New directions in feminist psychology : practice, theory, and research

280 Pages·1992·54.995 MB·English

by  Joan C. Chrisler

N E W
D I R E C T I O N S
I N F E M I N I S T
PSYCHOLOGY
Practice, Theory,
and Research
Joan C. Chrisler
Doris Howard
Editors
Springer Series:
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VOLUME 13
NEW DIRECTIONS IN FEMINIST PSYCHOLOGY: Practice, Theory, and
Research
Joan C. Chrisler, Ph.D., and Doris Howard, Ph.D.
Joan C. Chrisler is Assistant Professor of Psychology at ConJ1ecticut Col
lege in New London. Her research has focused on issues of importru1ce to
women's health.
Doris Howard is a psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco. She
is also Assistant Director of an Acute Diversion Unit, which provides mental
health services to the homeless.
NEW
DIRECTIONS IN
FEMINIST
PSYCHOLOGY
Practice, Theory, and
Research
Joan C. Chrisler
Doris Howard
Editors
SPRINGER PUBLISHING COMPANY
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New directions in feminist psychology: practice, theory. and research / Joan C.
Chrisler & Doris Howard. editors.
p. cm. -(Springer series, focus on women ; \'. 13)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISB1 0- 261-7540-6
1. 1..Vomen-Psycholog)'. 2. Feminist psychology. 3. Feminist
psychotherapy. I. Chrisler, Joan C. 11. Howard, Doris.
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Contents
Preface
IX
Contributors
XI
• One: Practice 1
Introduction: New Directions in Feminist Practice 1
1 Psychotherapy for Bulimia from a Feminist Perspective 3
William E. Mitchell
2 Still Here: A Perspective on Psychotherapy ~,ith
African-American \Vomen 13
Beverly Greene
3 t\1otherhood and the Clinician/Mother's View of Parent and Child 26
Paula S. Derry
4 Couples in Psychotherapy: The Positive Effects of a Feminist
Perspective on Interpersonal Satisfactions 40
Doris Howard
5 Gender Stereotypes and the Change toward Greater Personal
Maturity in Psychotherapy 46
Gwendolyn L. Gerber
6 \.\forking with the Severely Disturbed Client in a Private Practice
Setting: A Special Challenge for the Woman Therapist 58
Marianne Jackson and Doris Howard
7 Family Therapy for Caregivers of Brain-Injured Patients 66
Rosalie J. Ackerman and Martha E. Banks
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,·i :: Conte11ts
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Two: Theory 5
Introduction: 1e,v Directions in Gender Theory 85
Feminism and Sex Research: Ten Years' Reminiscences and
Appraisal 7
Leonore Tiefe r
9 The Discovering of Iva Lowther Peters: Transcending Male Bias
in the History of Psychology 101
Lesley A. Diehl
l 0 The Feminist Graduate Student in Psychology: Stranger in a
Strange Land? 116
~lary Ricketts
1 l From Victim Control to Social Change: A Feminist Perspective
on Campus Rape Prevention Programs 130
Carole Baroody Corcoran
12 Cancer and Stigma: Problems of Seriously ill Women 141
Geraldine Butts Stahly
13 ew Directions in Dynamic Theories of Lesbianism: From
Psychoanalysis to Social Constructionism 154
Judith M. Classgold
• Three: Research 165
Introduction: New Directions in Feminist Research 165
14 Jury Instructions Worded in the Masculine Generic: Can a
Woman Claim Self-Defense When .. He" Is Threatened? 169
Mykol C. Hamilton, Barbara Hunter, and Shannon
Stuart-Smith
1,5 White Males· Bias Against Black Female Job Applicants l 79
Eugenia Proctor Gerdes, Rebecca S. Miner, Marguerite A.
Maynard Norchi, Mary C. Dominguez Ranallo, and Rosa Joshi
16 How to Avoid Date Rape: College Students' Perceptions 188
Debra B. Hull, Lisa Forrester. John H. Hull, and Marni-Lynne
Caines