Feminist Counselling

Lynda Ross, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at Athabasca University (AU). She coordinates the University Certificate in Counselling Women Programme at AU in addition to coordinating a number of WGST undergraduate courses, and teaches courses in women and psychology and violence against women at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

• Introduction: Negotiation Social Complexities in Counselling Practice - Lynda R. Ross and Marie LovrodSection I: Women in Context: Feminist Theory's Contribution to Understanding Women's Lived RealitiesChapter 1: Women on the Margins: Honouring Multiple and Intersecting Cultural Identities - Sandra CollinsChapter 2: Mom's the Word: Attachment Theory's Role in Defining the ""Good Mother"" - Lynda R. RossChapter 3: Male Violence against Women and Girls: What Feminist Counsellors Need to Know to Begin Their Work with Women - Charlene Y. SennChapter 4: Hitting Like a Girl: An Integrated and Contextualized Approach to Confronting the Feminist Dilemma of Women's Use of Violence - Susan LeBlancSection II: The Political as Personal: Socio-cultural Factors Informing Feminist PracticeChapter 5: A Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Counselling with Metis and First Nations Women - Cathy RichardsonChapter 6: Aboriginal Women and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Implications of Culture on Therapy and Counselling Practices - Kathy M. BentChapter 7: Considerations in Counselling Children and Adult Survivors of Childhood Traumas: Community, Context, and Intersubjective Resiliencies - Marie LovrodChapter 8: No ""Body"" to Blame?: Socio-cultural Influences on Girls and Women - Gina Wong-Wylie and Shelly Russell-MayhewChapter 9: Is Being a Lesbian a Queer Thing to Do? - Bonita Decaire and Deborah FosterSection III: Counselling Practice as Feminist PraxisChapter 10: Counselling Women: Ethics for Diversity and Social Justice - Jean Pettifor and Judi MaloneChapter 11: Feminist Counsellors Respond to Abuse in Lesbian Relationships: Confronting Heteronormalcy - Janice L. RistockChapter 12: Feminist Crisis Counselling - Karen M. Nielsen and Ann Marie DewhurstChapter 13: Telling Stories to Make Sense of Job Loss - Arlene M.C. YoungChapter 14: Engaging Women Who Are Mandated to Participate in Counselling - Ann Marie Dewhurst and Karen M. NielsenAppendix 1: Guidelines for the Ethical Delivery of Psychological Services for Women

Speaking in a clear, accessible, and highly engaging voice, it introduces readers to many key elements of contemporary feminist theory that are absolutely essential for learning and practice in today's diverse counselling contexts. Contributors to the collection embrace the complexities of marginalized people's lives and capture the histories and legacies - such as colonization, racism, and violence - that shape women's varied situations and subjectivities, within and beyond Canada's borders. Of equal value, the wide array of voices, issues, and vantage points included in this text all recognize the agency and creativity of individuals in contexts not of their own making."" - Carla Rice, Associate Professor, Women's Studies Department, Trent University