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Washington Women's Center Feminist Counseling program, followed by an additional three years in the Washington (D.C.) Therapy Guild's training program. She graduated from the Therapy Guild program in 1974.
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last taboo in the therapy office and in life in general." They coined the term "money harmony" and offered a workshop at
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Harmony. This book came to the attention of George Gibson, head of Walker
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was the keynoter. Impressed by their work, Phillips sponsored a trip to
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