| Description |
xxv, 355 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. An introduction to traditional theory -- 2. An insider's view of traditional practice, or everything you always wanted to know about your shrink but were afraid to ask -- 3. Traditional therapy and women -- 4. Polly Patient: an introduction -- 5. The traditional model: Polly Patient versus the doctor -- 6. The growth of the growth therapies -- 7. The unsuccessful marriage of humanist therapy and feminism -- 8. The humanist model: Polly encounters the growth therapist -- 9. New ways of thinking about women -- 10. Changing women's stories/feminist therapy in action -- 11. The feminist model: Polly Patient becomes a person -- Epilogue: A final word to therapists and clients. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Feminist therapy.
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Women -- Mental health.
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Identification, Psychological
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Psychotherapy.
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Women -- psychology.
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| ISBN |
0070243492 |
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