FEMINIST THERAPY

KEY CONCEPTS

• Personal is political
• Therapist's have commitment to social change
•  Women's voice and ways of knowing are valued and honored
• Counseling relationship is egalitarian
• Therapy focuses on strengths and a reformulated definition of psychological distress
• All types of oppression is recognized (Corey,2009)

GOALS OF THERAPY

• To bring about transformation both in the individual client and in society.
• Assist clients in recognizing, claiming, and using their personal power to free themselves from the limitations of gender-role socialization.
• To confront all forms of institutional policies that discriminate or oppress on any basis. (Corey,2009) 

TECHNIQUES

• Feminist practitioners tend to employ consciousness-raising techniques aimed to helping clients recognize the impacts of gender-role socialization on their lives.
• Gender-role analysis and intervention,Power anaylsis and intervention, demystifying therapy, bibliographer, journal writing, therapist self-disclosure, assertiveness training, reframing and relabeling, challenging untested beliefs, role playing, psychodynamic methods, group work, and social action. (Corey,2009)

FOUNDERS

• Jean Baker Miller
• Carol Enns
• Olivia Espin
• Laura Brown  (Corey,2009)

 

Corey, G. (2009). Theory and practice of counseling and psycotherapy. Fullerton: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning.

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