Wild Desires Mistaken Identities Lesbianism Psychoanalysis - Between Men--Between Women Author:Noreen O'Connor, Joanna Ryan This reconsideration of lesbian lives and lesbian experiences offers a new framework that does not inevitably pathologize or universalize all lesbianism, but instead argues for the development of a psychotherapeutic theory and practice open to the complexities and vicissitudes of individual life histories, relationships, and identities.