Table of Contents

Part 1: Women’s Voices: Personal Perspectives on Professional Contributions
Chapter 1: The Power of Connection: Reflections on Mutual Growth - Judith V. Jordan
Chapter 2: A Latina′s Voice: Contributions to Psychology - Melba J. T. Vasquez
Chapter 3: Diverse Paths: A Life of Contrasts - Jean Lau Chin
Chapter 4: On Lifelong Learning About Complexity and Intersectionality - Carolyn Zerbe Enns
Chapter 5: To Create a Meaningful Career: Combine Personal Interests With Professional Expertise - Joan C. Chrisler
Chapter 6: Caminate No Hay Camino: The Road is Built as You Walk - Oliva M. Espin
Chapter 7: Professional Contributions of Ruth Fassinger: A Symphony in Four Movements - Ruth E. Fassinger
Part 2: Historical, Theoretical, and Sociocultural Considerations of Feminist Counseling and Psychology
Chapter 8: Contemporary Adaptations of Traditional Approaches to Counseling Women - Carolyn Zerbe Enns
Chapter 9: Relational-Cultural Therapy - Judith V. Jordan
Chapter 10: The Evolution of Feminist Psychology: Integrating Feminism andMulticulturalism in Counseling Women - Mary Ballou, Rakhshanda Saleem, and Eleanor Roffman
Part 3: Issues of Social Injustice
Chapter 11: Violence Against Women: Treatment Considerations - Christine A. Gidycz, Shannon M. Johnson
Chapter 12: Counseling Women in Violent Relationships - Marcie M. Lechtenberg and Sandra M. Stith
Chapter 13: Picture a Woman: Counseling Women Living in Poverty - Peggy Loo, Angela Gwak, and Laura Smith
Chapter 14: The Ecology of Women’s Career Barriers: Creating Social Justice Through Systemwide Intervention - M. Meghan Davidson, Mary J. Heppner, and Anne Scott Lapour
Part 4: Developmental Considerations of Counseling Women
Chapter 15: Through the Eye of the Needle: The Emerging Adolescent - Vicki Compitello
Chapter 16: Counseling Women in Emerging Adulthood (18-25) - Amy L. Reynolds and Sharon Mitchell
Chapter 17: Counseling Young Adult Women (26-39) - Christina Doherty
Chapter 18: Counseling Women at Midlife: A Biopsychosocial Perspective - Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Silva Hassert, and Megan Foley Nicpon
Chapter 19: Counseling Women Greater Than 65 Years of Age - Diane S. Schaupp and Leia Ting
Part 5: Within Group Differences: The Implications For Multicultural Counseling
Chapter 20: Counseling Black Women: Understanding the Effects of Multilevel Invisibility - Janet E. Helms
Chapter 21: Counseling Eastern Asian American Women - Sara Cho Kim, Lisa Suzuki, Kyoko Toyama, and Nina Lei
Chapter 22: Counseling South Asian American Women - Anneliese A. Singh, Muninder Ahluwalia, and Gagan S. Khera
Chapter 23: Counseling Latinas in the United States - Alison Cerezo, Oliva M. Espín, and Krizia Puig
Chapter 24: Counseling Issues for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Women - Amy L. Reynolds and Anneliese A. Singh
Chapter 25: Counseling Jewish Women - Freda Ginsberg
Chapter 26: Counseling Muslim Women - Saba Rasheed Ali, Michelle Nanji, and Samantha D. Brown
Part 6: Counseling Women: Normative Issues
Chapter 27: Effective Strategies for Career Counseling With Women - Nadya A. Fouad and Kristin Ihle
Chapter 28: Hidden Biases in Counseling Women: Balancing Work and Family Concerns - Margo A. Jackson and Samantha Slater
Chapter 29: Women in Intimate Relationships: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice - Ingrid Grieger
Chapter 30: Counseling Women for Grief and Loss: Theoretical and Clinical Considerations - Ismini Georgiades
Chapter 31: Counseling Women Who Are Caregivers - Kathleen Chwalisz and Jessica Zvonkovic
Chapter 32: Counseling Women Affected by Military Service - Jessica L. Larsen and Michelle D. Sherman
Chapter 33: Women’s Religion and Spirituality - Danielle Magaldi, Jennie Park-Taylor, and Lauren E. Latella
Part 7: Counseling Women: Mental Health Concerns
Chapter 34: Women and Depressive Disorders - Alisha Ali, Roxane Caires, and Lauren Wash
Chapter 35: Treatment of Anxiety Disorders - Dawn M. Johnson, Nicole L. Johnson, Katherine M. Fedele, Samantha Holmes, and Mitzi Hutchins
Chapter 36: Substance Abuse Disorders in Women - Mary M. Velasquez, Leslie Sirrianni, and Angela L. Stotts
Chapter 37: Counseling Women With Eating Disorders - Melinda Parisi, Lauren Stack, Marissa Miller, and Merle Keitel
Part 8: Counseling Women: Physical Concerns
Chapter 38. Health Counseling: Assessment and Intervention - Anna C. Hoffman, Betsy Rippentrop, and Elizabeth M. Altmaier
Chapter 39: Helping Women Negotiate the Cancer Experience - Merle A. Keitel, Mary Kopala, Alexandra Lamm, Alyson Moadel, and Jodi Berman
Chapter 40: Women and Heart Disease: Information for Counselors - Sue C. Jacobs, Lahoma Schultz, and Ginger Welch
Chapter 41: Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease (AKA Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, and Migraine Headaches: Meeting the Challenge - Mary Kopala and Molly Brawer
Chapter 42: Breaking Through the Barriers: Psychoeducation and Interventions for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women - Mary Ann Hoffman, Lisa Baker, Kathryn Schaefer Ziemer, and Trisha Raque-Bogdan
Chapter 43: Infertility and Recurrent Miscarriage - Merle Keitel, Erica Tennenbaum, and Ishani Ticinelli
Part 9: Professional Issues In Counseling
Chapter 44: Empowering Female Supervisees: A Feminist, Multicultural, and Relational Perspective - Myrna L. Friedlander, Susana Blanco, Shaina Bernardi, and Katharine S. Shaffer
Chapter 45: Value Choices and Methodological Issues in Counseling Research With Women - Georgiana Shick Tryon
Chapter 46: Ethical Intelligence in Feminist Therapy - Cynthia de las Fuentes, Martha Ramos Duffer, and Melba J. T. Vasquez

About the Author

Mary Kopala is Professor Emerita at The Graduate Center and Hunter College, City University of New York.  She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987 and her Master’s of Education in Counselor Education in 1980 also from Penn State.  During her teaching career which spanned nearly 25 years, she taught master’s students in rehabilitation and school counseling, and doctoral students in counseling and school psychology.  She has worked as a clinician in private practice and at Georgia State University counseling center.  Previous to receiving her Ph.D., she worked with college students at Temple University’s career counseling center, with college and high school students at Drexel University in Special Programs and Upward Bound, with international college students at Penn State, and as a counselor in Penn State’s freshmen orientation program. She coauthored and coedited professional articles, chapters, and books, and she presented at numerous state, regional, and national conferences.  She also served in various administrative capacities, most recently as Executive Officer in Educational Psychology at the Graduate Center.  Since retiring, she has continued to contribute to the profession as a reviewer of articles, book proposals, and health psychology student papers. 

 

Merle A. Keitel is currently Professor and Director of Training of the APA-accredited doctoral program in Counseling Psychology in the Division of Psychological and Educational Services at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City.  Her primary teaching responsibilities are in the areas of individual counseling and psychotherapy and counseling theory and process.  Dr. Keitel takes pride in the accomplishments of the many doctoral students she has mentored over the past 30 years at Fordham University. She is the co-author with Mary Kopala of Counseling Women with Breast Cancer (Sage, 2000) and the co-editor of the first edition of the Handbook of Counseling Women (Sage, 2003). She has written numerous book chapters and articles on topics related to women’s issues and health psychology such as cancer, infertility and miscarriage, PCOS, and eating disorders. Dr. Keitel presents on these topics regularly at national professional conferences. She has been awarded the James C. Hansen Humanitarian award from the University of Buffalo, the Katherine J. Scanlon Award for “extraordinary contribution to Fordham University and to the field of Psychology”, and was represented in the Oral History of Feminist Psychologists (Division 35, American Psychological Association).

 

Reviews

"Finally—a comprehensive, integrative, multicultural exploration into the understanding of women’s life experiences…their growth, suffering, and triumphs as they face the challenges of an ever-present patriarchal world…a text written by women about women from a feminine developmental perspective."
*Patricia Jameson*

"The breadth and scope of the coverage of the Handbook of Counseling Women provides faculty, students, and professional counselors an important resource for providing culturally competent therapy to women of various identities facing a complex range of problems."
*Kathryn Schmidt*

"This is an interdisciplinary, timely, diverse, and needed approach to counseling females in today’s global society."
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