From: mgflax@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Marshall G. Flax)
Subject: Re: Good books for someone in an abusive relationship?
Keywords: domestic violence books
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 04:32:47 GMT

In article <1992Jul7.164731.27126@Princeton.EDU> I wrote:
>I know this isn't the right group exactly, but a friend-of-a-friend
>(FOAF) has been in a mildly (as far as I have been able to tell)
>abusive relationship for a few years (which my friend has just found
>out about).  Are there any good books my friend can recommend to her?

A kind respondent (whose name I unfortunately forgot) suggested the
books of Harriet Goldhor Lerner.  I haven't had time to get them yet,
but I thought I would share them (courtesy Library of Congress) with you.

   Type of Material: Book
     LC Call Number: BF575.A5 L47 1985
             Author: Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
              Title: The dance of anger : a woman's guide to changing the
                      patterns of intimate relationships / Harriet Goldhor
                      Lerner.
            Edition: 1st ed.
   Publication Info: New York : Harper & Row, c1985.
  Phys. Description: xii, 239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
              Notes: Includes index.
           Subjects: Anger, Interpersonal relations, Women--Psychology.
     LC Card Number:    85042576
               ISBN: 0-06-015468-3 : $15.95

   Type of Material: Book
     LC Call Number: HQ1206 .L446 1989
             Author: Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
              Title: The dance of intimacy : a woman's guide to courageous acts
                      of change in key relationships / Harriet Goldhor Lerner.
            Edition: 1st ed.
   Publication Info: New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1989.
  Phys. Description: xiii, 255 p. ; 22 cm.
              Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244)
           Subjects: Women--Psychology, Intimacy (Psychology),
           	      Interpersonal relations, Change (Psychology).
     LC Card Number:    88045519
               ISBN: 0-06-016067-5 : $17.95

   Type of Material: Book
     LC Call Number: RC451.4.W6 L47 1989
             Author: Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
              Title: Women in therapy / Harriet Goldhor Lerner.
            Edition: 1st Perennial Library ed.
   Publication Info: New York : Perennial Library, 1989, c1988.
  Phys. Description: p. cm.
              Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
           Subjects: Women--Mental health, Women--Psychology,
                      Psychotherapy patients, Psychotherapy.
     LC Card Number:    88045938
               ISBN: 0-06-097228-9 : $9.95

   Type of Material: Book
     LC Call Number: RC451.4.W6 L47 1988
             Author: Lerner, Harriet Goldhor.
              Title: Women in therapy : devaluation, anger, aggression,
                      depression, self-sacrifice, mothering, mother blaming,
                      self-betrayal, sex-role stereotypes, dependency, work and
                      success inhibitions / Harriet Goldhor Lerner.
   Publication Info: Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c1988.
  Phys. Description: xxi, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
              Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
           Subjects: Women--Mental health, Women--Psychology,
                      Psychotherapy patients, Psychotherapy.
     LC Card Number:    87019362
               ISBN: 0-87668-978-0
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