Papers and Presentations

Feminism and Sexual Diversity: Moving Into the 21st Century

At the intersection of body and spirit live desire and the yearning for wholeness. We are here today to initiate Difficult Dialogues within our own…

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Loving the Spaces Between: Sexual Identity, Gender Fluidity and Desire

Association for Women in Psychology Vancouver, British Columbia June 21, 2002 Beth A. Firestein, Ph.D. Introduction The growth of feminist psychology has increased our awareness…

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Contours of Courage

Beth Firestein, Ph.D. Bi Health Summit National Conference on Bisexuality San Diego, California August 21, 2003 Maya Angelou wrote a poem for Bill Clinton’s presidential…

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Difficult Dialogues

AWP 2000: PLENARY SESSION Salt Lake City, March 11, 2000 Beth A. Firestein, Ph.D. I am sitting in my office across from a conscientious, professionally…

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Beyond STD Prevention: Implications of the New View of Women’s Sexual Problems

  The Working Group on A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems offers clinicians a compelling alternative to physiologically based, performance driven models of women’s…

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Personal Statement: Fellow Application, November 2003

PERSONAL STATEMENT Beth A. Firestein, Ph.D. Initial Fellow Application, November 2003 When Laura Brown, Chair of the Fellows Committee, wrote me in September 2003 encouraging…

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Concepts and Clinical Issues in Working With Transgendered Clients

Association for Women in Psychology Salt Lake City, March 8-12, 2000 LEARNING FROM MY TRANSGENDERED CLIENTS Beth A. Firestein, Ph.D. Introduction Like the majority of…

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Stepping Into Our Wisdom

Do we get wiser as we age? Dr. Beth Firestein believes we do. Dr. Firestein, a licensed psychologist, has counseled many older women during her…

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Stepping Into Our Wisdom: What is Wisdom

Wisdom is letting others discover what they need to do. My grandmother used to say: “It’s not because I’m old that I have so much…

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Beth Firestein Current CV 2003

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