Full Description
A step-by-step approach to implementing feminist therapy with women and men from all cultures and diverse backgrounds
Focusing 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 practical 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.
Contents
Preface
1. Feminist Therapy: Roots and Branches
2. Feminist Therapy: A Social and Individual Change Model
3. Ethics and Values in Feminist Counseling and Psychology
4. The Importance of Gender
5. Mental Health and Diagnosis in the Context of Feminist Therapy
6. Feminist Conceptualization
7. Establishing and Maintaining the Egalitarian Relationship
8. Gender Role and Power Analysis
9. Social Change and Empowerment
10. Feminist Therapy in Practice
11. Critical Cases Studies
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