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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.89/14/082; 616.8914082
• Soggetto topico: Feminist therapy; Women analysands - Health and hygiene; Chronically ill - Care; Critically ill - Care
• Altri autori: KaschakEllyn <1943->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Minding the body
• ISBN: 0-7890-1368-1; 1-317-71969-7; 1-315-78616-8; 1-317-71968-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790963703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II