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Existential and Spiritual Themes in Disaster Relief Work

Author: Mark Yang

What can psychologists offer people who have suffered through the most profound and devestating traumas?  On a trip to Sichuan, China, after the devestating earthquake there, New Existentialist Mark Yang discovered the answer. 

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