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"HIV alters the lives of anyone that it touches, whether they are gay or straight. This book looks at all of the aspects of how HIV/AIDS has altered the lives of those it touches. . . . The titles of the 12 chapters give an excellent overview of what is covered in these extremely well-written reports. . . . This is a must-read book for everyone. It should be in all libraries, including school libraries. Young adolescents who are facing the problem of coming out would benefit from this book." --AIDS Book Review Journal Hit hard by the AIDS epidemic in the United States and in much of Europe, the gay and lesbian community has been forced to examine existing notions of what it means to belong to a community based on sexual orientation. The editors of this second volume in the annual series Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Issues have collected a perceptive array of chapters that explore sexual behavior, personal identity, and community memberships of gay men and lesbian women. With the exception of a few, the chapters reflect study findings from AIDS-related research and include discussions of AIDS in large urban centers and in less populated settings outside of major AIDS epicenters. Focusing on underconsidered AIDS populations, the contributors explore specific topics concerning the AIDS epidemic among gay and bisexual men of color, lesbian women, and gay and lesbian youth. Accessible and sensitive, the book also examines relevant public policy, volunteerism, and long-term survival as important to AIDS awareness and education. AIDS, Identity, and Community is an appreciable resource for AIDS researchers and caregivers, mental health practitioners, social service professionals, behavioral and social science students, and any reader who seeks deeper insight into the complex and subtle areas of the lesbian and gay community in the AIDS era.
"HIV alters the lives of anyone that it touches, whether they are gay or straight. This book looks at all of the aspects of how HIV/AIDS has altered the lives of those it touches. . . . The titles of the 12 chapters give an excellent overview of what is covered in these extremely well-written reports. . . . This is a must-read book for everyone. It should be in all libraries, including school libraries. Young adolescents who are facing the problem of coming out would benefit from this book." --AIDS Book Review Journal Hit hard by the AIDS epidemic in the United States and in much of Europe, the gay and lesbian community has been forced to examine existing notions of what it means to belong to a community based on sexual orientation. The editors of this second volume in the annual series Psychological Perspectives on Lesbian and Gay Issues have collected a perceptive array of chapters that explore sexual behavior, personal identity, and community memberships of gay men and lesbian women. With the exception of a few, the chapters reflect study findings from AIDS-related research and include discussions of AIDS in large urban centers and in less populated settings outside of major AIDS epicenters. Focusing on underconsidered AIDS populations, the contributors explore specific topics concerning the AIDS epidemic among gay and bisexual men of color, lesbian women, and gay and lesbian youth. Accessible and sensitive, the book also examines relevant public policy, volunteerism, and long-term survival as important to AIDS awareness and education. AIDS, Identity, and Community is an appreciable resource for AIDS researchers and caregivers, mental health practitioners, social service professionals, behavioral and social science students, and any reader who seeks deeper insight into the complex and subtle areas of the lesbian and gay community in the AIDS era.
This work serves to celebrate the strengths of women of color,
identify unique opportunities, and examine the specific challenges
and issues of this group. Psychological Health of Women of Color:
Intersections, Challenges, and Opportunities is an anthology that
examines core issues of women of color's emotional health and
well-being. Organized by subject, the work comprises contributions
from noted experts on the psychological health of women of color.
The book analyzes the life stages of women of color: childhood,
adolescence, adulthood, and old age. It serves to address the
challenges women of color face in the forms of physical health,
violence, substance abuse, psychopharmacology, and legal/forensic
issues as well as to highlight diverse identity intersections and
opportunities for women of color. The section on intersections of
identity discusses the psychological health of lesbians of color,
multiracial women, female immigrants of color, women with
disabilities, and working mid-career women, while high achievers,
leaders, mentors, athletes, artists, and spiritual individuals
among women of color are addressed in the section on opportunities.
Identifies and examines strengths and opportunities, challenges,
developmental issues, and identity intersections for women of color
This book explores the diverse manner in which family dynamics
shaped Jewish identities in ways that were unique and directly
connected to their experiences within their families of origin.
Highlighted is the diversity of experience of ethnic identity
within members of a group of women who are similar in many respects
and who belong to an ethnic group that is often invisible. Jewish
people, like members of other ethnic groups are often treated as if
their identities were homogeneous. However, gender, social class,
sexual orientation, factors surrounding immigration status,
proximity of family members to the holocaust or pogroms, the number
of generations one's family has been in the US and other salient
aspects of experience and identites transform and inform the
meaning and experience by group members. The book explores these
diversities of experience and goes on to highlight the way in which
the intermingling of family dynamics and subsequent Jewish identity
in these women is manifested in the practice of psychotherapy. In
2012, the book had been awarded the Jewish Women Caucus of the
Association for Women in Psychology Award for Scholarship, for that
year. This book was published as a special issue of Women and
Therapy.
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."
This book explores the diverse manner in which family dynamics
shaped Jewish identities in ways that were unique and directly
connected to their experiences within their families of origin.
Highlighted is the diversity of experience of ethnic identity
within members of a group of women who are similar in many respects
and who belong to an ethnic group that is often invisible. Jewish
people, like members of other ethnic groups are often treated as if
their identities were homogeneous. However, gender, social class,
sexual orientation, factors surrounding immigration status,
proximity of family members to the holocaust or pogroms, the number
of generations one's family has been in the US and other salient
aspects of experience and identites transform and inform the
meaning and experience by group members. The book explores these
diversities of experience and goes on to highlight the way in which
the intermingling of family dynamics and subsequent Jewish identity
in these women is manifested in the practice of psychotherapy. In
2012, the book had been awarded the Jewish Women Caucus of the
Association for Women in Psychology Award for Scholarship, for that
year. This book was published as a special issue of Women and
Therapy.
"Becoming Visible" offers cutting-edge psychological
perspectives on bisexual and queer identities and the cultural and
mental health issues facing bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and
questioning individuals and their partners. Essential for any
professional seeking to provide "best practice" services to this
population, "Becoming Visible" addresses the therapeutic needs of
bisexuals at every stage of the life cycle.
This volume explores why some people resist identity labels and
what bisexual men and women consider exemplary and harmful in their
therapeutic experiences. It also helps practitioners distinguish
between the stresses brought on by being part of a sexual minority
and the clinical symptoms that indicate serious mental health
issues. It includes research on ethnic minority bisexuals, youth,
elders, gender-variant individuals, and bisexuals engaging in
alternative lifestyles and sexual practices such as polyamory and
BDSM.
Edited by a psychologist who specializes in sexual-orientation
and gender-identity issues and with contributions from scholars and
professionals from multiple disciplines, the book embraces
perspectives from the empirical to the phenomenological, and
outlines both scientific and practice-based approaches to the
subject while carefully considering the psychological, cultural,
and spiritual dimensions of the issues confronting bisexual men and
women.
"Becoming Visible" is a crucial step in the improved mental
health and well-being of bisexuals, transgender individuals, and
other sexual minorities. This book offers a path toward awareness
and compassion for those who seek to understand, treat, and empower
this underserved and frequently misunderstood group of mental
health clients.
On May 1, 1866, a minor exchange between white Memphis city police
and a group of black Union soldiers quickly escalated into murder
and mayhem. Changes wrought by the Civil War and African American
emancipation sent long-standing racial, economic, cultural, class,
and gender tensions rocketing to new heights. For three days, a mob
of white men roamed through South Memphis, leaving a trail of
blood, rubble, and terror in their wake. By May 3, at least
forty-six African American men, women, and children and two white
men lay dead. An unknown number of black people had been driven out
of the city. Every African American church and schoolhouse lay in
ruins, homes and businesses burglarized and burned, and at least
five women had been raped. As a federal military commander noted in
the days following, "what [was] called the 'riot'" was "in reality
[a] massacre" of extended proportions. It was also a massacre whose
effects spread far beyond Memphis, Tennessee. As the essays in this
collection reveal, the massacre at Memphis changed the trajectory
of the post-Civil War nation. Led by recently freed slaves who
refused to be cowed and federal officials who took their concerns
seriously, the national response to the horror that ripped through
the city in May 1866 helped to shape the nation we know today.
Remembering the Memphis Massacre brings this pivotal moment and its
players, long hidden from all but specialists in the field, to a
public that continues to feel the effects of those three days and
the history that made them possible.
Focusing on the breadth of issues that affect psychotherapy with
African American women, this unique volume is designed to help
clinicians develop a broader understanding of what is useful and
what is problematic when applying psychodynamic concepts to their
clients. From an array of seasoned clinicians, chapters present
innovative and creative reformulations of theory and technique that
build upon and challenge existing models. Issues addressed include
the psychological dilemmas confronting diverse African American
women as they negotiate a society that is hostile to them on
multiple levels; how ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation
and other differences come into play within the therapeutic dyad;
and approaches to unraveling the complex interplay of
sociopolitical, intrapsychic, and interpersonal concerns in
treatment. Filled with illustrative clinical material and pointers
for practice, the volume will enhance the cultural competence of
mental heath practitioners and students across a range of
disciplines. Winner (Chapter 5)--Association for Women in
Psychology 10th Annual Women of Color Psychologies Award
On May 1, 1866, a minor exchange between white Memphis city police
and a group of black Union soldiers quickly escalated into murder
and mayhem. Changes wrought by the Civil War and African American
emancipation sent long-standing racial, economic, cultural, class,
and gender tensions rocketing to new heights. For three days, a mob
of white men roamed through South Memphis, leaving a trail of
blood, rubble, and terror in their wake. By May 3, at least
forty-six African American men, women, and children and two white
men lay dead. An unknown number of black people had been driven out
of the city. Every African American church and schoolhouse lay in
ruins, homes and businesses burglarized and burned, and at least
five women had been raped. As a federal military commander noted in
the days following, "what [was] called the 'riot'" was "in reality
[a] massacre" of extended proportions. It was also a massacre whose
effects spread far beyond Memphis, Tennessee. As the essays in this
collection reveal, the massacre at Memphis changed the trajectory
of the post-Civil War nation. Led by recently freed slaves who
refused to be cowed and federal officials who took their concerns
seriously, the national response to the horror that ripped through
the city in May 1866 helped to shape the nation we know today.
Remembering the Memphis Massacre brings this pivotal moment and its
players, long hidden from all but specialists in the field, to a
public that continues to feel the effects of those three days and
the history that made them possible.
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