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Feminist Theory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the feminist theory? | Places a great deal of emphasis on the ways in which gender roles, socialization, and women’s minority status affect how people make meaning of their lives and the psychological distress they experience. |
| Development of the theory | Feminist therapy is not a specific set of techniques but a philosophical and political perspective from which the counselor practices. |
| Who founded it? | Unlike most psychological theories, feminist theory cannot be attributed to any one founder. |
| What is the therapeutic relationship? | Egalitarian |
| Center of this therapy is.... | The experiences of women |
| Therapy is based on what? | multiple categories of analysis, including gender, race, class, ability, and sexual orientation. |
| What are the therapeutic techniques? | Specific techniques: Gender-role analysis, Power analysis, Assertiveness Training, Reframing and Relabeling, Demystification of Therapy |
| Importance of gender role analysis is? | Gender is the central focus, therapists must understand and be sensitive to how psychological oppression and socialization influence identity development. |
| Importance of power analysis is? | To explore how power is held and used in clients’ lives.Emphasizes power differences between men and women in society; clients recognize the different types of power they possess and power is exercised. |
| What are consciousness raising groups? | Used is to empower women to take action against oppression through the mutual support of the members of the group and the counselor; clients can increase their awareness of the oppression of women and other marginalized groups. |
| What is nonassertiveness? | Involves deferring to others and refusing to express one’s honest thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. |
| What is assertiveness? | Involves being honest and forthright about your own thoughts and feelings without violating someone else’s rights. |
| What is assertiveness training? | Used to expand the range of options for clients who feel helpless in certain interpersonal situations. |
| What is reframing? | Therapist changes the frame of reference for looking at behaviors; shift from intrapersonal stance to consideration of societal factors that contribute to one’s problems |
| What is relabeling? | Changing the label/evaluation that has been applied to clients’ behaviors; shift is from negative to positive evaluation |
| What is demystification of therapy? | Imparting useful information in therapy to be applied outside of the therapy sessions and also to be generalized to other problems that may occur in the client’s life is an important part of empowering the client |
| What is the process of feminist therapy? | Not a specific process or set of techniques but a philosophical and political perspective from which the counselor practices. |
| 1st Stage Therapy | Involves an open discussion and joint negotiation of the therapeutic relationship. The goal of the initial stage of therapy is to achieve an egalitarian construction of power. |
| 2nd Stage Therapy | Involves a discussion of the presenting problem or problems. |
| 3rd Stage of Therapy | Entails a consideration of the broader context of the presenting problem, may occur subsequent or in conjunction with the client’s description of the issue. |
| 4th Stage of Therapy | Empower client with new understanding of the social contexts that has given rise to their problems. |
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