Exercise and Sport in Feminist Therapy
Subtitle: Constructing Modalities and Assessing Outcomes
Contributors: Ruth L. Hall (Editor); Carole A. Oglesby (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780789019127
Subjects: Nursing & Ancillary Services; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; Feminist therapy; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Sports for women; Psychological aspects; Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy; Exercise; Sports
First sentence: SUMMARY. Exercise can contribute to the feminist therapy goals of empowerment and consciousness raising, and it can help to alleviate depression, manage stress, reduce anxiety, improve body image, raise self-esteem and self-efficacy, and aid recovery from physical or sexual abuse.
Description: "This book explores the healing use of exercise and sport as a helpful adjunct to therapy from several therapeutic orientations within the feminist context - psychoanalytic, cognitive-behavioral, constructivist, and organismic/systems therapy. With case studies and treatment models, it explores the benefits of integrating physical activity, exercise, and sport into therapy.

You'll learn how physical activity can be used to help women suffering with chronic mental illness, breast cancer, fibromyalgia, and much more!"--BOOK JACKET.