Minding the Body - Psychotherapy in Cases of Chronic and Life-Threatening Illness

Simultaneously co-published as Women & Therapy, v.23, no.1, 2001, this volume presents both theoretical views and personal accounts of illness. Nine contributions combine feminist and social constructionist approaches to describe ways that therapists can help clients cope with the pain, fear, and stigma of a serious disease. Some of the disorders

List of contents

Contents

• 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 Illness
• From Life Threatening Illness to a More Sensitive Therapist: One Woman's Journey
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the author

Ellyn Kaschak

Summary

This important volume 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.

Product details

• Authors: Ellyn Kaschak, Ellyn (San Jose State University Kaschak, Kaschak Ellyn
• Assisted by: Ellyn Kaschak (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780789013675
• ISBN: 978-0-7890-1367-5
• No. of pages: 158
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics