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This book includes culturally diverse case studies, interventions, and best practices for counselors working with women across the lifespan. Topics include normative developmental issues, relationships, self-esteem, body image, addictions, parenting, caregiving, and loss.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgement
Part I: Foundational Perspectives and Theory
1 Re-envisioning the Feminine Ideal: Women are the Sum of Many Diverse Parts
Adrienne N. Erby
2 Integrating Feminist Theory into Counseling Practice
Suzanne Degges-White
3 Integrating Relational Cultural Therapy into Counseling Practice
Katherine Hermann-Turner
Part II: Development from Adolescence through Older Adulthood
4 Counseling Adolescent Girls
Marcela Kepic
5 Counseling Emerging Adult Women
Marcela Kepic
6 Counseling Midlife Women
Suzanne Degges-White
7 Counseling Older Women
Marcela Kepic
Part III: Career Counseling
8 Career Counseling over the Careerspan
Wendy Killam
Part IV: Counseling Concerns of Relational Focus
9 Counseling Women facing Family-of-Origin Issues
Lucy Parker and Dana Isawi
10 Counseling Contemporary Couples
Rebecca Meeks, Jessica Shull, Ana Ulloa Estrada, and Bonnie Cardillo
11 Counseling Women facing Contemporary Family Challenges
Elizabeth O'Brien
12 Counseling Women Survivors of Physical and Emotional Abuse
Anne Shragal
13 Counseling Strategies to Help Women Build Healthy Support Networks
Suzanne Degges-White
Part V: Individual Concerns
14 Counseling Women with Body Image Concerns
Rachel Brandoff and Marcela Kepic
15 Counseling Women with Low Self-Esteem
Lucy Parker
16 Counseling Women with Depression
Marcela Kepic and Wendy Killam
17 Counseling Women with Anxiety
Lucy Parker and Nina Mendez
18 Counseling Women with Addictions
Suzanne Degges-White
Part VI: Caring for Self and Caring for Others
19 Counseling with Chronic Illness and Disability
Yuleinys A. Castillo
20 Counseling Women who Caregive
Marcela Kepic and Kim Tassinari
Part VII: Coping with Grief and Loss over the Lifespan
21 Counseling Women who have Lost their Mothers
Suzy Wise and Elisa Woodruff
22 Counseling Women who have Lost a Partner
Marcela Kepic
23 Counseling Women suffering from Fetal or Perinatal Loss
Donna Gibson
24 Counseling Women who have Lost a Child
Suzanne Degges-White
About the author
Suzanne Degges-White, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education at Northern Illinois University. . She is active in the Association for Adult Development and Aging (AADA). She is the author of four books exploring contemporary relationships, including Friends Forever: How Girls and Women Forge Lasting Relationships; editor of seven books addressing counseling theory and interventions; and has published over 20 refereed journal articles. Dr. Degges-White writes a blog for Psychology Today magazine and is a regular contributor on NIU's NPR radio station's Perspectives program. She has been a guest on the Ethan Bearman show, WGN's Morning and Midday television news programs, as well as print media including Canadian Living, Health Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, and the South China Morning Post.
Summary
This book includes culturally diverse case studies, interventions, and best practices for counselors working with women across the lifespan. Topics include normative developmental issues, relationships, self-esteem, body image, addictions, parenting, caregiving, and loss.
