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Treatment of Crises in the Lives of Women: Object Loss and Identity Threat

A review of crises occurring in practice within a year’s time suggested that these related essentially to object loss or threat to identity, at any age level, although certain phases find women inherently more vulnerable. Therapeutic efforts call for special sensitivity to the effects of rapid cultural change, and altered goals and expectations of women.

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