Handbook of Counseling Women Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. 1	Theoretical, Sociocultural, Biological, and Developmental Considerations in Counseling Women	1
1	Contemporary Adaptations of Traditional Approaches to the Counseling of Women	3
2	Relational-Cultural Therapy	22
3	Power and Women in the Counseling Relationship	31
4	Theoretical and Cultural Considerations in Counseling Women of Color	40
5	Counseling Issues for Lesbian and Bisexual Women	53
6	Counseling Women With Disabilities	74
7	Gender Differences in Neuropsychological Functioning	86
8	Development During Adulthood: "The Best Is Yet to Come"	106
Pt. 2	Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment	117
9	Gender Issues in Personality, Cognitive, and Vocational Assessment of Women	119
10	Effective Strategies for Career Counseling With Women	131
11	Hidden Biases in Counseling Women: Balancing Work and Family Concerns	152
12	The Ecology of Women's Career Barriers: Creating Social Justice Through Systemwide Intervention	173
13	Developing a Healthy Identity	185
14	Women in Intimate Relationships: Theory, Research, and Implications for Practice	198
15	Counseling Women for Grief and Loss: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations	220
16	Through the Eye of the Needle: The Emerging Adolescent	243
17	Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Outcomes: Selected Issues and Implications for Counseling Intervention	256
18	Menopause and the Lives of Midlife Women	269
19	Battered Women and Separation Abuse: A Treatment Approach Based on "Knowing"	279
20	Adjustment to Illness	309
21	Health Counseling: Assessment and Intervention	323
22	Health Promotion in Psychotherapy With Women	345
23	Helping Women Negotiate the Cancer Experience	360
24	Women and Heart Disease: Information for Counselors	377
25	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, and Lupus: Meeting the Challenges	392
26	Women and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Biopsychosocial Perspective	411
27	Women and Depressive Disorders	429
28	Treatment of Anxiety Disorders	458
29	Substance Abuse and Dependence Disorders in Women	482
30	Theory and Research on Eating Disorders and Disturbances in Women: Suggestions for Practice	506
Pt. 3	Professional Issues in Counseling	533
31	Women in Counseling and Psychotherapy Supervision	535
32	Value Choices and Methodological Issues in Research With Women	546
33	Ethical Responsibilities in Therapy: A Feminist Perspective	557
App	Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Girls and Women	575
	Name Index	581
	Subject Index	617
	About the Editors	633
	About the Contributors	635