Women Psychotherapists

Journeys in Healing

By (author) Lillian Comas-Diaz, Marcella Bakur Weiner Contributions by Carla Bradshaw, Thema Bryant-Davis, Lillian Comas-Díaz, Janice Crawford, Beverly Fauman, Beverly Greene, Cinzia Levalds, Patricia Pitta, Jennifer Ruff, Pratyusha Tummala-Narra

Publication date:

30 June 2011

Length of book:

190 pages

Publisher

Jason Aronson, Inc.

Dimensions:

241x164mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780765707871

This book describes the real-life journeys of women psychotherapists: why each woman chose this profession and what she learned about others—and most importantly, about herself—in this choice. Most critically, these women now share how they have integrated this wisdom into their everyday lives. While psychotherapists may also be authors, few write books about their journeys in the profession. Women Psychotherapists: Journeys in Healing is one of those rare books. Each contributor invites her readers onto the road traveled by the woman who listens to others needing her help and guides them into living a more joyous, successful life, even as she moves towards greater fulfillment in her own life.

Chapter 1 Dedication
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction: Wisewomen: The Evolution of Female Psychotherapists
Chapter 4 The Birthing of a Womanist Psychologist: On Becoming a Guide to Healing and Empowerment
Chapter 5 Hannah Krants' Conversion
Chapter 6 (As) If I Had a Choice
Chapter 7 Psychologist by Accident, Profession by Choice: My Journey of Compassion and Service
Chapter 8 Slave and Midwife: Healing in the Midst of Social Injustice
Chapter 9 The Woman Psychotherapist: A Spiritual Perspective
Chapter 10 Transcultural Woman: Healing in a Strange Land
Chapter 11 The Delicate Art of Connection and Healing
Chapter 12 Becoming a Psychotherapist: Discovering the Self amidst Cultural Shifts
Chapter 13 Unbroken Chain
Chapter 14 Adversity, Healing and the Development and Practice of a Woman Psychologist
Chapter 15 Conclusion: Women of Words: Psychotherapy from a Feminine Perspective
Chapter 16 Index
Chapter 17 About the Contributors

Kudos to Drs. Comas-Diaz and Weiner for having conceptualized this project and brought together 11 articulate, thoughtful psychotherapists. Their highly personalized stories of how they evolved into healers are both instructional and inspirational to women therapists at any age or level of experience. Women Psychotherapists:Journeys in Healing belongs in every woman therapist's library.