Feminist Therapy Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
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Feminist Therapy
Feminist Therapy Exam Questions and Answers Graded A+
What do feminist therapists emphasis in regards to the perspective of personality development? - Answer-Societal gender-role expectations profoundly influence a person's identity from the moment of birth and become deeply ingrained in adult per...
Feminist Therapy Exam Questions
and Answers Graded A+
What do feminist therapists emphasis in regards to the perspective of personality
development? - Answer-Societal gender-role expectations profoundly influence a
person's identity from the moment of birth and become deeply ingrained in adult
personality.
What do techniques of feminist therapy foster? - Answer-Mutuality, relational capacities
and growth in connection
What are gender schemas? - Answer-Internalisations of the gender roles perpetuated in
a sexist society.
What is "Relational-cultural theory"? - Answer-A perspective suggesting that a woman's
sense of identity and self-concept develop in the context of relationships.
What do feminist therapists remind us? - Answer-That traditional gender stereotypes of
women are still prevalent in cultures through the world and that uncritical acceptance of
traditional roles can greatly restrict their range of freedom.
What are the 6 core principles of Feminist therapy? - Answer-1. The personal is political
2. Commitment to social change
3. Women's and girl's voices and ways of knowing are valued and their experiences are
honoured.
4. The counselling relationship is egalitarian.
5. A focus on strengths and a reformulated definition of psychological distress.
6. All types of oppression are recognised.
Which core principle does the following passage apply to?
"The valuing and facilitation of women's voices in or out of therapy directly counteracts
the often forced silence of women and contributes to an ultimate change in the body
politic of society" - Answer-Women's and girl's voices and ways of knowing are valued
and their experiences are honoured.
What assumption is "the personal is political" principle based on? - Answer-On the
assumption that the personal or individual problems that individuals bring to counselling
originate in a political and social context.
, What is an example of the assumption that "the personal is political" is based on? -
Answer-Stereotyping, marginalisation, subordination or oppression
What other perspective do feminist therapists work from? - Answer-A biopsychosocial
perspective
It is important that women who engage in the therapy process recognise what? -
Answer-That they have suffered from oppression as members of a subordinate group
and that they can join with other women to right these wrongs.
What goal is related to the core principle, "commitment to social change"? - Answer-To
advance a different vision of societal organisation that frees both women and men from
the constraints imposed by gender-role expectations.
What is Feminist therapy founded on? - Answer-a theory of inclusion
Who are some notable founders? - Answer-Jean Baker Miller, Carolyn Zerbe Enns,
Olivia M. Espen and Laura S. Brown
What is a central concept of Feminist therapy? - Answer-The importance of
understanding and acknowledging the psychological oppression of women and the
constraints imposed by the sociopolitical status to which women have been relegated.
How far back can feminism be traced back? - Answer-1800s
What are 4 enduring feminist philosophies, often described as the "second wave" of
feminism? - Answer-Liberal, Cultural, Radical and Socialist
What is the focus of a Liberal feminist? - Answer-on helping individual women overcome
the limits and constraints of traditional gender-role socialisation patterns.
What is a major goal of therapy for liberal feminists? - Answer-Personal empowerment
of individual women, dignity, self-fulfilment, shared power in decision making in
relationships, and equality.
What do Cultural feminists highlight? - Answer-The value of interdependence over
individualism.
What is a major goal of therapy for cultural feminists? - Answer-Social transformation
through the infusion of feminine values (i.e. - cooperation, altruism, and connectedness)
into the culture.
What is a belief of cultural feminists? - Answer-Oppression stems from society's
devaluation of women's strengths, values and roles.
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