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Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy
by Debra M. Kawahara and Oliva M. EspínUnderstanding multicultural feminist perspectives is vital for clinicians working to effectively help women in therapy. Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy provides therapists with valuable insight and research into the identities of Asian and Asian American women, all toward the crucial goal of being more effective when providing therapeutic help. In-depth explorations into the women’s personal experiences and psychological issues provide an empowering multicultural feminist viewpoint that challenges assumptions and stereotypes about their identities while presenting innovative therapeutic approaches.Identity is made up from several factors, such as worldview, beliefs, values, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, class, age, and religious orientation. Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy explores how these common factors impact psychotherapy approaches for women of Asian American backgrounds. This unique text presents the current research, what the data mean for adjusting clinical strategies, and personal accounts from Asian and Asian American women. Each chapter is extensively referenced.Topics in Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy include: breaking free of the passive, subservient stereotypes defining gender identity cultural and identity issues emotional parity negotiations in Chinese immigrant women’s marital relationships suicide as a means of agency rather than simply a cry for help the use of feminist and multicultural principles with survivors of domestic violence research on Asian American lesbians’ health integrating multiculturalism and feminism in the treatment of eating disorders innovative therapeutic approach based on Hindu understandings of Shakti approaches to work on body image and eating disorders group counseling with Asian American women training multicultural feminist therapy practitionersFeminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy is an insightful exploration of the culturally sensitive knowledge and skills clinicians need to work more effectively with female clients of Asian ancestry. This stimulating work is important reading for therapists, counselors, psychologists, and others in the mental health and social work fields.
Feminist Speculations and the Practice of Research-Creation: Writing Pedagogies and Intertextual Affects
by Sarah E. TrumanFeminist Speculations and the Practice of Research-Creation provides a unique introduction to research-creation as a methodology, and a series of exemplifications of research-creation projects in practice with a range of participants including secondary school students, artists, and academics. In conversation with leading scholars in the field, the book outlines research-creation as transdisciplinary praxis embedded in queer-feminist anti-racist politics. It provides a methodological overview of how the author approaches research-creation projects at the intersection of literary arts, textuality, artistic practice, and pedagogies of writing, drawing on concepts related to the feminist materialisms, including speculative thought, affect theories, queer theory, and process philosophy. Further, it troubles representationalism in qualitative research in the arts. The book demonstrates how research-creation operates through the making of or curating of art or cultural productions as an integral part of the research process. The exemplification chapters engage with the author’s research-creation events with diverse participants all focused on text-based artistic projects including narratives, inter-textual marginalia art, postcards, songs, and computer-generated scripts. The book is aimed at graduate students and early career researchers who mobilize the literary arts, theory, and research in transdisciplinary settings.
Feminist Speculations and the Practice of Research-Creation: Writing Pedagogies and Intertextual Affects
by Sarah E. TrumanFeminist Speculations and the Practice of Research-Creation provides a unique introduction to research-creation as a methodology, and a series of exemplifications of research-creation projects in practice with a range of participants including secondary school students, artists, and academics.In conversation with leading scholars in the field, the book outlines research-creation as transdisciplinary praxis embedded in queer-feminist anti-racist politics. It provides a methodological overview of how the author approaches research-creation projects at the intersection of literary arts, textuality, artistic practice, and pedagogies of writing, drawing on concepts related to the feminist materialisms, including speculative thought, affect theories, queer theory, and process philosophy. Further, it troubles representationalism in qualitative research in the arts. The book demonstrates how research-creation operates through the making of or curating of art or cultural productions as an integral part of the research process. The exemplification chapters engage with the author’s research-creation events with diverse participants all focused on text-based artistic projects including narratives, inter-textual marginalia art, postcards, songs, and computer-generated scripts.The book is aimed at graduate students and early career researchers who mobilize the literary arts, theory, and research in transdisciplinary settings.
Feminist Spirituality under Capitalism: Witches, Fairies, and Nomads
by Kathleen Skott-MyhreIndustrial modernity's worship of rationality had a profound effect on women’s ways of knowing, marginalizing them along with other alternate forms of knowledge such as the imagination and the unconscious. Feminist Spirituality under Capitalism discusses the importance of women’s spiritual knowledge throughout history and under the current socio-economic consensus. Within a critical analysis of the subjugation of certain knowledges, it investigates in particular the role that psychology and psychiatry have played in the repression of women. Aimed at students and researchers in the social sciences, the book will also appeal to anyone interested in critical psychology, politics, activism and social change.
Feminist Stages: Interviews with Women in Contemporary British Theatre (Contemporary Theatre Studies #Vol. 1)
by Lizbeth Goodman Jane de GayThis volume is a collection of interviews that spans feminist views from 1968 to the 1990s. Including over eight years of research. Part of the Comtemporary Theatre Studies series, it will be of special interest to everyone involved in theatre and useful to students and those who oare interested in women's theatre.
Feminist Therapy as a Political Act
by Marcia HillFeminist Therapy as a Political Act explores what is means to politicize therapy and how you can make pyschotherapy a method for creating social and individual change. You’ll find examples and strategies for discussing topics such as empowerment and identity that allow you to provide better services to clients while learning new ideas and methods of feminist therapy. Examining how language, behavior, and political thinking influence therapeutic methods, Feminist Therapy as a Political Act contains suggestions and examples that can be applied to clients in the individual, hospital, or community setting. You’ll discover the rich variety of ways in which therapists politicize the therapy relationship, setting, assumptions, techniques, and dialogues, and find several examples on how to incorporate political consciousness into your sessions. Feminist Therapy as a Political Act gives you insight into several methods and practices, including: integrating specific therapy techniques and the background dialogue of therapy into principles of feminist therapy practices modifying cognitive-behavioral therapy, hypnosis, and other therapy techniques to make them more compatible with feminist principles redefining and reclaiming empowerment for conducting political analysis in feminist psychotherapy recognizing client identity, including race, gender, and sexual identity, to provide clients with better therapy providing information on Japanese feminist counseling in relation to Eastern thought, the women’s liberation movement, and the concepts of independence, dependence, and maternity discussing the challenges of working with menContributors to Feminist Therapy as a Political Act give you insight into the profession on the international level, for example, examining the challenges to feminist therapists in Japan and describing how survivors of incest and sexual abuse in Israel “went public” with their ordeals through art, poetry, performances, and lectures. Offering diverse methods, techniques, and suggestions that will help you provide better services for your clients, Feminist Therapy as a Political Act also gives you the knowledge and inspiration to make your therapeutic work a political act.
Feminist Views from Somewhere: Post-Jungian themes in feminist theory
by Frances Gray Leslie GardnerFeminist Views from Somewhere: Post-Jungian Themes in Feminist Theory explores what and how Jungian thought contributes to feminist thinking. Broadly speaking, feminist thinking, or thinking by and about women as autonomous, intelligent and independent agents, has opened up scholarship through insightful, reflective critique and practice. This is the starting point of this collection from a range of theorists, interested in the multiple concerns of Jungian and analytical psychology. The contributors take a unique approach to Jungian thinking. Rather than focusing on its mythological aspects, the authors develop alternative, feminist approaches that enhance the appreciation of the possibilities for Jungian and post-Jungian studies. With a primarily theoretical orientation, the rigorous, critical approaches in the collection highlight the possibilities of imaginative Jungian theory. Divided into three parts, ‘Viewing Earth’, ‘Clinical Perspectives’ and ‘Literary Landscapes’, the chapters cover themes including embodiment, intersubjectivity, individuation and narrative. The contributors vividly reflect the range and diversity of opinions amongst women influenced by Jungian thought. Feminist Views from Somewhere is essential reading for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies, women’s studies and gender studies, as well as analytical psychologists in practice and in training.
Feminist and Anti-Psychiatry Perspectives on ‘Social Anxiety Disorder’: The Socially Anxious Woman
by Katie MastersThis book conceptualises the diagnosis ‘Social Anxiety Disorder’ (SAD) in women as a rational response to life in postfeminist, neoliberal, twenty-first century Britain. By speaking to women with this diagnosis, and drawing on the author’s lived experience, it investigates the interplay between women’s social anxiety and Western culture. It argues that societal factors are implicated in women’s mental distress to a far greater extent than dominant (especially psychiatric) narratives would hold—narratives which, premised on individual pathology, often present a biologically reductionist and medicalised account. Through deploying a unique blend of feminism and anti-psychiatry, this book critiques the framework which exists around diagnosing and treating SAD, but without dismissing distress. Inspired by feminist critiques of other gendered psychiatric diagnoses, such as Anorexia Nervosa, it conceptualises ‘SAD’ in women as a ‘culture-bound syndrome’. This book will interest students and scholars of gender studies and sociology.
Feminizing the Fetish: Psychoanalysis and Narrative Obsession in Turn-of-the Century France
by Emily ApterShoes, gloves, umbrellas, cigars that are not just objects—the topic of fetishism seems both bizarre and inevitable. In this venturesome and provocative book, Emily Apter offers a fresh account of the complex relationship between representation and sexual obsession in turn-of-the-century French culture. Analyzing works by authors in the naturalist and realist traditions as well as making use of documents from a contemporary medical archive, she considers fetishism as a cultural artifact and as a subgenre of realist fiction. Apter traces the web of connections among fin-de-siècle representations of perversion, the fiction of pathology, and the literary case history. She explores in particular the theme of "female fetishism" in the context of the feminine culture of mourning, collecting, and dressing.
Feng Shui, Orion Plain and Simple (Plain and Simple)
by Sarah BartlettA practical guide to the art of feng shui.Filled with easy-to-use tips and techniques for improving the energy in your life, this book will teach you to harmonize and lay out spaces in your home to enhance your personal energy, improve your overall wellbeing, and bring good fortune and balance into your life.Includes information on how to:Declutter to clear the energy in your homeUse the Chinese bagua (number square) to map out rooms to enhance energyEmploy the five elements to harmonize the energy of your homeUse feng shui for the exterior of your home and outside landscapingThis wonderful primer will be hailed by anyone interested in interior design, Chinese legend and lore, and the creation of healing and harmonious living spaces.
Feral City: On Finding Liberation In Lockdown New York
by Jeremiah MossWhat happens when an entire social class abandons a metropolis? This genre-bending journey through lockdown New York offers an exhilarating, intimate look at a city returned to its rebellious spirit. The pandemic lockdown of 2020 launched an unprecedented urban experiment. Traffic disappeared from the streets. Times Square fell silent. And half a million residents fled the most crowded city in America. In this innovative and thrilling book, author and social critic Jeremiah Moss, hailed as “New York City’s career elegist” (New York Times), explores a city emptied of the dominant class—and their controlling influence. “Plagues have a disinhibiting effect,” Moss writes. “As the normal order is suspended, the repressive force of civilization lifts and our rules fall away, shifting the boundaries of society and psyche.” In public spaces made vibrant by New Yorkers left behind, Moss experienced an uncanny time warp. Biking through deserted Manhattan, he encountered the hustlers, eccentrics, and renegades who had been pressed into silence and invisibility by an oppressive, normative gentrification, now reemerging to reclaim the city. For one wild year the streets belonged to wandering nudists and wheelie bikers, mystical vagabonds and performance artists working to disrupt the status quo, passionate activists protesting for Black lives—along with the everyday New Yorkers who had been pushed to the margins for too long. Participating in a historic explosion of activism, resistance, and spontaneity, from queer BLM marches to exuberant outdoor dance parties, Moss discovered an intoxicating freedom. Without “hyper-normal” people to constrain it, New York became more creative, connected, humane, and joyful than it had been in years. Moss braids this captivating narrative with an account of his renewed sense of place as a transgender man, weaving together insights from psychoanalysis, literature, and queer theory. A kaleidoscopic vision of a city transformed, Feral City offers valuable insight into the way public space and the spaces inside us are controlled and can be set free.
Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement During the Nazi Years (The History of Psychoanalysis Series)
by Judit MeszarosThis book explores how the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis took shape and examines the role played in it by Sandor Ferenczi. It integrates the Hungarian story of the "exile of the Budapest School" with an American perspective on "solidarity in the psychoanalytic movement during the Nazi years".
Ferenczi and His World: Rekindling the Spirit of the Budapest School (The History of Psychoanalysis Series)
by Judit Szekacs-Weisz Tom KeveThis volume honours Sandor Ferenczi, a central character in the birth of psychoanalysis, whose warm and passionate personality, ideas, and teachings permeate his world and his work, shaping psychoanalytical thinking of generations.
Ferenczi for Our Time: Theory and Practice (The History of Psychoanalysis Series)
by Judit Szekacs-Weisz Tom KeveFerenczi for Our Time stakes its greatest claim on the reader's attention by making manifest the contours of a distinctively Ferenczian tradition in the history of psychoanalysis, covering methodology, theory, and clinical practice in psychoanalysis.
Ferenczi on Freud’s Couch: A Finished Analysis?
by Yves LugrinThis fascinating book assesses Sándor Ferenczi’s role in the history of psychoanalysis, examining his personal analysis with Freud, the father of the discipline. The book delves into archival material to shed light on issues around transference between Freud and Ferenczi, as well as Ferenczi’s own development as "the first analyst." It offers a unique deciphering of the transmission of psychoanalysis, distinguishing between self-analysis, personal analysis and training analysis, including a discussion on the duration and end of treatment, subjects rarely discussed in contemporary circles. This book is an important read for practising clinicians and scholars alike.
Ferenczi's Confusion of Tongues Theory of Trauma: A Relational Neurobiological Perspective (Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book Series)
by Clara Mucci Arnold Wm. RachmanArnold Wm. Rachman and Clara Mucci provide a detailed examination of the significance of Sándor Ferenczi’s paradigm shifting theory of trauma, the Confusion of Tongues, and confirm its relevance for the psychoanalytic theory and analysis of trauma today. As the first alternative to Freud’s theory of the Oedipal complex, Ferenczi’s Confusion of Tongues theory expanded the theoretical and clinical boundaries of psychoanalysis to establish that psychological trauma as a result of childhood sexual abuse and trauma experiences are a significant contributing factor to the development of psychological disorders. The authors address the lack of attention paid to the significance of sexual abuse trauma to understanding psychological ill health in psychoanalysis, and integrate the latest research on neurobiology to demonstrate how Ferenczi’s theory is meaningful to understanding many aspects of human behavior today. This work will be formative to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists both in training and in practice and provide renewed insight into the treatment of childhood sexual abuse and psychological trauma.
Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis
by Patrizia Giampieri-Deutsch Peter L. Rudnytsky Antal BókaySigmund Freud's role in the history and development of psychoanalysis continues to be the standard by which others are judged. One of the most remarkable features of that history, however, is the exceptional caliber of the men and women Freud attracted as disciples and coworkers. One of the most influential, and perhaps overlooked, of them was the Hungarian analyst Sndor Ferenczi. Apart from Freud, Ferenczi is the analyst from that pioneering generation who addresses most immediately the concerns of contemporary psychoanalysts. In Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis fifteen eminent scholars and clinicians from six different countries provide a comprehensive and rigorous examination of Ferenczi's legacy. Although the contributors concur in their assessment of Ferenczi's stature, they often disagree in their judgments about his views and his place in the history of psychoanalysis. For some, he is a radically iconoclastic figure, whose greatest contributions lie in his challenge to Freudian orthodoxy; for others, he is ultimately a classical analyst, who built on Freud's foundations. Divided into three sections, Contexts and Continuities, Disciple and Dissident, and Theory and Technique, the essays in Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis invite the reader to take part in a dialogue, in which the questions are many and the answers open-ended.
Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis (Open Access Lib And Hc Ser.)
by Patrizia Giampieri-Deutsch Peter L. Rudnytsky Antal BókaySigmund Freud's role in the history and development of psychoanalysis continues to be the standard by which others are judged. One of the most remarkable features of that history, however, is the exceptional caliber of the men and women Freud attracted as disciples and coworkers. One of the most influential, and perhaps overlooked, of them was the Hungarian analyst Sndor Ferenczi. Apart from Freud, Ferenczi is the analyst from that pioneering generation who addresses most immediately the concerns of contemporary psychoanalysts. In Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis fifteen eminent scholars and clinicians from six different countries provide a comprehensive and rigorous examination of Ferenczi's legacy. Although the contributors concur in their assessment of Ferenczi's stature, they often disagree in their judgments about his views and his place in the history of psychoanalysis. For some, he is a radically iconoclastic figure, whose greatest contributions lie in his challenge to Freudian orthodoxy; for others, he is ultimately a classical analyst, who built on Freud's foundations. Divided into three sections, Contexts and Continuities, Disciple and Dissident, and Theory and Technique, the essays in Ferenczi's Turn in Psychoanalysis invite the reader to take part in a dialogue, in which the questions are many and the answers open-ended.
Ferenczi’s Influence on Contemporary Psychoanalytic Traditions: Lines of Development—-Evolution of Theory and Practice over the Decades
by Jay Frankel Aleksandar Dimitrijević Gabriele CassulloThis collection covers all the topics relevant for understanding the importance of Sándor Ferenczi and his influence on contemporary psychoanalysis. Pre-eminent Ferenczi scholars were solicited to contribute succint reviews of their fields of expertise. The book is divided in five sections. 'The historico-biographical' describes Ferenczi's childhood and student days, his marriage, brief analyses with Freud, his correspondences and contributions to daily press in Budapest, list of his patients' true identities, and a paper about his untimely death. 'The development of Ferenczi's ideas' reviews his ideas before his first encounter with psychoanalysis, his relationship with peers, friendship with Groddeck, emancipation from Freud, and review of the importance of his Clinical Diary. The third section reviews Ferenczi's clinical concepts and work: trauma, unwelcome child, wise baby, identification with aggressor, mutual analysis, and many others. In 'Echoes', we follow traces of Ferenczi's influence on virtually all traditions in contemporary psychoanalysis: interpersonal, independent, Kleinian, Lacanian, relational, etc.
Fermare la missione suicida: Un libro con una causa per fermare la missione suicida che continua
by Madhu RondaUn suicidio è il primo luogo un'azione sgradita. E' allarmante vedere che dopo il 2020 una morte viene predetta ogni 20 secondi. Le statistiche non sono tutte incoraggianti per le società (USA, Regno Unito) molto avanzate e sofisticate con tutte le risorse a portata di mano. Questo libro copre tutte le categorie delle cause per morti da suicidio. Esso punta a tutti gli schemi di salvataggio messi in pratica per l'OMS per prevenire i suicidi. Semplicemente, la vita mette alla prova le persone in luoghi e modi diversi e uno non dovrebbe piegarsi e finire una vita preziosa. La vita non dovrebbe essere sottomessa a uno schema di suicidio folle e stupido come quello degli attentatori di oggi. E' sciocco sottomettere la vita in nome di un sacrificio a Dio.
Ferment: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Redemption, and Winemaking in the Mosel
by Patrick DobsonA deeply moving account of one man&’s return to the German town where he first pursued a career in winemaking, and his attempt to reckon with the mental illness, alcoholism, and enduring relationships that defined the most formative chapter of his life.After an attempted suicide by hanging—with his son in the next room—author Patrick Dobson checks into a mental hospital, clueless, reeling from bone-crushing depression and tortuous, racing thoughts. A long overdue diagnosis of manic depression offers relief but brings his confused and eventful past into question.To make sense of his suicide attempt and deal with his past, he returns to Germany where, three decades earlier, he arrived as twenty-two-year-old—lost, drunk, and in the throes of untreated mental illness—in search of a new life and with dreams of becoming a winemaker. The sublime Mosel vineyards and the ancient city of Trier changed his life forever.Ferment charts his days in Trier&’s vineyards and cellars, and the enduring friendships that would define his life. A winemaker and his wife become like parents to him. In their son, he finds a brother, whose death years later sends Dobson into a suicidal tailspin. His friends, once apprentices like himself, become leaders in their fields: an art historian and church-restoration expert, an art- and architectural-glass craftsman, a painter and photographer, and a theologian/journalist. The relationships he builds with them become hallmarks of a life well-lived.In Ferment, Dobson reconnects with the people who stood by him through his dissolution and eventual recovery. In these relationships, he seeks who he was and how his time in Germany changed him. He peers into his memory to understand how manic depression and alcoholism affected who he was then and how his time in Germany made him who he&’s become.
Ferngesteuert?!: Hin zur digitalen Souveränität
by Anabel TernèsFerngesteuert oder digital souverän – wie leben Sie und wie möchten Sie leben? Das Buch Ferngesteuert?! Hin zur digitalen Souveränität entschlüsselt mit spannenden und lebendigen Beispielgeschichten die Hintergründe für unsere Verhaltensweisen im digitalen Alltag. Dieses Buch zeigt uns Möglichkeiten auf, wie wir aus einem bequemen digitalen Ferngesteuert-sein in unserem Alltag ausbrechen können. Dazu vermittelt es, wie wir zu mehr Lebensfreude finden, unserem Leben mehr Sinn geben und unsere Zukunft wieder selbst in die Hand nehmen können. Last but not least macht es Lust darauf, wieder selbst zu entscheiden - das eigene Leben in die Hand zu nehmen, Zukunft als Chance zur eigenverantwortlichen Selbstverwirklichung zu sehen und die Vorteile der Digitalisierung souverän im Leben umzusetzen. Zur Autorin: Anabel Ternès ist eine der führenden Köpfe für Digitalisierungsthemen in Deutschland. Als Digitalunternehmerin, Zukunftsexpertin, Autorin, Verwaltungsrätin und Professorin mit einem großen Engagement für Kinderrechte, Bildung und gesunde werteorientierte Digitalisierung sieht und bewegt Anabel Ternès von Hattburg die großen Herausforderungen, die gelöst werden müssen, um unsere Demokratie und soziale Marktwirtschaft in eine lebenswerte Zukunft für alle zu führen.
Fernstudium in der beruflichen Erhaltungsphase: Ziele von berufstätigen Fernstudentinnen der Generation X (BestMasters)
by Jana RotherDas vorliegende Buch ist mit der Untersuchung der Ziele berufstätiger Fernstudentinnen der Generation X bei der Entscheidung für ein Hochschulstudium einem Thema von hoher Relevanz gewidmet. Die Zielgruppe steht in vielen Fällen bereits unter der Mehrfachbelastung von Beruf und Kindererziehung oder Pflege innerhalb der Familie. Zudem kann das Streben nach einem Bildungsabschluss in der beruflichen Erhaltungsphase mit normativen Erwartungen kollidieren, da dies vom optimalen beruflichen Zeitplan abweicht und aus biologischer und gesellschaftlicher Sicht eine erhöhte Anstrengung erfordert. Das Ziel der interdisziplinären und aktuellen Analyse besteht in der Zusammenstellung von Motivatoren, Bedürfnissen und beruflichen Zielen sowie der Ableitung von Handlungsansätzen zur Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung von berufstätigen Frauen der Generation X im Rahmen von Demografiemanagement. Dieses wurde über eine qualitative Interviewstudie mit Psychologie-Fernstudentinnen umgesetzt.
Fernweh und Reiselust - Streifzüge durch die Tourismuspsychologie
by Hans-Peter Herrmann Pauline WetzelDieses Sachbuch befasst sich auf unterhaltsame Weise mit der psychologischen Seite des Reisens. Wie der Buchtitel bereits erahnen lässt, erfährt der Leser in 40 kurzen Kapiteln wesentliche Entscheidungs- und Handlungsweisen. Diese werden dem Leser eindrücklich und unterhaltsam mittels psychologischer Erklärungen nahegebracht. Das Sachbuch umspannt einen weiten Themenbogen: von der Werbebegegnung und Entstehung von Reisewünschen über Reiseentscheidungsprobleme bis hin zum Phänomen Urlaubsstress. Auch allseits interessante Themen wie Zeiterleben, Flugangst, Jetlag, Reiseverhalten oder Urlaubsglück fehlen nicht bei den Streifzügen durch die Tourismuspsychologie. Das Sachbuch richtet sich an alle Leser, die sich für die psychologischen Sachverhalte entlang der gesamten Reisekette interessieren und mehr über ihr eigenes Reiseverhalten erfahren möchten. Es soll dem interessierten Leser helfen, seine eigenen Reiseentscheidungen besser zu verstehen und Urlaubserfahrungen sinnhafter reflektieren zu können. Die Beschreibungen sind mit zahlreichen aktuellen Fakten und Hintergrundinformationen versehen und vermitteln hierdurch auch prägnanten Einblick in das touristische System. Umrahmt werden die Texte durch thematisch passende Zeichnungen von Pauline Wetzel.
Fertility Counseling
by Sharon N. CovingtonUsing real-world cases, this clinical guide details the psychosocial challenges faced by patients navigating the world of medically assisted reproduction (MAR). It describes in depth the latest perspectives on counseling approaches to the evolving complexities of family creation, whether fertility issues are a presenting problem or occur during the course of therapy or the aftermath of a struggle with infertility. Applying an evidence-based, cross-border approach, international experts not only discuss advanced perspectives on topics such as third party reproduction, pregnancy loss and adoption, but also newer issues of fertility preservation, 'older' patient parenthood, LGBT and singles' family creation. A comprehensive resource, it explores pioneering insights into fertility counseling such as spirituality, developing disclosure language, a counselor's personal fertility issues, and more. This is an essential aid for medical and mental health professionals to develop and refine the skills needed to treat the increasingly diverse and complex needs of MAR patients.