Women in Therapy

by Lerner, Harriet Goldhor

• ISBN13: 9780060972288
• ISBN10: 0060972289
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-21
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

In this bold look at women and the psychotherapists who work with them, Harriet G. Lerner, Ph.D., a nationally acclaimed expert and bestselling author, analyzes more recent feminist interpretations, critiques and challenges traditional notions of female psychology, and illustrates how current theory can be transformed into effective therapy.

Author Biography

Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is a renowned expert on the psychology of women and a psychotherapist on the staff of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Author's Foreword	xvii
Part I Early Years and Their Interpretation
Origins of Envy and Devaluation of Women	3	(20)
Parental Mislabeling of Female Genitals	23	(16)
Penis Envy	39	(12)
Internal Prohibitions against Female Anger	51	(20)
Part II Female Psychology and Psychotherapy
Adaptive and Pathogenic Aspects of Sex-Role Stereotypes	71	(12)
Girls, ladies or Women? The Unconscious Dynamics of Language Choice	83	(8)
The Hysterical Personality	91	(14)
Special Issues for Women in Psychotherapy	105	(22)
The ``Giving'' Therapist and the Female Patient	127	(12)
Effects of the Nursing Mother-Infant Dyad on the Family	139	(18)
Female Dependency	157	(14)
Work and Success Inhibitions	171	(30)
Depression	201	(28)
A Critique of the Feminist Psychoanalytic Contribution	229	(30)
Index	259