Perl (Northwestern University) offers insight on the challenges and dilemmas that young female therapy clients face, and provides strategies for enhancing clinical work with this population. Filled with in-depth examples, the book addresses clinical issues with teens and with women in their twenties and beyond, who frequently struggle with unresolved adolescent issues, in the context of a psychodynamic perspective that is grounded in attachment theory and developmental knowledge. The author helps readers understand a young woman's conflict between her attachment and dependence on her parents and her efforts to be autonomous, and looks at how this may play out in treatment-rejecting behavior. She demonstrates innovative ways to embrace resistance rather than fighting it, in order to cultivate a strong therapeutic relationship. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)