The philosophical and intellectual premises of this book are so different from my own that I found it difficult to read and review. Laura S. Brown, the author, is a clinical psychologist who sees radical feminism as providing the theoretical basis for her clinical work. My own notion of feminism, as being about equal rights for women and studying issues of gender and sexuality, seemed pale and politically incorrect in the face of Brown's fiery rhetoric. Brown has seen the truth and she knows it when she sees it; her work has the quality of the crusader, the religious fundamentalist, or the political fanatic about it. If Brown has many followers in her movement, I am indeed concerned about the consequences of these ideas and this kind of work.

Brown seeks to define feminist therapy not as therapy practiced by women, or with women, or about women, but as therapy grounded in the underlying theories of radical feminism. Such therapy may be done with men, women, or children, and in any