Diversity and Complexity in Feminist Therapy

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Diversity and Complexity in Feminist Therapy is an unprecedented new book that focuses on incorporating, appreciating, and building on the differences among women. Multicultural in content and authorship, this intellectually and emotionally stimulating volume breaks new ground in the development of theory in feminist therapy. Chapters run the gamut from highly theoretical works that challenge us to examine the validity of current male, Western psychological theories, to the very personal story of one woman’s struggle with oppression and her respect for the differences between her experiences of oppression and other women’s experiences. You will also find provocative, creative, and diverse chapters that address women’s development as it relates to their ethnic, religious, socioeconomic, sexual, and age differences. The one pervasive truth throughout this unique book is that feminist therapy must be based on the experiences of all women in order to be truly representative of women in the United States. Diversity and Complexity in Feminist Therapy is a first step in moving feminist therapy to a more inclusive, global perspective and back into a more political and activist stance against the oppression that we all want to defeat. Contents Editorial Introduction • Laura S. Brown, Maria P. P. Root The Meaning of a Multicultural Perspective for Theory-Building in Feminist Therapy • Laura S. Brown Approaching a Feminist-Principled Paradigm in the Construction of Personality Theory • Mary B. Ballou Paths Toward Diversity: An Intrapsychic Perspective • Susan E. Barrett On Creating a Theory of Feminist Therapy • Marcia Hill A Japanese View of Dependency: What Can Amae Psychology Contribute to Feminist Theory and Therapy? • Carla K Bradshaw Is Separation Really So Great? • G. Dorsey Green Towards Understanding the Psychology of the Filipino • Elizabeth Protacio Marcelino An Analysis of Domestic Violence in Asian American Communities: A Multicultural Approach to Counseling • Christine K. Ho Ethnic and Cultural Diversity: Keys to Power • Julia A. Boyd Compounding the Triple Jeopardy: Battering in Lesbian of Color Relationships • Valli Kanuha Resolving “Other” Status: Identity Development of Biracial Individuals • Maria P. P. Root What Has Gone Before: The Legacy of Racism and Sexism in the Lives of Black Mothers and Daughters • Beverly A. Greene Perceptions of the Sexual Self: Their Impact on Relationships Between Lesbian and Heterosexual Women • Diane Palladino, Yanela Stephenson Developing a Feminist Model for Clinical Consultation: Combining Diversity and Commonality • Sandra J. Coffman Feminist Psychotherapy and Diversity: Treatment Considerations from a Self Psychology Perspective • Joan F. Hertzberg Diversifying Feminist Theory and Practice: Broadening the Concept of Victimization • Lynne Bravo Rosewater White Feminist Therapists and Anti-Racism • Elizabeth J. Rave Turning the Things That Divide Us into Strengths That Unite Us • Rachel Josefowitz Siegel