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Shaping the Future of Feminist Psychology: Education, Research, and Practice is unlike most books reviewed in this journal. It is a distinct in that it is neither a psychoanalytic nor psychoanalytically informed reader. The book is the collective outcome of the first National Conference on Education and Training in Feminist Practice, a working conference that convened in 1993, in Boston, and was attended by some of the nation's preeminent feminist psychologists. The 4 day conference was organized for purposes of developing a solid training and educational plan for prospective feminist practice. The focus was on the re-creation of a psychology that would be consistent with feminist principles and practices. Conference participants were organized into nine groups. The format for the conference involved a three-stage rotation process. First, there were nine full-day work groups in which people met in clusters of six to eight. The major focus of the next 2 days was on cross-group communication and feedback. Members met in triads composed of representatives from two other groups. When the nine working groups reconvened, developing principles were refined. On the last day, the nine groups deliberated and adopted principles of feminist education, research, training, and practice through collective consensus rather than by majority vote.
The book evokes a sense of how exciting the conference must have been. It focuses on nine topics: theory, assessment, therapy, research, curriculum development, teaching, supervision, diversity, and postdoctoral training. In general, each chapter provides a summary review of the status