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The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy

Social Realities and Psychological Processes

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. Patricia Perri Rieker

    1. Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA

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  2. Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen

    1. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Values, Inequality, and Mental Health

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-3
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    2. Presidential Address

      • Alan A. Stone
      Pages 5-14

    3. Editorial

      • Seymour L. Halleck
      Pages 15-16

    4. Inequality and Women’s Mental Health

      • Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen, Nancy Felipe Russo, Jean Baker Miller
      Pages 17-39

  3. Social Structures and Psychological Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-43
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    2. The Effects of Inequality on Psychology

      • Jean Baker Miller
      Pages 45-51

    3. Some Effects of Proportions on Group Life

      • Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      Pages 53-78

    4. Men’s Power with Women, Other Men, and Society

      • Joseph H. Pleck
      Pages 79-89

    5. Women in Positions of Authority

      • Sharon S. Mayes
      Pages 91-103

  4. Some Clinical Consequences of Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. Suppression of Autonomy and Denial of Dependency

      1. Early Origins of Envy and Devaluation of Women
        • Harriet E. Lerner
        Pages 111-124
      2. Female Dependency in Context
        • Harriet E. Lerner
        Pages 125-134

    3. Restricted Sex Roles and Covert Conflicts

      1. Female Masochism and the Enforced Restriction of Choice
        • Elizabeth A. Waites
        Pages 139-150
      2. Roles and Role Conflict of Women in Infertile Couples
        • Janet R. Allison
        Pages 151-165
      3. Cinderella’s Stepsisters
        • Marlene Boskind-Lodahl
        Pages 167-180
      4. Emotional Intimacy among Men
        • Robert A. Lewis
        Pages 181-193

    4. Violence and Psychiatric Disorders

      1. Victims of Violence and Psychiatric Illness
        • Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen, Patricia Perri Rieker, Trudy Mills
        Pages 199-211
      2. Overview: The “Wife-Beater’s Wife” Reconsidered
        • Elaine Hilberman
        Pages 213-236
      3. Father-Daughter Incest
        • Judith Herman, Lisa Hirschman
        Pages 237-258
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About this book

This collection of readings is designed to clarify the relationship between social structures and psychological processes. Our awareness of the need for such a book derives from our extensive experiences in teaching a for­ mal course for mental health professionals on gender and psychother­ apy. The material in this anthology emphasizes the clinical implications of the new research and knowledge that has changed our understanding of the psychological development of women and men. Throughout the book, we present ideas that challenge conventional explanations of psy­ chological distress in women and men and suggest alternative concep­ tualizations of these processes. As will be evident, our work is informed by and contributes to the growing field of knowledge produced by feminist scholars over the last decade. That this book on gender has more to say about women reflects the existence of a substantial body of research that reconceptualizes women's psychology. The corresponding research on men is still in its formative stages, due in part to the later development of a men's move­ ment. Although many of the chapters focus on women, we have attempted in our discussion to consider the implications for men. We believe that the fundamental processes explored in this book are relevant to the understanding of both women and men.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard Medical School and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA

    Patricia Perri Rieker

  • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA

    Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy

  • Book Subtitle: Social Realities and Psychological Processes

  • Editors: Patricia Perri Rieker, Elaine (Hilberman) Carmen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4754-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4756-9Published: 28 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4754-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 392

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Sexual Behavior, Social Sciences, general

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