In this extraordinary collection, the voices of women's experience
ring out loud and true! The power of narrative in therapy for women
is undeniable. Used well, other women's narratives can help us to
understand and rewrite our own. Here, women bare their souls,
reflecting on self-enhancement and growth, on discrediting negative
family scripts, on seeing through demeaning cultural messages, on
living in the modern world, on their wildness, wisdom,
spirituality, and a great deal more! Each chapter includes
questions for reflection to help readers incorporate these
narratives into their own lives. From the author: "This book began
with the women's groups I facilitate. Some themes arose many times:
I feel bad about myself; I can't speak up at times; I don't feel
like I have any rights; I feel stupid; I feel like I am bad. But as
therapy progressed, new narratives were expressed: I do have a
voice; I am knowledgeable; I like being who I am; and I can work
through this conflict. "As a writer and therapist, I have taken a
stance about ideas that are presented in sessions with clients and
that exist in their culture. This book elaborates on those ideas
and offers readers an opportunity to think about them in their own
lives. Women can rewrite their lives as they become aware of their
stories." Some of the narratives that you'll find in Integrating
Spirit and Psyche: Using Women's Narratives in Psychotherapy
explore: women as second-class citizens putting the self in context
women's spirituality in its many forms anger as it relates to
gender societal pressure on women to bear terrible burdens in
silence ways that various cultures have demeaned women-infanticide,
foot binding, genital mutilation, dowry deaths, etc. societal
messages that encourage feelings of helplessness, shame, anger, and
inhibition in women ways to resolve conflicts, take credit where
it's due, and express ourselves mind-body connections women to look
to for inspiration--Virginia Woolf, Marie Curie, Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, Margaret Thatcher, and many more aging and wisdom
women's spiritual practices--meditation, T'ai Chi, Chakra
Awareness, practices from the Judeo-Christian traditions, and more!
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