Feminist Therapy Quiz

Question 1

Although feminist therapy addresses social and political issues pertaining to gender-role stereotyping, this approach does not address most other forms of oppression.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One of the goals of feminist therapy is to help women understand how sexist and oppressive societal beliefs and practices influence them in negative ways.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Feminist therapists must remain aware of their own values pertaining to individual and social change.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Therapist self-disclosure is rarely used in feminist therapy.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Gender-role analysis begins with clients identifying the societal messages they received about how women and men should be and act, as well as how these messages interact with other important aspects of identity.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

In feminist therapy, clients are viewed as active participants in redefining themselves in the context of the therapeutic relationship, keeping the therapeutic relationship as egalitarian as possible.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Feminist therapy is an approach that is applicable to women but not to men.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Instead of being diverse, feminist practice is a single and unified approach to therapy.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Women now are assuming positions of leadership in government and business, and this can be interpreted to mean that women no longer have difficulty making life choices.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

It is probably accurate to say that in today’s society barriers no longer stand in the way of gender equity.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Historically, multicultural approaches evolved in response to all of the following except:

Answer 11

Multicultural society

Question 12

The beginnings of feminism (often referred to as the first wave) can be traced to the late 1800s, but the women’s movement of the 1960s (the second wave) laid the foundation for the development of:

Answer 12

feminist therapy

Question 13

All of the following are ways feminist therapy differs from traditional therapy except for:

Answer 13

Analysis and interpretation of transference.

Question 14

Which of the following is considered to be a major contribution feminists have made to the field of counselling?

Answer 14

Paving the way for gender-sensitive practice.

Question 15

Goals of feminist therapy include all of the following except:

Answer 15

Striving for change and adjustment.

Question 16

Feminist therapists refer to:

Answer 16

distress rather than psychopathology.

Question 17

__________ explain differences in the behaviour of women and men in terms of socialisation processes rather than on the basis of our “innate” natures.

Answer 17

Gender fair approaches

Question 18

__________ uses concepts and strategies that apply equally to individuals and groups regardless of age, race, culture, gender, ability, class, or sexual orientation.

Answer 18

Flexible-multicultural perspectives.

Question 19

__________assume 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.

Answer 19

Life-span perspectives

Question 20

Feminist therapists use self-disclosure in all of the following areas except:

Answer 20

Empower family members of clients.

Question 21

The feminist critique of assessment and diagnosis is:

Answer 21

based on research indicating that gender, culture, and race may influence assessment of clients’ symptoms.

Question 22

Which of the following is not considered to be a basic principle of feminist therapy?

Answer 22

Definitions of psychological distress and mental illness are based on the DSM-IV-TR

Question 23

Culturally competent feminist therapists look for ways to work within the context of:

Answer 23

the clients culture

Question 24

Which of the following statements about feminist therapy is not true?

Answer 24

The model underlying practice tends to be static.