ABSTRACT
Several approaches to therapy are examined in this chapter, including psychoanalytic based theory and therapy, as well as nontraditional approaches in consciousness raising and social networks. Psychoanalytic theory, with its emphasis on intrapsychic events, has generally proved unsatisfactory as a means of integrating self and social frameworks. Consciousness raising and social support networks have proved to be valuable alternatives for resolving some issues but have undergone major evolutionary changes.
