I am strong.
Feminist counseling is build on the premise that it is essential to consider which contexts as contributors to a person's problems?
social, cultural, political
Who observed that socialization patterns tend to result in women giving away their power in relationships, often without being aware of it?
Natalie Rogers
Which was the only other counseling founder that took a pro-feminist stance?
Adler
How do Worrell and Remer describe the constructs of feminist theory? (list 4)
gender fair / flexible-multicultural / interactionist / life-span oriented
What term did Kaschak use to describe her belief that gender is the organizing principle in people's lives?
engendered lives
What type of approach explains the differences in the behavior of women and men in terms of socialization processes rather than on the basis of our innate natures?
gender-fair approach
What perspective uses concepts and strategies that apply equally to individuals and groups regardless of age, race, culture, gender, ability, class or sexual orientation?
flexible-multicultural perspective
Which view contains concepts specific to thinking, feeling, and behaving dimensions of human experience and accounts for contextual and environmental factors?
interactionist view
What perspective assumes that human development is a lifelong process and that personality and behavioral changes can occur at any time rather than being fixed during early childhood?
life-span perspective
What two concepts that are virtually ignored in male-dominated development theories did Gilligan believe are central to women's development?
connectedness and interdependence
Which theory suggests that a women's sense of identity and self-concept develop in the context of relationships?
relational-cultural theory (RCT)
What is an important part of empowerment in feminist therapy, and offers a place to bein a relationship that is egalitarian and collaborative?
informed consent
What question can therapists ask as part of empowerment to interrupt the trance of powerlessness?
What is the most powerful thing you could do for yourself right now?
What is a tool that therapists use to equalize the client-therapist relationship?
self-disclosure
What technique helps clients identify the impact that their own gender-role socialization has played in shaping their values, thoughts and behaviors?
gender-role or social identity analysis
What is a technique that feminist therapists use to respond to the client's concerns by placing them in the context of society's role expectations for women?
What is a range of methods aimed at helping clients understand how unequal access to power and resources can influence personal realities?
power analysis
What technique includes a shift from placing the problem internally and "blaming the victim" to a consideration of social factors in the environment that contribute to a client's problem?
reframing
What is an intervention that changes the label or evaluation applied to some behavioral characteristic?
relabeling
Which approach to feminist therapy provides a model for critiquing the value of other traditional and feminist approaches?
postmodern feminism
Feminist therapists refer to _ rather than psychopathology.
distress
using male-oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human, including female, nature
androcentric
the idea that one's own cultural group is superior to others and that other groups should be judged based on one's own standards
ethnocentrism
attributing behavior to internal causes, which often results in blaming the victim and ignoring sociocultural and political factors
intrapsychic orientation
the idea that a woman's sense of self depends largely on how she connects with others
self-in-relation