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Counseling Jewish Women: A Phenomenological Study
Author(s) -
Ginsberg Freda,
Sinacore Ada L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2013.00081.x
Subject(s) - judaism , context (archaeology) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , qualitative research , identity (music) , gender studies , psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , social psychology , anthropology , aesthetics , history , theology , art , philosophy , archaeology
The field of counseling has paid little attention to religion in general and Jewish women's realities in particular. This article presents the findings of a qualitative phenomenological study examining 12 Ashkenazi, non‐Orthodox, Jewish American women's self‐reported understanding of their Jewish identity, revealing the themes of Jewishness and being Jewish in a broader societal context, as well as 7 related subthemes. Recommendations are offered for counselors, educators, and researchers who work with Jewish women.