October 30

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.

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Doreen Virtue

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." Virtue has written over 50 books including oracle card decks on the subject of angels and other New Age topics.

Education and early career

Virtue states of herself "Doreen worked as a psychotherapist specializing in healing eating disorders, until ... 1995". 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.

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.) 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. CCU is not accredited by the 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.