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1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; About the Editor; Table of Contents; Editorial Note; Introduction and Literature Review; Feminism and Family Therapy: Friends or Foes; Preview of the Contents; Acknowledgments; Deepening Awareness: A Private Study Guide to Feminism and Family Therapy; The Feminist Critique of Family Therapy; Feminist Theory and Frameworks; The Feminist Critique of the Family; Research on Sex Differences; Research on Women and Mental Health; Contemporary Theory and Research on Women's Development; Conclusion |
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Annotated Bibliography and Recommendations for Further ReadingTheoretical Issues; Is Family Systems Theory Really Systemic? A Feminist Communication; Neglect of the Sociocultural System; Bowen Theory; A Matter of Values; Concluding Remarks; Enmeshment, Fusion or Relatedness? A Conceptual Analysis; Why is the Study of Language Important?; Fusion and Enmeshment; Biases in Definitions and Application of Terms; Does the Map Fit the Territory? The Mystification of Family Experience; Preliminary Theoretical Reformulations: Enmeshment of Relatedness?; Implications for Current Family Systems Theories |
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Common Concerns of Mothers and DaughtersCases; Summary; Women and Eating Disorders; Contributing Factors; Treatment Model; Case Example; Summary; Women, Family Therapy, and Larger Systems; Evolution of Working with Larger Systems; Assessment; Hypothesizing; Treatment Planning and Interventions; Conclusion; Women, Rituals, and Family Therapy; Ritual: An Overview; Women and Ritual; Women's Rituals: Characteristics and Messages; Women, Ritual, and Family Therapy; The Rituals of Everyday Life; Women and Public Life; Conclusion; Training and Supervision Issues |
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Teaching an Integrated Model of Family Therapy: Women as Students, Women as SupervisonA ""Continuum of Emphasis"" Upon Gender Issues; The Apprenticeship Model; Women as Students; Women as Supervisors; Conclusion |
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Clinical Applications; Women and Abuse in the Context of the Family; Women Spouse/Partner Abuse: Concepts and Issues; Victims, Victimizers, and Relationships; Implications for Practice; Conclusion; Female Legacies: Intergenerational Themes and Their Treatment for Women in Alcoholic Families; Alcoholic Systems: Special Issues for Women; Overresponsibility and Underresponsibility: A Clinical Paradigm; Case Study; Discussion and Summary; Lesbian Daughters and Lesbian Mothers: The Crisisof Disclosure from a Family Systems Perspective; Reasons for Disclosure; Coaching the Disclosure |
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Women, Feminism and Family Therapy encourages sensitivity to feminist perspectives and challenges many traditional notions held by therapists, clients, and society. One of the few guides that takes into account feminist ideals and the changing status of women in society, this provocative new book explores a feminist approach to theory, clinical applications, training, and supervision in family therapy. Topics in this exciting and though-provoking book include women in alcoholic families, women and abuse in the family context, lesbian daughters and mothers, and women and eat |
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Published also as v. 3, no. 4 of the Journal of psychotherapy & the family |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist therapy.
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Family psychotherapy.
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Women's rights.
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Family Therapy
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Women -- psychology
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Women's Rights
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Women's rights
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Family psychotherapy
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Feminist therapy
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Familientherapie
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Feministische Psychotherapie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Braverman, Lois
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| ISBN |
9781317773832 |
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1317773837 |
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9781315804200 |
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1315804204 |
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