About this journal

Women & Therapy is the only professional journal that focuses entirely on the complex interrelationship between women and the therapeutic experience. Devoted to theoretical, clinical, intersectional, qualitative and quantitative analyses of issues concerning women and therapy, the journal is intended for feminist practitioners, as well as for individuals interested in the practice of feminist therapy.

Women & Therapy focuses on a wide range of content areas, including:

• The process of therapy with female clients
• Problems in living that affect women in greater proportion than men, such as depression, eating disorders, and agoraphobia
• Women's traditional and nontraditional roles in society and how these affect and can be affected by therapy, as well as the special needs of minority women, lesbians, older women, and women with disabilities
• The special needs of feminist therapists, effective interventions, and alternatives and alternatives to traditional diagnosis and treatment

The high-quality, peer reviewed articles in Women & Therapy will be of greatest interest to feminist therapists and health professionals; individuals who educate, supervise, or train therapists; individuals in training to become therapists; and feminist researchers and scholars who are interested in issues confronting women and therapy.

Few areas in psychology and related health professions have developed as quickly in recent years as women and therapy. This journal is at the forefront of this thought, investigating challenges in therapy such as:

• Gender differences and similarities as they relate to biological, personality, cognitive, and developmental factors
• Women as they enter new roles at work and in personal relationships
• The changing attitudes of therapists toward female clients that affect and reflect the changes

The consumer of therapy is better educated about women's and gender issues than ever before in history. Women make up the overwhelming majority of clients in therapy. Women & Therapy is designed to assist women and their therapists in understanding this unique relationship.

Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .

EDITORS

Noelany Pelc, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychological Science and Counseling at Marian University, USA.

Kate Richmond, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology, Director of Women & Gender Studies at Muhlenberg College, USA. 

EDITORIAL BOARD

Carrie Castañeda-Sound, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychology at Pepperdine University, USA, and focuses on areas of strength and resiliency, the intersections of identity (gender, ethnic, racial, and sexual), and constructivist approaches to research.

Cynthia de las Fuentes, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in full time independent practice in Austin, TX, USA. Having held a pre-doctoral Congressional Fellowship with the Women’s Research and Education Institute and a Public Interest Directorate Fellowship with the American Psychological Association, she also chaired the Committee on Women in Psychology and is a former president of the Society of Psychology of Women.

Khanh T. Dinh, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA, and frequently serves as a consultant for the National Institute of Mental Health.

Nadia T. Hasan, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA, and her areas of interests include multicultural feminism, Arab American mental health, Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) mental health, international students, and Latinx mental health.

Kate Richmond, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Women & Gender Studies at Muhlenberg College, USA. She has published in the areas of multicultural psychology, gender ideology, masculinity, transgender resiliency, feminist therapy, and trauma. Her forthcoming book, an undergraduate textbook, Psychology of Women , will be published by W.W. Norton in January 2019. In addition to teaching, she maintains a private practice, where she specializes in the treatment of trauma and issues related to gender.

Yuying Tsong, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the department of Human Services at the California State University, Fullerton, USA, and is incoming President of the Society of the Psychology of Women (Division 35), American Psychological Association.

Elizabeth Nutt Williams, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA, and a counseling psychologist and psychotherapy researcher who is particularly interested in therapy processes, feminist multicultural approaches to counseling, and the use of mixed methods in research.

Wendi S. Williams, PhD, is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Bank Street School of Education, USA, and  her research, writing, activism, and advocacy centers on articulating and acting in service to address the ways intersectional identities and contexts impact people's lives; whether they are hypervisible or disregarded/ignored.

Oksana Yakushko, PhD, is a psychology professor at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Carpinteria, CA, USA, and also a licensed practitioner with expertise in issues related to gender and sexuality, embodied experiences (e.g., body, food, self-image), relational traumas (e.g., childhood abuse and neglect, interpersonal violence), and social traumas (e.g., experiences of social prejudice and cultural oppression).

CONSULTING EDITORIAL BOARD

Laura S. Brown, PhD, ABPP,  is a clinical and forensic psychologist in independent practice in Seattle, Washington, USA, and writes and speaks about feminist therapy theory and practice, trauma, cultural competence, and ethics.

Jean Lau Chin, EdD, ABPP, is psychology professor at Adelphi University in New York, USA, a 2018 Fulbright Scholar and Distinguished Chair, the first Asian American psychologist to be licensed in the state of Massachusetts, and recognized by two APA Presidential Citations for her work.

Ellen Cole, PhD,  is Professor of Practice in Psychology at the Sage Colleges, USA, and a former co-editor, with Esther Rothblum, of Women & Therapy, and a past-president of APA's Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35).

Lillian Comas-Diaz, PhD,  is a feminist psychologist of color, an advocate for human rights, a healer, and a clinical psychologist with her own private practice in Washington, DC, USA.

Oliva M. Espín, PhD, is an Emerita Professor of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University and at the California School of Professional Psychology of Alliant International University, USA. Dr. Espín has been a pioneer in the practice and theory of feminist therapy with women from different cultural backgrounds, particularly US-born Latinas and immigrant/refugee women.

Ellyn Kaschak, PhD, is Emerita Professor of Psychology at San Jose State University, USA, and a former editor of Women & Therapy. She is one of the founders of the field of feminist psychology, which she has practiced since its inception some 40 years ago, and has published numerous articles and chapters on the topic, as well as the award-winning book Engendered Lives: A New Psychology of Women's Experience.

Natalie Porter, PhD, is a feminist psychologist who served as Vice Provost for Graduate Programs, Alliant International University, USA.

Esther Rothblum, PhD, is a Professor of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University, USA, and editor of the Journal of Lesbian Studies.

Melba J. T. Vasquez, PhD, ABPP , is in independent practice in Austin, TX, USA, and has an extensive record of scholarship in the areas of ethics, multicultural psychotherapy, psychology of women, and counseling and psychotherapy; she is a former president of the American Psychological Association.