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MONDAY,AUG.19,2002
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Katy McCabe lends in the arms of her fellow cheerleaders during basket catch practice for the Lawrence Cheer Academy outside Robinson Center. High schoolers throughout Lawrence practice inside and outside Robinson in preparation for a national competition in the next spring.
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NBC rushing out Martha Stewart movie
By Lynn Elber
AP Television Writer
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NBC thinks a movie about Martha Stewart's life is a good thing and is rushing production on the project for the coming television season.
The film will include the latest chapters in her story, including her stock trades, and "is bound to stir the pot," said NBC Entertainment President leff Zucker.
The planned movie was fast-tracked in light of recent events. Zucker told a meeting of the Television Critics Association.
Congressional investigators are examining whether Stewart had inside information when she sold shares of the biotech company ImClone a day before the Food and Drug Administration announced it had decided not to consider its experimental anti-cancer drug
Zucker was asked if it would be difficult to include the stock angle because it's a developing story.
"Oh, we're going to work it in," he replied.
The film has yet to be cast and no air date was set.
Asked about the future of "Friends," which was widely expected to wrap up its successful nine-year run after the upcoming season. Zucker held out faint hope for another year for the No. 1 comedy.
"I wouldn't 100 percent put the nails on the coffin this year," he said, adding however that it's "most likely the final season."
The stars, including Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry, will each make a reported $24 million for the season's 24 episodes.
In another announcement, NBC said it will remake the hit 1976 horror film "Carrie." Other new films include "War stories," about war corpse-
dents and starring Jeff Goldblum; a Christmas movie with the Muppet characters and the return of Fred Dryser police detective Rick Hunter.
On the series side, Zucker said that the Sept. 24 "Frasier" season premiere will feature the wedding of lovebirds Niles and Daphnie, played by David Hyde Pierce and Jane Leeves.
Returning shows will get new cast members next season. Loriace Tousaint "Any Day Now") is joining "Crossing Jordan" and Lily Tomlin and Mary-Louise Parker will be regulars on "The West Wing." Parker, who has appeared on the White House drama, received an Emmy nomination last week.
"The West Wing" will debut with a two-hour episode Sept. 25. And "Watching Ellie," the sitcom starring "Seinfield" alumna Julia Louis-Dreyfus, will return at midseason with at least nine episodes.
Spiritual therapy replacing secular,traditional methods
By Jan Jarvis Knight Ridder Newspapers
ARLINGTON, Texas — The often emotionally draining group therapy sessions always end with Scriptures, Christian music and a prayer.
For Brandy, a 21-year-old college student wracked by depression and suicidal thoughts, that made all the difference.
"It was the first therapy I've ever gone to where they brought God into it," said Brandy, who asked that her last name not be used. "The therapist prayed for us, and we prayed for each other. It really felt good."
Mixing therapy and theology is hardy new, but the Christian counseling movement that became popular in the 1980s, only to be rocked by the health care crisis of the '90s, is getting a fresh start.
Therapists have at least a master's degree in counseling and a theological background. Both program directors said they consider the work part of their ministry.
In Arlington, midway between Fort Worth and Dallas, there are two faith-based programs at Millwood Hospital. The psychiatric hospital began offering faith-based programs because a lot of patients asked for them, spokesman Randy Kaniecki said.
The Rapha counseling program started last year, and the Minirth Christian program was added this spring, besaid.
both are nondenominational, biblically based therapy programs that combine religious teachings with counseling tools. Patients set goals, learn to change behaviors and practice relapse prevention from a Christian perspective.
The Christian program appeals to a variety of people, from those who
have left organized religion to devoutly religious individuals, said Rick Wilson, director of Rapha at Millwood.
"For many people who have strong religious beliefs, their faith carries them through life," said Wilson, a counselor who is working on his doctorate. "Part of their healing process is that strength they have in them."
Similarly, Minirth focuses on treating the whole person, body, mind and soul, said Brad Fairchild, a licensed professional counselor and director of Minirth at Millwood.
"Faith brings a certain amount of hope," he said. "A patient comes in with hopeless feelings. We provide some hope and a belief system."
It is appropriate to offer programs sensitive to the religious beliefs of patients, said Paula Dobbs-Wiggins, a Dallas psychiatrist.
"Patients want to utilize their religious resources and don't want to be in therapy that excludes something that's a very important part of their life," said Dobbs-Wiggins, who is also assistant professor of pastoral care at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
At the same time, the programs should not be narrowly defined or intolerant of other perspectives, she said.
The programs have become so popular because they validate religious ways of understanding the world, said Mike McCullough, psychology professor at SMU. As a result, patients feel more comfortable seeking treatment and are more likely to get personally invested, he said.
Rapha and Minirth not only share the same approach in treating mental illnesses, but they also began 25 years ago when the Christian counseling movement was taking off.
In its heyday, Dallas-based Rapha
a Hebrew word meaning "Our God
who heals" . . . had 25,000 to 30,000
people. Wilson said.
"We were the largest Christian inpatient program in the nation," he said.
today there are three Rapha facilities, one each in Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana.
Minirth was founded by Dallas psychiatrist Frank Minirth, who has written more than 50 books and became a popular Christian speaker. The program spread to hospitals. Today the doctor runs a clinic in a Dallas suburb.
After the health maintenance organizations put limitations on coverage of inpatient treatment, and many psychiatric hospitals closed, Rapha and Minirth therapists responded by concentrating on crisis management and patient stabilization.
"We try to focus on the present, what needs to be done so the person can move forward," Fairchild said. "But we can't leave the past out."
While Christian counselors are trained to handle many mental disorders such as depression, more serious problems are not suitable for group therapy. Fairchild said.
"Someone who is really psychotic would be a disruption to the group, but they might join the group after they are stabilized," he said.
Brandy, who spent six days in the Rapha program, said she still battles depression, but she has learned how to deal with it better.
"For me, I had such a feeling of being lonely, like no one understood, and I couldn't trust people," she said. "Through Rapha I learned that all I had to have was trust in God."
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