Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Washington, D.C. and a clinical professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine.Marcella Bakur Weiner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Brooklyn and New York City. She is the author of Psychotherapy and Religion: Many Paths, One Journey.

• Chapter 1 DedicationChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Introduction: Wisewomen: The Evolution of Female PsychotherapistsChapter 4 The Birthing of a Womanist Psychologist: On Becoming a Guide to Healing and EmpowermentChapter 5 Hannah Krants' ConversionChapter 6 (As) If I Had a ChoiceChapter 7 Psychologist by Accident, Profession by Choice: My Journey of Compassion and ServiceChapter 8 Slave and Midwife: Healing in the Midst of Social InjusticeChapter 9 The Woman Psychotherapist: A Spiritual PerspectiveChapter 10 Transcultural Woman: Healing in a Strange LandChapter 11 The Delicate Art of Connection and HealingChapter 12 Becoming a Psychotherapist: Discovering the Self amidst Cultural ShiftsChapter 13 Unbroken ChainChapter 14 Adversity, Healing and the Development and Practice of a Woman PsychologistChapter 15 Conclusion: Women of Words: Psychotherapy from a Feminine PerspectiveChapter 16 IndexChapter 17 About the Contributors

Kudos to Drs. Comas-Diaz and Weiner for having conceptualized this project and brought together 11 articulate, thoughtful psychotherapists. Their highly personalized stories of how they evolved into healers are both instructional and inspirational to women therapists at any age or level of experience. Women Psychotherapists:Journeys in Healing belongs in every woman therapist's library.

Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Washington, D.C. and a clinical professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine.Marcella Bakur Weiner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Brooklyn and New York City. She is the author of Psychotherapy and Religion: Many Paths, One Journey.

• Chapter 1 DedicationChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Introduction: Wisewomen: The Evolution of Female PsychotherapistsChapter 4 The Birthing of a Womanist Psychologist: On Becoming a Guide to Healing and EmpowermentChapter 5 Hannah Krants' ConversionChapter 6 (As) If I Had a ChoiceChapter 7 Psychologist by Accident, Profession by Choice: My Journey of Compassion and ServiceChapter 8 Slave and Midwife: Healing in the Midst of Social InjusticeChapter 9 The Woman Psychotherapist: A Spiritual PerspectiveChapter 10 Transcultural Woman: Healing in a Strange LandChapter 11 The Delicate Art of Connection and HealingChapter 12 Becoming a Psychotherapist: Discovering the Self amidst Cultural ShiftsChapter 13 Unbroken ChainChapter 14 Adversity, Healing and the Development and Practice of a Woman PsychologistChapter 15 Conclusion: Women of Words: Psychotherapy from a Feminine PerspectiveChapter 16 IndexChapter 17 About the Contributors

Kudos to Drs. Comas-Diaz and Weiner for having conceptualized this project and brought together 11 articulate, thoughtful psychotherapists. Their highly personalized stories of how they evolved into healers are both instructional and inspirational to women therapists at any age or level of experience. Women Psychotherapists:Journeys in Healing belongs in every woman therapist's library.

Lillian Comas-Díaz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Washington, D.C. and a clinical professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine.Marcella Bakur Weiner, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Brooklyn and New York City. She is the author of Psychotherapy and Religion: Many Paths, One Journey.

• Chapter 1 DedicationChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 Introduction: Wisewomen: The Evolution of Female PsychotherapistsChapter 4 The Birthing of a Womanist Psychologist: On Becoming a Guide to Healing and EmpowermentChapter 5 Hannah Krants' ConversionChapter 6 (As) If I Had a ChoiceChapter 7 Psychologist by Accident, Profession by Choice: My Journey of Compassion and ServiceChapter 8 Slave and Midwife: Healing in the Midst of Social InjusticeChapter 9 The Woman Psychotherapist: A Spiritual PerspectiveChapter 10 Transcultural Woman: Healing in a Strange LandChapter 11 The Delicate Art of Connection and HealingChapter 12 Becoming a Psychotherapist: Discovering the Self amidst Cultural ShiftsChapter 13 Unbroken ChainChapter 14 Adversity, Healing and the Development and Practice of a Woman PsychologistChapter 15 Conclusion: Women of Words: Psychotherapy from a Feminine PerspectiveChapter 16 IndexChapter 17 About the Contributors

Kudos to Drs. Comas-Diaz and Weiner for having conceptualized this project and brought together 11 articulate, thoughtful psychotherapists. Their highly personalized stories of how they evolved into healers are both instructional and inspirational to women therapists at any age or level of experience. Women Psychotherapists:Journeys in Healing belongs in every woman therapist's library.