Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; THEORY APPROACHES FROM PSYCHOLOGY; Can Exercise Contribute to the Goals of Feminist Therapy?; Latinas: Exercise and Empowerment from a Feminist Psychodynamic Perspective; Exercise and Movement as an Adjunct to Group Therapy for Women with Chronic Mental Illness; Narrative Therapy: Inviting the Use of Sport as Metaphor; APPLICATIONS FROM SPORT PSYCHOLOGY AND EXERCISE SCIENCE; Promoting Exercise Compliance: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach; Effect of an Exercise Program on Quality of Life of Women with Fibromyalgia
Summary
Integrate physical activity into feminist therapy!This book explores the healing use of exercise and sport as a helpful adjunct to therapy from several therapeutic orientations within the feminist context. It looks at the ways that feminist orientations challenge the mind-body dichotomy and explores the benefits of integrating physical activity, exercise, and sport into therapy. From the editors:?The contributors to this book display a diversity of theory and research approaches, including the integration of the exercise/sport sciences and exercise physiology. This
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