Women, girls, and addiction : celebrating the feminine in counseling treatment and recovery /
Briggs, Cynthia A. 1972-
Women, girls, and addiction : celebrating the feminine in counseling treatment and recovery / - New York : Routledge, c2009. - xviii, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminist theory and addiction counseling -- Women, girls, and addiction : a historical perspective -- Biological factors -- Psychological factors -- Social factors -- Counseling considerations for women : an overview -- Adolescents -- Women in late adulthood.
This title explores the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women. It provides an overview of feminist theory and addiction counselling and gives an in-depth look at the biological and social factors of the experience of addiction as unique in women.
9780415993524 (alk. paper) 9780415993524: £18.00 0415993520 (alk. paper)
2008053196
Women--Substance use--Prevention.
Addicts--Counseling of.
Women--Counseling of.
Feminist theory.
Feminist therapy.
616.8606082 / BRI
Women, girls, and addiction : celebrating the feminine in counseling treatment and recovery / - New York : Routledge, c2009. - xviii, 202 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminist theory and addiction counseling -- Women, girls, and addiction : a historical perspective -- Biological factors -- Psychological factors -- Social factors -- Counseling considerations for women : an overview -- Adolescents -- Women in late adulthood.
This title explores the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women. It provides an overview of feminist theory and addiction counselling and gives an in-depth look at the biological and social factors of the experience of addiction as unique in women.
9780415993524 (alk. paper) 9780415993524: £18.00 0415993520 (alk. paper)
2008053196
Women--Substance use--Prevention.
Addicts--Counseling of.
Women--Counseling of.
Feminist theory.
Feminist therapy.
616.8606082 / BRI