A striking discrepancy can be observed: Girls, actually the winners of educational development, are more often found in therapy. Why is this so? And how can we deal with this in a therapeutic and educational way? The author shows which constellations and central relationship conflicts lead to psychological disorders, what is "typically female" about them, and what therapeutic challenges result from them. Inge Seiffge-Krenke analyses whether autonomy still causes fear today, which central relationship dilemmas girls have to solve and how we can support them in doing so. She shows which constellations and central relationship conflicts lead to psychological disorders, what is "typically female" about them, and what therapeutic challenges arise from them: - Psychoanalytical theories of femininity - Where is the girl? - Developing.