Women psychotherapists : journeys in healing / edited by Lillian Comas-Díaz, Marcella Bakur Weiner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Comas-Díaz, Lillian.

Weiner, Marcella Bakur, 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Biography.

Psychotherapy.

Women--Biography.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reveals what makes a woman become a psychotherapist, the process of conducting psychotherapy from a female perspective, and the journey from being a woman psychotherapist to becoming a female healer. Filled with tales of wisdom, resilience, and hope, this anthology is an essential source for women psychotherapists, trainees in psychotherapy, and all those women who wish to become healers.

Contents:

The birthing of a womanist psychologist : on becoming a guide to healing and empowerment / Thema Bryant-Davis

Hannah Krants : conversion / Janice Crawford

(As) if i had a choice / Beverly Fauman

Psychologist by accident, profession by choice : my journey of compassion and service / Patricia Pitta

Slave and midwife : healing in the midst of social injustice / Beverly Greene

The woman psychotherapist : a spiritual perspective / Marcella Bakur Weiner

Transcultural woman : healing in a strange land / Lillian Comas-Døaz

The delicate art of connection and healing / Cinzia Levalds

Becoming a psychotherapist : discovering the self amidst cultural shifts / Pratyusha Tummala-Narra

Unbroken chain / Carla Bradshaw

Adversity, healing, and the development and practice of a woman psychologist / Jennifer Ruff.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31930-6

1-283-15189-8

9786613151896

0-7657-0789-6

OCLC:

743217350