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This article proposes an alternative model for psychological inquiry based in the experiences of lesbians and gay men. I propose that there are three elements that cross-situationally define a lesbian and gay reality: biculturalism, marginality, and normative creativity. Each of these elements is explored with examples of how these perspectives might alter the way that certain dominant notions about human relationships are understood. The article closes with questions regarding the application of this lesbian and gay paradigm to methodologies for inquiry. The relationship between a lesbianlgay paradigm for psychology and feminist questions regarding epistemology i s also explored.

Women 's career development has recently been a popular topic in counseling psychology, for both theoretical and empirical work This article extends that line of inquiry to address the unique career development issues of lesbians. The available literature on lesbians and work is reviewed, and parallels are drawn between the work experiences of lesbians, nonlesbian women, and other minority status groups. Three models of career development in women (Astin, 1985; Farmer, 1985; Gottfredson, 1981) are presented, and the applicability of each theory to increasing understanding of lesbian experience is explored. Implications for vocational and work-related counseling for lesbians are suggested and recommendations for the field are made.

Abuse was charged with reviewing relevant literature and making recommendations for future research directions as well as for clinical training and practice. To accomplish this charge, members of the Working Group agreed to review scholarly literature on trauma, child sexual abuse, and memory to provide possible explanations for the four most commonly identified memory recovery scenarios. In each scenario, an adult displays a series of psychological and psychosomatic symptoms before developing what are believed to be memories of having been sexually abused in childhood. One involves the recovery of child-abuse-related memories in the therapy setting; the other three, which involve the return of memory outside of therapy, concern (a) an individual who recalls abuse without therapeutic intervention, (b) an individual who believes that abuse has occurred without clear memory of abuse events per se, and (c) an individual who has no memory for abuse events despite the fact that external corroboration exists for them. Although these examples illustrate the range of memory recovery scenarios now documented in the clinical and research literature, it is of note that none of them necessarily explain how access to conscious cognitive memory was impeded or how such memories eventually became available.

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For at least the last two decades, models of feminist practice and feminist theories have been available, but the defining characteristics of a feminist theory of psychological practice have not been fully described. In this chapter we describe the work of the conference group charged with defining the characteristics or guiding principles of a feminist theory of psychological practice. We present a summary of the sociohistorical realities that have affected the articulation of feminist theories of psychological practice and discuss the reasons that such an articulation is timely. We place this current effort to evolve feminist theory in historical context and note the paradoxes inherent to our endeavor. We describe the defining The authors are listed in alphabetical order. The first two authors assumed major responsibility as scribes for the discussion held by the theory w o r k q group. The last two authors are student participant-observers who greatly facilitated the group discussion (and the writing of thii chapter) through their carehl and insightful summaries of the discussion. Members of the larger group of conference participants contributed comments; others read earlier drafts. To all we acknowledge our gratitude for their encouragement and ideas.

This article reviews feminist models of treatment, then applies those paradigms to working with survivors of trauma. Feminist therapists and theorists have been central to discussions of trauma arising from interpersonal violence, betrayal, and oppression. Consequently, much of what has emerged as standards of treatment for survivors of these types of violence is implicitly feminist. In this article, explicit feminist perspectives on trauma treatment are also discussed.

In this article, the Biblical metaphor of "dry bones" becomes a springboard for exploring external and internal threats to the practice of a social justice-oriented psychology. The concept of tikkun olam, the Hebrew term for healing of the world, is defined as a core notion informing social justice-oriented practice. Two social phenomena--managed care and the false memory movement--are analyzed and critiqued as potential threats to this model of practice, and the risks and challenges to justice-based practice in psychology are explored.Editor's note. Henry Tomes served as action editor for this article. Articles based on APA award addresses are given special consideration in the American Psychologist's editorial selection process.