Exercise and Sport in Feminist Therapy
Subtitle: Constructing Modalities and Assessing Outcomes (Women & Therapy Series) (Women & Therapy Series)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780789019134
Subjects: Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Specific disorders & therapies; General; Consumer Health; Medical; Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy; Diet / Health / Fitness; Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
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.