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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828634203321

Titolo

Women psychotherapists [[electronic resource] ] : journeys in healing / / edited by Lillian Comas-Díaz, Marcella Bakur Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Jason Aronson, c2011

ISBN

1-283-15189-8

9786613151896

0-7657-0789-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Comas-DíazLillian

WeinerMarcella Bakur <1925->

Disciplina

616.89/14082

Soggetti

Psychotherapy

Women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.