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PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100881633496

ISBN-139780881633498

eBay Product ID (ePID)2362685

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Number of Pages212 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapy : a Framework for Clinical Practice

SubjectMovements / Psychoanalysis, Applied Psychology, Interpersonal Relations, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies, Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality)

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

AuthorEda Goldstein, Lois Horowitz

Subject AreaSocial Science, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15.2 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-041778

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Goldstein and Horowitz have written a superb teaching text that will be useful to students and experienced clinicians, to straight and queer therapists alike. They not only provide a comprehensive introduction to psychotherapy with lesbian patients but offer richly detailed and moving clinical illustrations that include verbatim accounts of actual sessions. The reader not only learns about lesbian relationships and lesbian identity but, more importantly, learns to struggle with his or her own personal and subjective responses to lesbian patients." - Lewis Aron, Ph.D., Director, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis "Goldstein and Horowitz ably provide the reader with a view of the psychosocial and relational matrices in which treatment with lesbian patients takes place. At the same time, responsiveness to the needs of the individual patient remains the central focus of their clinical work. Their approach to transference and countertransference admirably demonstrates how one goes about translating psychoanalytic theory into actual practice. All this makes Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapy an extremely useful volume both for clinicians wishing to learn more about gay affirmative treatment and for those interested in psychotherapy in general." - Jack Drescher, M.D., Author, Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man (Analytic Press, 1998) "Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapy is an indispensable resource for all psychotherapists. Goldstein and Horowitz provide a feast of clear, lively, and detailed clinical case examples. And their sophisticated, wise use of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking helps illustrate the diversity of lesbian experience as well as the clinical challenges and pleasures of working with lesbian patients." - Maggie Magee and Diana C. Miller, Authors, Lesbian Lives (Analytic Press, 1997), "Goldstein and Horowitz have written a superb teaching text that will be useful to students and experienced clinicians, to straight and queer therapists alike. They not only provide a comprehensive introduction to psychotherapy with lesbian patients but offer richly detailed and moving clinical illustrations that include verbatim accounts of actual sessions. The reader not only learns about lesbian relationships and lesbian identity but, more importantly, learns to struggle with his or her own personal and subjective responses to lesbian patients." - Lewis Aron, Ph.D., Director, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis "Goldstein and Horowitz ably provide the reader with a view of the psychosocial and relational matrices in which treatment with lesbian patients takes place. At the same time, responsiveness to the needs of the individual patient remains the central focus of their clinical work. Their approach to transference and countertransference admirably demonstrates how one goes about translating psychoanalytic theory into actual practice. All this makes Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapyan extremely useful volume both for clinicians wishing to learn more about gay affirmative treatment and for those interested in psychotherapy in general." - Jack Drescher, M.D., Author, Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man(Analytic Press, 1998) "Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapyis an indispensable resource for all psychotherapists. Goldstein and Horowitz provide a feast of clear, lively, and detailed clinical case examples. And their sophisticated, wise use of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking helps illustrate the diversity of lesbian experience as well as the clinical challenges and pleasures of working with lesbian patients." - Maggie Magee and Diana C. Miller, Authors, Lesbian Lives(Analytic Press, 1997)

Dewey Decimal616.8914086643

Table Of Content1. Introduction 2. Psychoanalytic Theory and Lesbianism: The Changing Landscape 3. A Framework for Clinical Practice 4. Lesbian Narratives and the Treatment Process 5. Working with Transference 6. Working with Countertransference 7. The Initial Stage of Lesbian Relationships: Clinical Considerations 8. Issues in Midlife and Later Life: Clinical Considerations 9. Experiences of the Lesbian Therapist

SynopsisRarely have new ideas been linked to the process issues that arise in actual clinical situations. Lesbian Identity and Contemporary Psychotherapy undertakes this very task, and, in so doing, documents the therapeutic gains that result from validat, This book describes a treatment approach that is affirmative for lesbians. It illustrates how contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy can provide women with the opportunity to validate their personal struggles and journey.

LC Classification NumberRC558.5.G653 2003