Gender Issues In Clinical Psychology

Download or read book Gender Issues in Clinical Psychology written by Paula Nicolson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical psychology has traditionally ignored gender issues. The result has been to the detriment of women both as service users and practitioners. The contributors to this book show how this has happened and explore the effects both on clients and clinicians. Focusing on different aspects of clinical psychology's organisation and practice, including child sexual abuse, family therapy, forensic psychology and individual feminist therapy, they demonstrate that it is essential that gender issues are incorporated into clinical research and practice, and offer examples of theory and practice which does not marginalise the needs of women.