Psychological Practice with Women

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Carolyn Zerbe Enns, PhD, is a professor of psychology and a contributor to the ethnic studies and the gender, sexuality, and women's studies programs at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Her scholarly interests include multicultural, feminist, and transnational perspectives on psychotherapy and pedagogy. She has written approximately 60 articles and chapters that focus primarily on gender, pedagogy, and feminist theory and psychotherapy.

Dr. Enns is the author of Feminist Theories and Psychotherapies and coeditor of Teaching and Social Justice and the Oxford Handbook of Feminist Multicultural Counseling Psychology. She has received the Heritage Award for contributions to feminist practice (APA Division 35 [Society for the Psychology of Women]), the Distinguished Leader for Women in Psychology Award (APA Committee on Women), the Florence L. Denmark/Mary E. Reuder Award for contributions to the international psychology of women (APA Division 52 [International Psychology]), and the Woman of the Year Award and the Foremother Award (Section for the Advancement of Women, APA Division 17 [Society of Counseling Psychology]).

Joy K. Rice, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and emerita professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a recipient of the Educational Press Association Distinguished Achievement Award and the Denmark/Reuder Award for Outstanding International Contributions to the Psychology of Women and Gender.

Her 4-decade career has focused on women and their issues and concerns nationally and globally in the areas of marital and family studies and gender and cross-cultural issues in psychotherapy.

Dr. Rice is the coauthor of Women and Leadership: Transforming Visions and Diverse Voices and "International Perspectives on Women and Mental Health" in the 2010 Handbook of Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide.

Roberta L. Nutt, PhD, ABPP, is training director of the counseling psychology doctoral program at the University of Houston, Texas. She formerly served as founder and training director of the counseling psychology doctoral program at Texas Woman's University and director of professional affairs of the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB).

She is past president of APA Divisions 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) and 43 (Society for Family Psychology), is past chair of the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, holds fellow status in APA and seven of its divisions and ASPPB, and is American Board of Professional Psychology certified in counseling psychology and family psychology.

She has published numerous articles, chapters, and books on women's and gender issues in psychology.

Drs. Nutt, Rice, and Enns coauthored the 2007 "APA Guidelines for Psychological Practice With Girls and Women" and were corecipients of the 2008 Woman of the Year Award from the APA Section for the Advancement of Women in Counseling Psychology for "significant contributions and promotion of the status of women in psychology, leadership and activism on behalf of women, and research that has significantly advanced knowledge of women's concerns in counseling psychology."

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This book presents and illustrates practice guidelines for working with diverse groups of women. Case studies apply the guidelines to women with multiple intersecting identities, emphasizing the use of strengths and resilience to promote empowerment.

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Contributors

Series Foreword

Acknowledgments

1. Transforming Psychological Practice With Women: An Introduction
   Joy K. Rice, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Roberta L. Nutt
2. Working With Diverse Women: Tools for Assessment and Conceptualization
   Carolyn Zerbe Enns, Joy K. Rice, and Roberta L. Nutt
3. Women and Girls of Black/African Descent
   Wendi S. Williams
4. The Mosaic of Latinas in the United States: Psychological Practice With Latina Women and Girls
   Dianna Marisol González, Carrie L. Castañeda-Sound, and Rachel L. Navarro
5. Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Women
   Connie R. Matthews
6. The Intersection of Gender and Ethnicity: Asian–Pacific Islander American Women
   Phi Loan Le and Khanh T. Dinh
7. Women With Disabilities: Affirmative Practice and Assessment
   Martha E. Banks, Kathleen S. Brown, Linda R. Mona, and Rosalie J. Ackerman
8. Psychological Practice With Native Women
   Wendy M. K. Peters, Kee J. E. Straits, and Pilar E. Gauthier
9. Transnational Psychological Practice With Women: Perspectives From East Asia and Japan
   Sayaka Machizawa and Carolyn Zerbe Enns
10. Inclusive and Affirmative Psychological Practice: Unifying Themes
    Joy K. Rice, Carolyn Zerbe Enns, and Roberta L. Nutt Index

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