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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790963703321

Titolo

Minding the body : psychotherapy in cases of chronic and life-threatening illness / / Ellyn Kaschak, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-7890-1368-1

1-317-71969-7

1-315-78616-8

1-317-71968-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KaschakEllyn <1943->

Disciplina

616.89/14/082

616.8914082

Soggetti

Feminist therapy

Women analysands - Health and hygiene

Chronically ill - Care

Critically ill - Care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

". co-published simultaneously as Women & Therapy, Volume 23, Number 1 2001."

First published by the Haworth Press, Inc. in 2001.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Minding the Body: Psychotherapy in Cases of Chronic and Life-Threatening Illness; How Can Feminist Therapists Support Women with Autoimmune Disorders?; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A First-Person Story; Fibromyalgia: A Feminist Biopsychosocial Perspective; Battling Injury and Chronic Illness in a Managed Care World: A Case History; Social Construction of Illness: Addressing the Impact of Cancer on Women in Therapy; Putting Theory into Practice: A Psychologist's Story

Feminist Psychotherapy in Cases of Life-Threatening IllnessFrom Life-Threatening Illness to a More Sensitive Therapist: One Woman's Journey; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Support and empower women who are coping with the pain, fear, and stigma of serious diseaseBeing diagnosed with cancer, chronic fatigue



syndrome, or fibromyalgia is a traumatic event that takes place at a time when the patient is already feeling physically (and often emotionally) drained. Minding the Body combines feminist and social constructionist approaches to offer an intimate look into the ways a therapist can help clients cope with the pain, fear, and stigma of serious disease.Minding the Body offers an alternative to the reductive view of the mind-body connection and