Feminism & Psychotherapy

I. Bruna Seu is a lecturer in the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University and a psychotherapist in private practice. M. Colleen Heenan is also a psychotherapist in private practice and university lecturer.

`How compatible are feminist politics and therapeutic values? This book attempts, in a fascinating collection of twelve essays, to answer this question... it demonstrates that, just as there are many feminisms, so too are there many feminist therapies′ - Counselling, The Journal of the British Association for Counselling`This text... multivocalizes the feministic from diverse perspectives of colour, creed, class and theoretical base... fourteen "feminist therapists" bring the fruits of their academic and clinical work to these stimulating, self-questioning and challenging chapters... There is a wealth of material in this rich and enjoyable, highly readable collection which merits consideration and debate′ - The European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling & Health`The central question that Seu and Heenan have posed to contributors to this book is to explore critically how their feminist beliefs, understandings and commitments inform their work as psychotherapeutic practitioners and researchers. What we are offered is a multiplicity of feminist and psychotherapeutic narratives... The book raises a very serious issue about the nature of the feminist project within psychotherapy... The editors and contributors have created a brave book which articulates the dilemmas of feminist thought and practice within the contexts of therapeutic engagement. I have been grateful for the opportunity to engage with it, I shall return to many of the chapters for further reflection′ - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling`An exciting contribution to current feminist therapy practice and thought.... This book is appropriate for upper-level women′s studies courses, women′s therapy courses and for practitioners who want to think about what it means to be a feminist therapist.′ - Feminism and Psychology

• Introduction - M Colleen Heenan and I Bruna SeuPower and Agency in Feminist Therapy - Jeanne Marecek and Diane KravetzNarrative Therapy, Feminism and Race - Vanessa SwanWhich Women? What Feminism? - Aileen AlleyneFeminist Psychotherapy and Sexual Abuse - Moira WalkerEmpowerment and the Eating-Disordered Client - Robin Sesan and Melanie KatzmanFeminist Object Relations Theory and Therapy - M Colleen HeenanPsychotherapy and Working-Class Women - Pamela TrevithickThe Rhythm Model - Jocelyn ChaplinThe Creative Feminine - Tessa AdamsKristeva and the Maternal BodyJung, the Transference and the Psychological Feminine - Joy SchaverienA Feminist Systemic Therapy? - Elsa JonesChange and Theoretical Frameworks - I Bruna SeuConclusion - M Colleen Heenan and I Bruna SeuQuestions, Answers and Absences in Feminist Psychotherapies