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Women with visible and invisible disabilities: multiple intersections, multiple issues, multiple therapies
- Editors:
- BANKS Martha E., KASCHAK Ellyn
- Publisher:
- Haworth Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 382p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Binghamton, NY
This book addresses the issues faced by women with disabilities, examines the social construction of disability, and makes suggestions for the development and modification of culturally relevant therapy to meet the needs of disabled women. Most of the chapters in this book address the concerns of age, ethnicity, size, relationships, sexual orientation, and other social situations that complicate the lives of women with disabilities. Several of the contributing authors address safety concerns and the vulnerability of these women, while others focus on successful coping strategies. Feminist therapists describe the extensions they have made to traditional psychotherapy in order to directly address a wide range of issues faced by their female clients with disabilities.
Disabled women sexually abused in childhood: treatment considerations
- Authors:
- MONAHAN Kathleen, LURIE Abraham
- Journal article citation:
- Clinical Social Work Journal, 31(4), Winter 2003, pp.407-418.
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Place of publication:
- New York
There is a dearth of literature addressing the issues presented in the treatment of adult disabled women who were victims of childhood sexual abuse. This article focuses on the pertinent issues involved in clinically treating this population, such as the meaning of the traumatic event of sexual abuse for the individual, the disability and how it may have impacted her in terms of dependence, body integrity, and sexuality. Coping strategies and case examples are presented and possible countertransferential reactions are examined.