Introduction to Feminist Therapy: Strategies for Social and Individual ChangeFocusing on the practical application of feminist theory to clinical experience, Introduction to Feminist Therapy provides guidelines to help therapists master social action and empowerment techniques, feminist diagnostic and assessment strategies, and gender-role and power analyses to foster individual and social change. This guide is ideal for graduate students enrolled in a techniques of counseling course and practitioners who wish to incorporate feminist therapy into their current approach, including how to apply feminist therapy to both women and men and how to deal with the gender issues of both sexes. Client/Therapist dialogues provide readers with examples of how each technique actually works in a therapeutic session. The text also provides case studies, coverage of ethical issues, and feminist assessment guidelines that show readers how to conduct a feminist assessment with and without using the DSM-IV-TR. |
Contents
Roots and Branches | 1 |
A Social and Individual Change Model | 13 |
Chapter 3 Ethics and Values in Feminist Counseling and Psychotherapy | 25 |
Chapter 4 The Importance of Gender Roles | 57 |
Chapter 5 Mental Health and Diagnosis in the Context of Feminist Therapy | 67 |
Chapter 6 Feminist Conceptualization | 85 |
Chapter 7 Establishing and Maintaining the Egalitarian Relationship | 121 |
Chapter 8 GenderRole and Power Analyses | 137 |
Chapter 9 Social Change and Empowerment | 161 |
Chapter 10 Feminist Therapy in Clinical Practice | 179 |
Chapter 11 Critical Case Studies | 195 |
213 | |
215 | |
About the Authors | 219 |
Back Cover | 225 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abuse action activities Allison American analysis approach asked Association awareness become behavior beliefs Brown cause Chapter clients Code of Ethics conceptualization concerns considered context Continued counseling counselor culture decision diagnosis differences discussed disorders distress diversity dominant effective egalitarian relationship equal ethical example expectations experiences feel female feminism feminist therapy focus focused friends gender gender-role girls groups identify impact important individual influence integration issues Jared Joan Kathy knowledge lives male means mental health oppression perspective political position practice practitioners presented principles privilege problems professional Psychology psychotherapy questions recognize regarding relationship reports responsibility result roles Sara seek sexual skills social social change society Step symptoms talk techniques tell theory therapeutic therapists tion traditional understand values White women Worell & Remer York