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Principles -- The personal is political - Personal & social identities are interdependent - Commitment to social change - Counseling relationship is egalitarian - Women & girls experiences and ways of knowing are honored - Definitions of distress & "mental illness" are reformulated - There is...

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  • February 6, 2024
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Feminist Theory
Principles -✔✔✔- The personal is political

- Personal & social identities are interdependent

- Commitment to social change

- Counseling relationship is egalitarian

- Women & girls experiences and ways of knowing are honored

- Definitions of distress & "mental illness" are reformulated

- There is an integrated analysis of oppression



Key Concepts -✔✔✔- Problems are viewed in a sociopolitcal & cultural context

- Acknowledging psychological oppression imposed through sociopolitical status of women and
minorities

- The client know what is best for her life and is the expert in her own life

- Emphasis is on educating clients about therapy process

- Traditional ways of assessing psychological health are challenged

- It is assumed that individual change will best occur through social change

- Clients are encouraged to take social action



4 Approaches to Feminist Therapy -✔✔✔1) Liberal Feminism

2) Socialist Feminism

3) Radical Feminism

4) Cultural Feminism



Liberal Feminism -✔✔✔Focus

- Helping women overcome the limits and constraints of their socialization patterns

, Goals

- Personal empowerment of individual women

- Dignity

- Self-fulfillment

- Equality



Socialist Feminism -✔✔✔Focus

- Societal change

- Emphasis on multiple oppressions

- Believe solutions to society's problems must include consideration of: class, race, other forms of
discrimination



Goal

- To transform social relationships and institutions



Radical Feminism -✔✔✔Focus

- The oppression of woman that is embedded in patriarchy

- Seek to change society through activism

- Therapy is viewed as a political enterprise with the goal of transformation of society



Goals

- Transform gender relationships

- Transform societal institutions

- Increase women's sexual and procreative self-determination

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