Feminist Family Therapy Flashcards
What has family therapy traditionally overlooked regarding women?
Family therapy has not examined the consequences of traditional socialization practices that primarily disadvantage women.
A therapeutic approach that recognizes the importance of social context in behavior, aims to address the disadvantages women face due to prescribed sex roles, and promotes equality in the therapist-client relationship.
feminist therapy
What principle is central to feminist therapy?
The recognition that traditional intrapsychic models do not acknowledge the social context as a determinant of behavior.
An ideal that suggests individuals should respond to situations with appropriate behaviors, regardless of gender stereotypes, encouraging flexibility in gender roles.
Androgynous Personality
What role does the family developmental perspective play in therapy?
It provides a model for prevention rather than pathology by identifying predictable crisis points in advance.
A mutual agreement that establishes clear expectations, responsibilities, and goals between the therapist and the family, emphasizing equality.
contract in therapy
Why is the shifting of tasks in the family important in feminist therapy?
It recognizes that changing the role of one family member necessitates changes in others, thus addressing power dynamics and equitable participation.
According to the text, what role does the male typically assume in the American family?
instrumental role
Feminist therapy grew out of what central concept?
Consciousness raising
The ‘contract’ in feminist therapy is aimed at establishing what between the therapist and the family?
An equal relationship with mutual respect
What does the concept of “relabeling deviance” involve in family therapy?
Avoiding labels that blame individuals for societal issues
Clear distinctions between parental and child roles
generational boundaries
What is the effect of traditional gender roles on mental health, as suggested by the text?
They can lead to chronic powerlessness and psychological disorders.
Which approach differentiates feminist therapy from nonsexist or humanistic therapy?
Emphasis on social context and conditions
