A self-described “feminist therapist,” she was a prominent voice in the anti-psychiatry movement, contending that the field is patriarchal.
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Bonnie Burstow, Psychotherapist Who Rejected Psychiatry, Dies at 74
A self-described “feminist therapist,” she was a prominent voice in the anti-psychiatry movement, contending that the field is patriarchal.
Bonnie Burstow, Psychotherapist Who Rejected Psychiatry, Dies at 74
A self-described “feminist therapist,” she was a prominent voice in the anti-psychiatry movement, contending that the field is patriarchal.
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