WHAT KINDS OF ISSUES HAVE YOU HAD TO DEAL
WITH IN YOUR PRACTICE?

One of the most difficult interviews I ever had, years ago, was at Radcliffe College. I was in practice perhaps 12 years by then, and the group who was interviewing me, who I think were half and half women and men, asked me the most amazing questions. Had I actually gone into the field and done field supervision? Had I done all those drawings? And I found myself explaining, well, eight years ago I did, yes, and now there are people I work with who are assisting me and doing that. But I found myself explaining to these women, who were extraordinarily doubtful. It was a mixed group, but I think I probably went in thinking, "Now this is a group that is liable to understand and be particularly inclined to accept us." But that was surprising. So I think that in a way that was an environment in which there were a substantial number of women who were very conscious about women who work, so I think that happens. Women clients are as diverse as men clients in their expectations, it's hard to generalize. I think there is often, though not always, a kind of base understanding, because those women clients have come through much the same kinds of challenges. So there's a I think a degree of connection there that's a little bit different, but women clients are quite different, can be very demanding, can be uncertain of other women, just as you know we're all uncertain of ourselves, that uncertainty can extend to other women.