{"product_id":"integrating-spirit-and-psyche","title":"Integrating Spirit and Psyche","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary collection, the voices of women's experience ring out loud and true!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe power of narrative in therapy for women is undeniable. Used well, other women's narratives can help us to understand and rewrite our own. Here, women bare their souls, reflecting on self-enhancement and growth, on discrediting negative family scripts, on seeing through demeaning cultural messages, on living in the modern world, on their wildness, wisdom, spirituality, and a great deal more! Each chapter includes questions for reflection to help readers incorporate these narratives into their own lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author: “This book began with the women's groups I facilitate. Some themes arose many times: I feel bad about myself; I can't speak up at times; I don't feel like I have any rights; I feel stupid; I feel like I am bad. But as therapy progressed, new narratives were expressed: I do have a voice; I am knowledgeable; I like being who I am; and I can work through this conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As a writer and therapist, I have taken a stance about ideas that are presented in sessions with clients and that exist in their culture. This book elaborates on those ideas and offers readers an opportunity to think about them in their own lives. Women can rewrite their lives as they become aware of their stories.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the narratives that you'll find in Integrating Spirit and Psyche: Using Women's Narratives in Psychotherapy explore: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen as second-class citizens \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eputting the self in context \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen's spirituality in its many forms \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eanger as it relates to gender \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esocietal pressure on women to bear terrible burdens in silence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eways that various cultures have demeaned women-infanticide, foot binding, genital mutilation, dowry deaths, etc. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esocietal messages that encourage feelings of helplessness, shame, anger, and inhibition in women \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eways to resolve conflicts, take credit where it’s due, and express ourselves \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003emind-body connections \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen to look to for inspiration--Virginia Woolf, Marie Curie, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Margaret Thatcher, and many more \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eaging and wisdom \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ewomen's spiritual practices--meditation, T'ai Chi, Chakra Awareness, practices from the Judeo-Christian traditions, and more!\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542619283694,"sku":"9780789012104","price":79.19,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780789012104.jpg?v=1720130530","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/integrating-spirit-and-psyche","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}