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Handbook of fEMINIST THERAPY Women's Issues in Psychotherapy Lynne Bravo Rosewater, Ph.D. Lenore E. A. Walker, Ed.D. Editors - Handbook of Feminist Therapy Lynne Bravo Rosewater, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in pri vate practice in Cleveland, Ohio. She focuses on refraining roles for women and men in ber work with individuals, couples, fami lies, and groups. Dr. Rosewater is one of the founding members and the current chairperson of the National Fe1ninist Therapy In stitute. As a national expert on both do1nestic violence and the Minnesota M ultiphasic Personality Inventory (M M PI) profile for battered \vonien, Dr. Rosewater prepares personality assess1nents for use in court with battered women wbo have killed their batter ers. She is currently working on a book ahout the process of change in therapy. Lenore E. Auerbach Walker, Ed.D., A.B.P.P., is a licensed psy chologist in independent practice at Walker & Associates in Denver, Colorado. She does psychological assessments and pro vides psychotherapy in a general practice ·with a specialization in ·women and children who have been victims of men's violent behav ior. She often testifies in courts around the country, docu1nenting psychological injury and speaking on behalf of battered wo1nen ,vho kill their abusers. Dr. Walker previously has authored The Battered Wo11wn (1979) and The Battered Wo111an Syndronie (1984) and edited W0111en and Mental Health Policy (1984). She is a frequent contributor of book chapters and professional joun1al arti cles and speaks nationally to groups who work with won1en victi1n/ survivors of violence. She presently is ,vorking on a new book, tentatively titled Getting It All: Wo,nen in the Eighties. Handbook of Feminist Therapy: Women's Issues in Psychotherapy Lynne Bravo Rosewater, Ph.D. Lenore E. A. Walker, Ed.D. Editors Section Editors: Patricia Spencer Faunce, Ph.D. Carolyn C. Larsen, Ph.D. Lorna P. Cammaert, Ph.D. Iris Goldstein Fodor, Ph.D. Elizabeth Rave, Ed.D. Doreen Seidler-Feller, Ph.D. Laura Brown, Ph.D. Hannah Lerman, Ph.D. Natalie Porter, Ph.D. Editorial Contributions by Patricia G. Webbink, Ph.D. Springer Publishing Company New York Copyright () 1985 hy Springer Publishing Company. Inc. All rights n•served No parl of this public-.ition may be reproduced, stored in u retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by nny means, electronic, mech11nical, phot0<.-opying, rrtording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Sprin!{er PublL~hing Com pany, Inc. Springer Publishing Company, Inc. 536 Urmtdway New York. New York 10012 878889 / 1098765 4 32 Ubrary of Con/!,ress Catafogl11{; 111 Publication Data Main entry under title: Handbook of feminist therapy. Includes bibliogrnphies and index. l. Feminist therapy-Congresses. I. Rosewater, Lynne Bravo. II. \\111Jker. Lenore E. RC489. F45H36 1985 616.89' 14 '088042 85-4782 ISBN 0-8261-4970-7 Printed in the United States of America Contents Contributors xi Introduction-Feminist Therapy: A Coming of Age, by Lynne Bravo Rosewater and Lenore E. Auerbach Walker xix Principles Concerning the Counseling and Therapy of Women xxix • ONE A Feminist Philosophy of Treatment 1 Patricia Spencer Faunce, Edi.tor 1. Some Barriers to the Development of a Feminist Theory of Personality 5 Hannah Lennan 2. Feminist Therapy: Redefining Power for the Powerless 13 Adrienne J. Smith and Ruth F. Siegel 3. The Appointment Hassle: Clues about Women's Themes of Separation-Individuation 22 Joan Hamerman Robbins V vi : : Contents 4. Guidelines for Feminist Therapy 32 Marylou Butler 5. Feminism, The Future of? 39 Doris Jeanette • TWO Introduction to Feminist Psychotherapeutic Techniques and Practices 47 Carolyn C. Larsen and Lorna P. Ca1111naert, Editors 6. Feminist Assertiveness Training: Self-esteem Groups as Skill Training for Women 51 Linda K. Stere 7. Getting to .. No" and Beyond 62 Laurie Weiss 8. Therapeutic Anger in Women 71 Vasanti Burtle 9. Feminist Body Psychotherapy 80 Lauree E . Moss 10. Lesbian Couples and Families: A Co-therapeutic Approach to Counseling 91 Sara Sharratt and Lilian Bern 11. Another Perspective on Merger in Lesbian Relationships 100 Beverly Burch 12. Feminism at the Grassroots 110 Carolyn C. Larsen and Loma P. Ca,nmaerl 13. A Feminist Critique of Sex Therapy 119 Doreen Seidler-Feller
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