Reviewing in their introduction the diverse, impressive collection of papers which make up this volume, Seu and Heenan observe that the contents both acknowledge the ‘valuable contribution of feminist psychotherapy models, whilst simultaneously positioning feminist therapy as problematic’ (p. 1). The collection urges us to consider whether the politics of feminism and the practice of psychotherapy are fundamentally mutually inimical, or whether a creative tension has been generated between the two.

About 30 years have passed since the beginning of the passionate, argumentative relationship between Second Wave feminism and psychoanalysis. During the 1970s,