In clear, lively prose, Harriet Lerner takes a bold look at women and the psychotherapists who work with them.
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"The cover should be stamped in bold letters: Not for professionals only. I recommend it highly, for all women and for the men who care for and about them." -- Maggie Scarf, author of Intimate Matters
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Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is one of our nation’s most loved and respected relationship experts. Renowned for her work on the psychology of women and family relationships, she served as a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic for more than two decades. A distinguished lecturer, workshop leader, and psychotherapist, she is the author of The Dance of Anger and other bestselling books. She is also, with her sister, an award-winning children's book writer. She and her husband are therapists in Lawrence, Kansas, and have two sons.
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Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is one of our nation's most loved and respected relationship experts. Renowned for her work on the psychology of women and family relationships, she served as a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic for more than two decades. A distinguished lecturer, workshop leader, and psychotherapist, she is the author of The Dance of Anger and other bestselling books. She is also, with her sister, an award-winning children's book writer. She and her husband are therapists in Lawrence, Kansas, and have two sons.
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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Not my first choice,
By "satland" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Women in Therapy (Paperback)
I highly recommend Harriet Lerner's work on women and anger, unhappiness, bottled up rage, emotional and hysterical outbursts, depression, hurt feelings, always putting the needs of husband and children first and losing their true selves by doing so, feeling responsible for the feelings and happiness of others, these were all me. Before anyone reads this book I recommend that they start with THE DANCE OF ANGER first, an excellent book that literally saved my life, followed by THE DANCE OF INTIMACY, THE MOTHER DANCE, and THE DANCE OF DECEPTION. "WOMEN IN THERAPY" is geared more toward a level of professional psychology and is not a book that I would recommend women start out with. I have not read the "Dance of Connection" yet but am looking forward to it.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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What is woman?,
By christian (Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Women in Therapy (Paperback)
Harriet Lerners book Women in therapy was a further step for me (a sociology student) into understanding (?) what the social origins of the oppositional pair - man/woman, are. Lerner explains how the social reproduction of gender(through upbringing etc), to this day, still molds women into stereotypes. This in turn, is the root of many psychological problems that women can develope. The book covers all kinds of social situations and case-studies. If you're interested in gender-issues, this book is for you. // If you want to furher explore the way that language reproduces gender see Miller/Swift "Words and Women"//
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No longer relevant,
This review is from: Women in Therapy (Paperback)
I was born in 1975. I am now a wife, a mother and a therapist and I was not able to relate to this book. I think this is a good thing though. Women have come a LONG way. For its time, this was probably a great work, but 30-40 years later it could only be read for nostalgia's sake or as an insight to what our mother's (emotional) lives were like.
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Psychoanalysts have long believe that penis envy is cen to the understanding of women and have invoked this concept to explain everything from a woman's de for a husband and child to her strivings to work and compete in traditionally male-dominated fields. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parental mislabeling, patriarchal solutions, difference from mother, learning inhibitions, marital distance, maternal imago, dependent stance, bipolar concepts, internal prohibitions, hysterical personality, omnipotent mother, female depression, anatomical realities, female anger, primitive mother, implications for parenting, pathogenic aspects, female dependency, ambitious strivings, work inhibitions, family triangle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Ann Arbor, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, International Universities Press, Basic Books, New Psychoanalytic Views, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Patient Well, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Standard Edition, University of Michigan Press, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Hogarth Press, Jason Aronson, The Gender Gap, American Psychiatric Association, Contemporary Psychoanalytic Views, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, New Psychology of Women, The Dance of Anger, Women's Project, Always Ask, American Journal of Psychotherapy New!
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Psychoanalysts have long believe that penis envy is cen to the understanding of women and have invoked this concept to explain everything from a woman's de for a husband and child to her strivings to work and compete in traditionally male-dominated fields. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parental mislabeling, patriarchal solutions, difference from mother, learning inhibitions, marital distance, maternal imago, dependent stance, bipolar concepts, internal prohibitions, hysterical personality, omnipotent mother, female depression, anatomical realities, female anger, primitive mother, implications for parenting, pathogenic aspects, female dependency, ambitious strivings, work inhibitions, family triangle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Ann Arbor, Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, American Journal of Psychoanalysis, International Universities Press, Basic Books, New Psychoanalytic Views, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Patient Well, Comprehensive Psychiatry, Standard Edition, University of Michigan Press, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Hogarth Press, Jason Aronson, The Gender Gap, American Psychiatric Association, Contemporary Psychoanalytic Views, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, New Psychology of Women, The Dance of Anger, Women's Project, Always Ask, American Journal of Psychotherapy New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Female Sexuality: New Psychoanalytic Views (Maresfield Library) by Janine Chasseguet-Smirgel on 10 pages
- Fear of Women (Harvest Book) by Wolfgang Lederer on 6 pages
- The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner on 5 pages
- Of Woman Born - Motherhood As Experience And Institution by Adrienne Rich on 5 pages
- The Gender Gap in Psychotherapy by E.H. Carmen on 5 pages
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- The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women's Relationships by Harriet Lerner on 7 pages
- The Heroine's Journey by Maureen Murdock on 5 pages
- The Dance of Intimacy by Harriet Lerner on 4 pages
- When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of Your Life by Victoria Secunda on 4 pages
- The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships by Harriet Lerner in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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