Getting Free: Women and Psychotherapy [Paperback]

Sherby Perlman (Author), Tenbusch (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Grove Pr (July 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039417982X
• ISBN-13: 978-0394179827
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,907,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THREE THERAPISTS DISCUSS PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR WOMEN, September 16, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Free: Women and Psychotherapy (Paperback)

At the time this book was published in 1982, the authors were "in private practice... and specialize in intensive psychotherapy."

They wrote in the Introduction, "'Getting Free' is about American women today, women of the eighties who have experienced the impact of contemporary feminism. We have written this book to help you look inside yourself---to help you understand the origin of your pains, conflicts, and joys. Our focus is on the universal issues we all share as we journey toward maturity."

Here are some quotations from the book:

"If you are unable to resolve your psychic pain alone, this culture gives you permission to seek psychotherapy. Although some of you will still view psychotherapy as a stigma, it continues to become increasingly acceptable and choosing to enter it is a sign of your willingness to grow and change. Choosing psychotherapy as a way of resolving difficulties and conflicts is a product of the present cultural climate." (Pg. 28)

"...if your mother was raised by an overprotective mother herself, she probably has not developed confidence in her own physical ability to deal with the world. Then she is more apt to see the world as physically dangerous and to see you as incapable of dealing with it unscathed. She will be overly protective of you, just as her mother was of her." (Pg. 53)

"Inevitably, when you are a little girl you feel that your house is a microcosm of the whole world. You assume that what is happening in your family, between your mother and father, is what happens between men and women everywhere." (Pg. 83)

"There are, of course, fathers who are able to deal with their own sexual feelings and to help their teenage daughters deal with theirs." (Pg. 209)

"Today, women are sociologically freer to be more autonomous than they were in Jane Addam's day. However, many subtle pressures live on. Most men and women give lip service to the autonomous woman, but really working out and living with the details of equality is much more difficult and at times still greatly resisted." (Pg. 258)