' defenses in talk therapy, and a few believe running produces chemical changes that help cure serious disorders. Jogging literature now features overblown claims for the method. Runner's World magazine says that Kostrubala may be "a therapeutic messiah who will lead the mentally disturbed out of the desert." Writer Valerie Andrews, in her forthcoming book, The Psychic Power of Running, argues that weekend jogging clinics "could well be the basis for the nation's first grass-roots movement in community mental health...
...cares? "Sailing keeps you alive," says Chicago Psychiatrist Thaddeus Kostrubala, proud owner of a highly therapeutic 32-ft. cruising sloop. "It's a link with nature, with God, with the primeval. It touches your fantasy, your very wellspring. You have to read Conrad to really understand." For those who race, the motivation has a keener edge. "The sport is marvelously complex and terribly competitive," says Bill Parks. "It's a great challenge because there are so many variables: the wind, the weather, water conditions, other boats. You have to tune your boat, get the optimum performance...
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