Feminist Therapy
The key concepts of feminist therapy are gender-fair approaches, flexible-multicultural perspective, interactionist, and life-span perspective. All four of these concepts talk about stereotypes, the social roles, using strategies, and behavioral changes that happen over time. According to Prochaska and Norcross, “gender role expectations tend to generate a false sense of self and force women to accept stereotyped gender roles” (Corey, 2013, p. 367). Society expects women and girls to act in a certain way that it is alright for them to cry but wrong for man and boys to cry. Another concept is gender schemas embedded in us from childhood is behavior’s based on society gender roles.
Some more key concepts of feminist therapy are called the principles of feminist. The person is the political, commitment to social change, women’s and girl’s voices are honored, counseling relationship is egalitarian, focus on strengths and reformulated definition of distress, and all types of oppression are recognized. These concepts bring about social change, and getting people to see women as equals giving them a voice in a society that tells them to be quiet. Lastly, the feminist therapy is about empowering women within their male dominated culture.
Philosophical Underpinnings
In feminist therapy, the underpinnings that block the growth of …show more content…
380). Another strength is found in multicultural counseling that looks at all of the isms that created inequity in everyone’s society. Counselors establish an egalitarian relationship with clients. Also, like most theories that I have learned about, it is extremely important for the counselor to respect his or her client in order to see a transformation in our society. Lastly, the main strength is acquiring skills to bring about change in
The key concepts of feminist therapy are gender-fair approaches, flexible-multicultural perspective, interactionist, and life-span perspective. All four of these concepts talk about stereotypes, the social roles, using strategies, and behavioral changes that happen over time. According to Prochaska and Norcross, “gender role expectations tend to generate a false sense of self and force women to accept stereotyped gender roles” (Corey, 2013, p. 367). Society expects women and girls to act in a certain way that it is alright for them to cry but wrong for man and boys to cry. Another concept is gender schemas embedded in us from childhood is behavior’s based on society gender roles.
Some more key concepts of feminist therapy are called the principles of feminist. The person is the political, commitment to social change, women’s and girl’s voices are honored, counseling relationship is egalitarian, focus on strengths and reformulated definition of distress, and all types of oppression are recognized. These concepts bring about social change, and getting people to see women as equals giving them a voice in a society that tells them to be quiet. Lastly, the feminist therapy is about empowering women within their male dominated culture.
Philosophical Underpinnings
In feminist therapy, the underpinnings that block the growth of …show more content…
380). Another strength is found in multicultural counseling that looks at all of the isms that created inequity in everyone’s society. Counselors establish an egalitarian relationship with clients. Also, like most theories that I have learned about, it is extremely important for the counselor to respect his or her client in order to see a transformation in our society. Lastly, the main strength is acquiring skills to bring about change in