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This book presents and illustrates practice guidelines for working with diverse groups of women. Drawing on psychological, multicultural, and feminist research, the chapters consider many of the unique concerns of specific groups of women, including Black/African-American women Latinas lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women Asian-Pacific Islander women Native women women with disabilities and women in transnational and international contexts.
Ample case studies apply the guidelines, emphasizing how practitioners can use clients amp rsquo strengths and resilience to promote empowerment.
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ContributorsSeries ForewordAcknowledgments- Transforming Psychological Practice With Women: An Introduction
Joy K. Rice, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Roberta L. Nutt - Working With Diverse Women: Tools for Assessment and Conceptualization
Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Joy K. Rice, and Roberta L. Nutt - Women and Girls of Black/African Descent
Wendi S. Williams - The Mosaic of Latinas in the United States: Psychological Practice With Latina Women and Girls
Dianna Marisol González, Carrie L. Castañeda-Sound, and Rachel L. Navarro - Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women
Connie R. Matthews - The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity: Asian–Pacific Islander American Women
Phi Loan Le and Khanh T. Dinh - Women With Disabilities: Affirmative Practice and Assessment
Martha E. Banks, Kathleen S. Brown, Linda R. Mona, and Rosalie J. Ackerman - Psychological Practice With Native Women
Wendy M. K. Peters, Kee J. E. Straits, and Pilar E. Gauthier - Transnational Psychological Practice With Women: Perspectives From East Asia and Japan
Sayaka Machizawa and Carolyn Zerbe Enns - Inclusive and Affirmative Psychological Practice: Unifying Themes
Joy K. Rice, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Roberta L. Nutt
IndexAbout the Editors
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Carolyn Zerbe Enns, PhD, is a professor of psychology and a contributor to the ethnic studies and the gender, sexuality, and women's studies programs at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa.
Her scholarly interests include multicultural, feminist, and transnational perspectives on psychotherapy and pedagogy. She has written approximately articles and chapters that focus primarily on gender, pedagogy, and feminist theory and psychotherapy.
Dr. Enns is the author of
Feminist Theories and Psychotherapies and coeditor of
Teaching and Social Justice and the
Oxford Handbook of Feminist Multicultural Counseling Psychology. She has received the Heritage Award for contributions to feminist practice (APA Division 35 [Society for the Psychology of Women]), the Distinguished Leader for Women in Psychology Award (APA Committee on Women), the Florence L. Denmark/Mary E. Reuder Award for contributions to the international psychology of women (APA Division 52 [International Psychology]), and the Woman of the Year Award and the Foremother Award (Section for the Advancement of Women, APA Division 7 [Society of Counseling Psychology]).
Joy K. Rice, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and emerita professor at the University of Wisconsin amp ndash Madison. She is a recipient of the Educational Press Association Distinguished Achievement Award and the Denmark/Reuder Award for Outstanding International Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender.
Her 4-decade career has focused on women and their issues and concerns nationally and globally in the areas of marital and family studies and gender and cross-cultural issues in psychotherapy.
Dr. Rice is the coauthor of
Women and Leadership: Transforming Visions and Diverse Voices and amp quot International Perspectives on Women and Mental Health amp quot in the 2
Handbook of Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide.
Roberta L. Nutt, PhD, ABPP, is training director of the counseling psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston, Texas. She formerly served as founder and training director of the counseling psychology doctoral program at Texas Woman's University and director of professional affairs of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB).
She is past president of APA Divisions 7 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and 43 (Society for Family Psychology), is past chair of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, holds fellow status in APA and seven of its divisions and ASPPB, and is American Board of Professional Psychology certified in counseling psychology and family psychology.
She has published numerous articles, chapters, and books on women's and gender issues in psychology.
Drs. Nutt, Rice, and Enns coauthored the 2 7 amp quot APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Girls and Women amp quot and were corecipients of the 2 8 Woman of the Year Award from the APA Section for the Advancement of Women in Counseling Psychology for amp quot significant contributions and promotion of the status of women in psychology, leadership and activism on behalf of women, and research that has significantly advanced knowledge of women's concerns in counseling psychology. amp quot
Riassunto
Practical guidelines for working with diverse women are presented through a blend of multicultural, feminist and psychological research. It explores challenges of Black/African-American, Latina, LGBTQ , Asian-Pacific Islander, Native, disabled and transnational women, with case studies that highlight resilience and strength.
