Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
ISBN-10
1452253528
ISBN-13
9781452253527
Category
Psychology
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
1992-10-08
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Author
Bonnie Burstow

Description

With an emphasis on violence against women and on women's responses to it - such as depression, splitting and eating disturbances - this volume furthers the radicalization of feminist therapy. It serves as a comprehensive introduction for trainees and as an ongoing resource for social service workers and therapists. Providing detailed and grounded guidance, the author examines feminist approaches to working with women and discusses issues often omitted or pathologized in general feminist counselling texts, including prostitutes battered by pimps and self-mutilation. She explores such central questions as how women can empower themselves in a sexist society; what forms internalized oppression takes and how clients can be hel

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