附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
Use of stories in psychotherapy -- Importance of the archetypal feminine ; Sir Gawain and the Lady Ragnell : what do women really want? ; Challenge to change -- Feminism and the psychology of C.G. Jung -- Feminist theory and therapy ; Reconstructing the dominant conscious attitude ; Animus and a woman's sense of herself ; Stages of animus development ; Individuation as a developmental model ; Competing realities in the interactional field -- C.G. Jung and Harry Stack Sullivan -- Interpersonal meets intrapsychic : a comparative dialogue ; Sullivan's stages of personality development -- Enacting the complex : hag, hero and bully -- Psychology of a hag ; Louise as the hag ; Social aspects of the negative mother ; Larry as the hero ; Hero as a collective problem ; Bully role ; Negative mother complex -- Embracing the hag in middle life -- Assessing the potential loss ; Dominance and possession ; Understanding the repressed feminine ; Love and free choice ; Louise and Larry embrace the hag -- Methodology in couple therapy -- Guidelines for therapists ; Initial contact with clients ; Strategies and techniques ; Format of sessions ; Stages of couple therapy ; Therapist training -- Identification with a complex versus enactment -- On being and doing the hag ; On being and doing the bully ; Alternative forms of treatment -- Conclusion : Vitality through connection -- Gawain and the Lady Ragnell (from The maid of the north and other folktale heroines -- Psychosexual assessment -- Developmental assessment in context.
