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Search: A Guide for Those Who Dare to Ask of Life Everything Good and Beautiful

James J. Kavanaugh. HarperCollins Publishers, $14.95 (188pp) ISBN 978-0-06-251803-3

Kavanaugh (A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church; There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves) is a clinical psychologist, marriage counselor and former priest. His personal anguish, whch included a failed marriage, and his involvement with others undergoing painful transitions in their lives, led to the formulation of 12 principles that cover the basic aspects of livingbeing ""in touch with our feelings,'' ``meeting our own needs,'' etc. The outgrowth of self-help workshops Kavanaugh conducted across the country, this book offers a ``systematic guide to self-awareness.'' Anecdotes from Kavanaugh's own experiences and from his counseling relationships alternate with his poems to elucidate his principles. November 20