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A Woman's Unconscious Use of Her Body: A Psychoanalytical Perspective
Contributor(s): Pines, Dinora (Author)
ISBN: 0415558077     ISBN-13: 9780415558075
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $40.80  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality)
- Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - General
Dewey: 155.333
LCCN: 2009049712
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.55 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:

Drawing on Dinora Pines' lifetime of clinical experience this classic book provides a psychoanalytic understanding of women's relationships with their bodies, focusing on key moments in women's lives.

With chapters organised to follow the female life-cycle, topics covered include:

  • the turbulence of adolescence
  • pregnancy and childbirth
  • infertility and abortion
  • menopause and old age
  • the traumatic effects of surviving the Holocaust.

With a foreword from Susie Orbach, this book will be of interest to mental health professionals including counsellors, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts.