Abstract
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the use of storytelling to generate critical thinking about women's mental and emotional health care. The case story at the heart of the storytelling process describes a real, conflict situation in a remote, Australian women's health center. The themes generated lead to critical analysis of the concepts of care, independence, self-responsibility, ideology and woman-space, as they pertain to services designed to promote women's mental and emotional well-being. The conflict in the story arose between a lay worker providing woman-to-woman support and a professional counselor. Woman-to-woman support is a strategy developed in the women's health movement. It refers to the provision of time and space in women's health centers for women to work on their own needs with the support of women's health workers. Based on feminist principles, the aim is to empower women with knowledge, resources and skills. Woman-to-woman support builds on the care that women have traditionally provided for each other and is particularly useful for women living in regions where only limited, professional counseling services may be available.
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