Women's Lives

<p>What are the patterns dominating women’s lives today? What are the issues which confront women in their relationships their work and their families? From adolescence and adult partnerships through motherhood to growing old <i>Women’s Lives</i> originally published in 1990 explores themes which are central to women’s experience focusing on areas such as growing up women on their own sexuality bringing up children and family relationships.</p><p> Sue Llewelyn and Kate Osborne argue that a multi-faceted approach is needed to understand a woman’s life taking in not only her personal psychology but also the social context in which she lives. The authors are both clinical psychologists with an interest in psychotherapy and they draw on their own direct experience of working with women in distress as well as on feminist writing novels and autobiographies to illustrate their arguments. Each chapter presents a detailed case history highlighting an important aspect of women’s lives and demonstrates the increased understanding to be gained from a combined approach using social psychology feminist ideas and psychodynamic insights.</p><p>Designed for a wide readership including psychologists doctors social workers counsellors and nurses <i>Women’s Lives</i> will also be of great value to people on women’s studies courses and to those seeking a greater understanding of themselves or others.</p>