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Beyond Psychoppression A Feminist Alternative Therapy BETTY MCLELLAN Price: $27.50(Australian dollars), $34.95 (NZ dollars), $17.95 (US dollars), $27.95 (Canadian dollars), £12.95 (UK pounds)

A guide to therapy, which explores the intersection between the personal and the political. Betty McLellan surveys the development of psychotherapy and exposes the oppressive techniques of Freudian psychoanalysis, humanistic therapies, lesbian sex therapy and new age and popular therapies. She challenges the myths about women’s mental and emotional illness.
‘… if you’re interested in any form of psychotherapy or counselling as well as in feminism, then this is the book for you.’ —Diana Currie, Newsletter of Women with Disabilities Australia

Betty McLellan is a feminist psychotherapist who established her own practice in Townsville in 1984. She returned from study in the United States in1977 and has been active in Australian feminist politics since, being a frequent speaker at political demonstrations and conferences throughout the country. She is a consultant to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health program in Townsville and is responsible for establishing the annual Winter Institute for Women held in North Queensland. She is also the author of Overcoming Anxiety: A positive approach to dealing with severe anxiety in your life (Allen & Unwin, 1992)

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