Word: psychologist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reasons. Despite its higher intensity and death toll, the Loma Prieta quake inflicted only 10 aftershocks of 3.5 or greater magnitude, compared with more than 150 in L.A. But the main cause is probably L.A.'s "layered" collective trauma. "Previous traumatic experiences have not yet worked themselves out," says psychologist Michael Gellert. "This makes three catastrophes in a year and a half: the riots and their atmosphere of tension perpetuated by the trials, then the fire storms just a couple of months ago, and now the quake. It's layer upon layer. And what this does is magnify people...
Jansen went back to his quarters that night, sat down and wrote the four words that he had been penning to himself for the past two years. The mantra, given to him by sports psychologist Jim Loehr, said, "I love the 1,000." Problem is, Jansen didn't. "I was afraid of it," he admitted...
...Olympics, she will have a few more tricks in her bag. Working with a sports psychologist, she learned that she built up excess nervous energy before a performance. Now she will run up and down the corridor to get some release. She also discovered the relaxing value of comedy tapes. Her favorites are telephone scams by a couple of New York City radio disk jockeys. Says Kerrigan: "They just call up people and harass them. It lightens up the whole atmosphere...
Tonya has her own stress-reduction regimen. "What I do is I basically try to 'tree' it," she told TIME. "My ((sports)) psychologist taught me that. You touch a tree, and you leave your problems there. I get to the rink, and I touch a door so I can leave my problems right there. Most of the time it's been working...
MacKinnon's lover, the much maligned psychologist Jeffrey Masson wrote to Romano, "I am not threatening you... [but] I want you to know, if there is ever anything I can do to hurt your career, I will...