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Feminist
how environmental conditions contribute to gender-role socialization and gender inequity, especially for women
Post-modern
there is no single truth

we produce our own lives
Family systems
the individual can only be understood within the context of his/her family
Integrative approach
several theories play a crucial role
Feminists speak of the need to make sure women have a "____" in society
voice
Feminist counseling
the crucial challenge of our world today is this: to find your voice and inspire others to find theirs

finding your voice means finding what you love doing, that you feel passionate about, that serves a real need, and that your conscience tells you to do

the client knows what is best for her life and is the expert on her own life

emphasis on educating clients about the therapy process
Ways women's voices are altered according to feminists
birth control, suffrage, abortion, appropriate dress, modesty

sociopolitical and cultural context
Tag questions
women engage in them more than men

I'm hungry, aren't you?
I've just proven gravity, do you think it's right?
Feminist counseling challenges traditional ways of assessing psychological health care
when a women is depressed, she believes there is something organically clinically wrong with her

this may instead be a normal reaction to stressors in her life

assumed that individual change will best occur through social change
Goals of feminist therapy
social change and equality

become aware of one's gender-role socialization process

become personally empowered
Intervention techniques in feminist therapy
relabeling

reframing
can make a problem seem more changeable

social action

bibliotherapy
Group Feminist Therapy
provides an outlet for social support and political action

forms a diverse community where members share the goal of supporting women's experiences

group setting decreases feelings of isolation and loneliness

self-disclosure is emphasized

clients learn to use power appropriately
Limitations of feminist psychotherapy
therapists do not take a neutral stance, must be careful not to impose cultural values

the heavy environmental/sociopolitical focus may detract from exploring a client's intrapsychic experiences

more empirical support needed
Post-modern perspective according to Nietzsche:

"All knowledge is ________"
perspective

any knowledge or fact is embedded with a frame of reference
Constructivist Perspective (CNP)
Focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and others about significant events in their lives

Therapeutic task: helps clients appreciate how they construct their realities and how they author their own stories
Social Constructionism:

the ______ is the expert

_______ is used to elicit perspective, resources, and unique client experiences

therapist supplies _________ and the ________
client

dialogue

optimism; process
Social Constructionism Therapy Goals
generate new meaning in the lives of clients

co-develop, with clients, solutions that are unique to the situation

enhance awareness of the impact of the dominant culture on the individual
Solution-focused brief therapy
grounded on a positive orientation - people are healthy and competent

past is downplayed, present and future are the focus

shift from "problem orientation" to "solution focus"
therapists assist clients in finding exceptions to their problems

construct solutions rather than solve problems
Assumptions of Solution-Focused Therapy
the problem itself may not be relevant to finding effective solutions

people create their own solutions

small changes lead to large changes

client is the expert, collaborative partnership ideal with therapist
Questions in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
"how questions" that imply change

focus attention on solutions

can open up possibilities for clients to do something different
3 types of client-therapist relationships in Solution-Focused Therapy
Customer-type: client and therapist jointly identify a problem and a solution to work toward

Complainant: a client who describes a problem, but is not able or willing to take an active role in solution construction

visitors: clients who come to therapy because someone else thinks they have a problem
Techniques in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Pre-therapy change
what have you done since you made the appointment that has made a diff to your problem?

Exception questions
when did the problem not exist?

Miracle question: If a miracle happened and the problem you have was solved while you were asleep, what would be different in your life?

Scaling: on a scale of 0 to 10, how far are you in resolving the problem?
Narrative Therapy
listen to clients with open mind, respectful curiosity, persistence

encourage clients to share

listen to a problem-saturated story of a client without getting stuck
Narrative Therapy Process
name the problem

separate person from problem

investigate how problem has been disrupting or dominating the person

search for exceptions to the problem

ask clients to speculate about future

create audience to support new story
Externalization and Narrative Therapy
a process of separating the person from identifying with the problem

helps clients free themselves from being identified with the problem

externalizing convos can lead clients in recognizing times when they have dealt successfully with the problem
Deconstrucion and Alternative Stories in Narrative Therapy
Problem-saturated stories are deconstructed before new stories are co-created

people constantly re-author their lives
Narrative group therapy
new identities can be rehearsed

provides appreciative audience

anger managment
grief counseling
academic management
adventure-based
Limits of Postmodern Approaches
therapists must be skilled in brief interventions

may be too mechanistic

therapists MUST not judge

the therapist's "not knowing stance" may not make therapist look like an expert

more empirical evidence needed