Transcending a Double Bind: The Case of Jenna

✍ Scribed by Misty K. Hook; Kathy Ashton

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 294 KB
• Volume: 50
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-4019
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2002.tb00578.x

✦ Synopsis

Although all women's career development has been largely ignored, gifted women, in particular, have been virtually invisible within the career field. Many people assume that choosing a career should be easy for women with high intelligence and multiple gifts; however, the challenges to occupational choice for gifted women are frequently amplified because they are expected to use their talents while conforming to societal expectations of them as women. In this article, the authors seek to enhance awareness of some of these issues by first discussing one gifted woman's difficulties and then addressing treatment issues, using an ecological perspective.