Beyond Psychoppression

a Feminist Alternative Therapy

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A guide to therapy that explores the intersection between the personal and the political
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: FEMINIST VOICES, PAST AND PRESENT; 1 PSYCHOTHERAPY AND FEMINISM: A HISTORY; Radical beginnings; Other feminist voices; Libertarian influence; Self-help emphasis; New Age; Radical feminist critiques; PART TWO: THEORETICAL ISSUES FOR A FEMINIST THERAPY; 2 OPPRESSION: CAUSE OF WOMEN'S DISTRESS; Oppression; Collective oppression; Individual effects of oppression; 3 ACCESS AND HONESTY; Access; Honesty; 4 PASSION AND JUSTICE; Passion; Justice; PART THREE: BLAME-THE-VICTIM THERAPIES; 5 FREUD AND PSYCHOANALYSIS. Criticism by the early feministsCriticism of the cover-up of childhood sexual abuse; Criticism of oppressive therapeutic practices; Jacques Lacan; 6 HUMANISTIC THERAPIES; 7 NEW AGE AND POPULAR PSYCHOLOGIES; Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life (1984); Robin Norwood, Women Who Love Too Much (1985); 8 LESBIAN SEX THERAPY; JoAnn Loulan; PART FOUR: PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF A FEMINIST THERAPY; 9 ELEMENTS OF A FEMINIST THERAPY; Support; Demystification; 10 FEMINIST THERAPY IN PRACTICE; Contributions to feminist therapy; Stages of therapy; Characteristics of feminist therapy. Profile of a feminist therapistCONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHT OF WORKS CITED; INDEX