As in the 1997 edition, Enns (psychology/women's studies, Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa) seeks to integrate the literatures on feminist theory and therapy with her personal journey as a feminist therapist. Drawing on classic and more recent interdisciplinary scholarship, she reviews consensus values in the field; approaches of specific feminism

An updated, reader-friendly guide to feminist theory and therapy
Feminist Theories and Feminist Psychotherapies: Origins, Themes, and Diversity, Second Edition examines major feminist theoretical perspectives and links them to practical applications of feminist therapy. This book focuses on the evolution of feminist therapy and how historical and current feminist practices interconnect with feminist theoretical and political thought. This new edition contains numerous improvements to further your research with new references, additional information on diversity issues, and more.
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Teaching and Social Justice provides psychologists and educators with a foundation to create their own multicultural feminist pedagogy. The volume challenges them with self reflection and thought-provoking questions such as: How does one's multicultural or feminist theoretical orientation influence how one teaches social justice? How does this influence the manner in which one teaches about diversity issues? How might one's theoretical position influence the organization and structure of the classroom, the interventions used, or classroom dynamics and learning?

Multicultural and feminist perspectives are characterized by a variety of similarities, and the integration of multicultural and feminist perspectives in counseling psychology has been a key aim of those in these fields for decades. However, the effective implementation this approach often has been proven challenging and elusive, with difficulties defining the complexity of feminist and multicultural factors in inclusive and meaningful ways.

Rising to the challenging of integrating multicultural and feminist perspectives, this book features the accumulated knowledge of approximately 40...

This volume transforms how mental health practitioners understand and treat diverse groups of women. The chapters are full of perspectives, techniques, and case studies, and they reflect the experience of women who have lived and studied the research on the social identities they discuss, and thus convey a depth of understanding of women's experiences as 'outsiders-within'.