Table of Contents

Contents

• Intimate Betrayal: Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships
• Forging Community Links to Address Abuse in Lesbian Relationships
• Nowhere to Hide: Lesbian Battering, Homophobia, and Minority Stress
• Knowledge About Heterosexual versus Lesbian Battering Among Lesbians
• Decentering Heterosexuality: Responses of Feminist Counselors to Abuse in Lesbian Relationships
• The Power of Shame: Lesbian Battering as a Manifestation of Homophobia
• Lesbians Who Abuse Their Partners: Using the FIRO-B to Assess Interpersonal Characteristics
• Domestic Violence in Lesbian Relationships
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

About the Author

Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University, California. She is author of Engendered Lives: A New Psychology of Women's Experience, as well as editor and co-editor of numerous books, including Minding the Body and The Next Generation. She has had more than 30 years of experience practising psychotherapy, is past Chair of the Feminist Therapy Institute and of the APA Committee on Women, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association among other organisations. She is also co-editor of the journal Women & Therapy.

Reviews

"Thought provoking, well written and informative." - Beverly Greene, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, St. John's University, New York "A groundbreaking examination of a taboo and complex subject." - Dr. Marny Hall, author of The Lesbian Love Companion