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Article: The politics of the personal in feminist family therapy: international examinations of family policy.(Book review)
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- Journal of Comparative Family Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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Prouty Lyness, Anne M. (Ed.). THE POLITICS OF THE PERSONAL IN FEMINIST FAMILY THERAPY: INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS OF FAMILY POLICY. New York: The Haworth Press, 2005. 184 pp. $37.95 (h), $17.95 (p).
As family therapists we must carefully consider the broader social contexts which affect the lives women, children and families. This includes making ourselves aware of how social policies and government actions within and across nations create and limit possibilities, ultimately shaping experience in local and intimate spaces. Many of us share the ideal of not only being socially and politically aware, but translating that awareness into practice in our daily personal ...