Therapy for Lesbians?: The Case Against
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Feminism & Psychology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 325-338
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959353591013002
Abstract
From a lesbian feminist perspective the problematic nature of developments in `lesbian' and feminist' psychological therapies is considered. It is argued that such therapies are, despite their expressed aims, essentially anti-lesbian and anti-feminist.Keywords
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