Women In Therapy

292 Pages·1994·39.221 MB·English

by  Harriet Goldhor Lerner

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SELF-SACRIFICE • SELF-BETRAYAL
DEPENDENCT- DEVALUATION
WORK AND SUCCESS MOTHERING
•
AGGRESSION DEPRESSION
•
MOTHER BLAMING -ANGER
"Women in Therapy is notonlyan intellectual treat;
it is beautifullywritten aswell. The covershould be stamped
in bold letters. Not forprofessionals only. recommend
1
it highly forall women and forthe menwhocare
— forand about them."
Maggie Scarf, authorofIntimatePartners
Harriet Goldhor Lerner, Ph.D.
Author ofTheDance ofAngerand TheDance ofIntimacy

WOMEN
IN
THERAPY
Also byHarriet Goldhor Lemer, Ph.D.
The Dance ofAnger
The Dance ofIntimacy
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A hardcover edition of this book was originally published in 1988 by
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WOMEN IN THERAPY. Copyright © 1988 by Jason Aronson Inc. All rights
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maybe used orreproduced in anymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten
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The Chapters listed below in their original titles appeared in more than one
publication. In addition to these credits, the author gratefully acknowledges all
publishers who granted permission to use their material throughout the book.
Women in Therapy.
Chapter 1 OriginsofEnvyandDevaluationofWomen
(1974). Earlyorigins ofenvyand devaluation ofwomen: implications forsex-role
stereotypes. BulletinoftheMenningerClinic38(6):538-553.Alsoin Womenand
Mental HealtK ed. E. Howell and M. Bayes. pp. 26^0. New York: Basic Books.
1981.AlsoinTheGenderGapinPsychotherapy:SocialRealitiesandPsycholog-
icalProcesses,ed.P. P.RiekerandE. (Hilberman)Carmen,pp. 111-124.NewYork:
Plenum. 1984.
Chapter2 ParentalMislabelingofFemaleGenitals
(1976).Parentalmislabelingoffemalegenitalsasadeterminantofpenisenvyand
learninginhibitionsinwomen.JournaloftheAmericanPsychoanalyticAssocia-
tion24(5):269-283.Also in FemalePsychology,ed.H. P. Blum.pp. 269-283.New
York: InternationalUniversities Press. 1977.Also in Psyche 14:1092-1104, 1980,
(German translation).
Chapter5 Adaptive and PathogenicAspectsofSex-Role Stereotypes
(1978). Adaptive and pathogenic aspects ofsex-role stereotypes: implications for
parentingandpsychotherapy.AmericanJournalofPsychiatry 135(1):48-52.Also
inWomenandMentalHealtKed.E. HowellandM. Bayes,pp. 534-543.NewYork:
Basic Books, 1981.
Chapter6 Girls, Ladies,orWomen?TheUnconsciousDynamicsofLanguage
Choice
(1979). Girls, ladies, or women? the unconscious dynamics ofIsmguage choice.
ComprehensivePsychiatry 17(2):295-299.Also in NursingDimensions7(1):1-3,
1979.
Chapter7 The Hysterical Personality
(1974).Thehystericalpersonality:a"woman'sdisease." ComprehensivePsychia-
try 15(2):157-164.AlsoinWomenandMentalHealtKed.E. HowellandM. Bayes,
pp. 196-206. NewYork: Basic Books, 1981.
Chapter8 Special Issues forWomen inPsychotherapy
(1982).Specialissuesforwomen inpsychotherapy.In TheWomanPatientMedi-
cal and Psychological Interfaces, ed. M. T. Notmanand C. C. Nadelson. pp. 273-
286. NewYork:Plenum.Alsoin TheGenderGap inPsychotherapy:SocialReali-
ties and Psychological Processes, ed. P. P. Rieker and E. (Hilberman) Carmen,
pp. 271-284. NewYork: Plenum, 1984.
Chapter 11 Female Dependency
(1983). Female dependencyincontext: some theoretical and technical considera-
tions.American Journal ofOrthopsychiatry 53(4):697-705.Also in The Gender
Gap in Psychotherapy: Social Realities and Psychological Processes, ed. P. P.
Riekerand E. (Hilberman) Carmen, pp. 125-138. NewYork: Plenum, 1984.

This book is dedicated to feminist voices.
and to
The Menninger Foundation,
which is large enough in size and spirit
to encourage differences.
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