Jewish Women in Therapy

Here is the first volume ever to focus on the issues of Jewish women in the context of counseling and psychotherapy. Through poignant reflection and observation, the authors convey the richness and variety of Jewish women's experiences and the Jewishness and femaleness of the concerns, issues, values, and attitudes that Jewish women—both clients and therapists—bring into the therapy room.

Rachel J Siegel, Ellen Cole

Contents Preface - Introduction - The Generation of Survivors - The Issue of Power: Some Notes on Jewish Women and Therapy - Therapy's Double Dilemma: Anti-Semitism and Mysogyny - Jewish Feminism and Women's Identity - How Is This Feminist Therapist Different from All Other Feminists? Or, My Journey from Pirke Avot to Feminist Therapy Ethics - Reflections of a Jewish Lesbian-Feminist Activist-Therapist; Or, First of All I Am Jewish, the Rest Is Commentary - The Missing - Clearance Sale - But You Don't Look Jewish! - A Feminist Perspective on Intermarriage - Midlife Transitions Among Jewish Women: Counseling Issues - All in the Family: Violence in the Jewish Home - Cultural Undertones in Therapeutic Work with a Psychotic Jewish Patient - Anti-Semitism in the Therapy Room