Peta - A Feminist's Problem With Men (Rethinking Reading) - Softcover

WALKER

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335192238 ISBN 13: 9780335192236

Publisher: Open University Press, 1995

Synopsis

'I've got a problem with men .... I don't know whether it's a problem with other things as well ... I am afraid of what men represent ... I feel they have more power.'

This is how Peta begins to tell her story to her potential therapist. Six therapists are given the opportunity of assessing Peta: what do they wish to know about her? how do they understand her? how might they work with her? and what outcome can they predict for her as a result of therapy?

In this fascinating book - which starts with Peta's own story - the reader has the chance to see six different therapists at work, drawing on the same initial material from the one real client. The similarities and differences between therapies and therapists are highlighted. And at the end the reader is able to enter Peta's experience of the process, and decide with her, which one she might choose in her search for a therapist.

This highly original volume will appeal to a wide range of students and practitioners involved in counselling and psychotherapy, particularly those interested in comparing different therapeutic approaches.

About this title

About the Author

The Author
Moira Walker is head of counselling service at Leicester University and is also actively involved in working with the Leicester Counselling Centre. In addition she undertakes training and consultancy work both locally and nationally. She is author of Women in Therapy and Counselling and Surviving Secrets, and edits (with Michael Jacobs) the Counselling in Context Series also published by Open University Press.

Veteran journalists and authors Paulette H. Walter and Alan C. Paulson have published their work in dozens of books, newspapers, and magazines. They have combined their vast experience with the Arkansas History Commission and two university archives, as well as their personal collection, to create this wonderful tour of Faulkner County through the years. This collection, a valuable edition to the bookshelves of Faulkner County residents and visitors, is sure to educate and entertain readers of all ages.

Synopsis

'I've got a problem with men ...I don't know whether it's a problem with other things as well ...I am afraid of what men represent ...I feel they have more power' - Peta's search for a therapist begins with this statement. She finds out how gestalt psychotherapy, person-centred psychotherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, humanistic and integrative psychotherapy, feminist psychotherapy and art therapy approach and understand her.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335192238
• ISBN 13: 9780335192236
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170