Final Exam - Feminist Flashcards
Assertiveness training
- technique to promote and teach assertive behaviour. this increases client power.
- learn difference between aggression and assertion
- anticipate possible negative consequences of female assertiveness
Bibliotherapy
-reading assignments to supplement what is learned in therapy
Gender Role Intervention
Provides clients with insights into the ways social issues affect their problems
Empowerment
relationship structure models responsible power use.
client is an active partner in therapy
empower client through informed consent and power equalization
Self-disclosure
used to equalize relationship, normalize collective experiences
grounded in authenticity and mutuality
Gender-role analysis
Explores impact of gender role expectations on client well-being
uses these expectations to make decisions about future gender-role behaviours
Decide what messages need to change and make a plan to do so
Gender-role intervention
provides clients with insight into how social issues impact problems
Power analysis
emphasizes power difference between men and women in society
help to recognize different types of power
Power intervention
aimed to regain self-confidence and set fulfilling goals
Reframing
a shift from victim blaming to a consideration of social factors in the environment that contribute to problems; includes societal and political dimensions
Relabelling
changes the label or evaluation applied to a behavioural characteristic
Group Work
preferred modality for therapy, promotes connectedness and unity
Social action
activities to support empowerment and see the link between personal experiences and socio-political contexts
Engendered lives
gender is the organizing principle in peoples lives.
men as the dominant group determine the roles women play
women as subordinate must interprete the needs and wants of the dominant group
“personal is political”
personal problems have social and political causes.
changing own behaviour can include becoming an active participant in transforming society
self-in-relation
a women’s sense of self depends on how well she connects with others
Connectedness / interdependence
women’s sense of self and morality is based in issues of responsibility and care for others
connectedness and interdepedance are absent in male-dominant theories
gender bias in assessment & diagnosis
gender & race influences assessment of symptoms
minimize environmental factors in behaviour
operates from a gender-biased theoretical orietnation
same symptoms are treated differently in different groups
diagnostic labels are limiting because;
- focus on individual and not societal factors
- instrument of oppression by white males
- may reinforce gender role stereotypes
- symptoms can often be understood as coping strategies and not pathology
Feminist view of human nature
- gender-fair, avoids stereotypes
- flexible and multicultural, using concepts and strategies that apply to all
- account for contextual environmental factors in human experience
- life-span perspective that human development is lifelong and change can occur at any time
Feminist View Rejects:
HAGE
- heterosexist theory
- androcentric theory
- gendercentric theory
- ethnocentric theory
androcentric theory
male oriented constructs to draw conclusions about human nature
ethnocentric theory
facts pertaining to human nature are the same across all races / cultures
heterosexist theory
heterosexual orientation is normative and desirable
How does empowerment influence the therapeutic relationship
client-therapist relationship models how to identify and use power
therapists equalize power base
How do therapists equalize the client-therapist power base
- sensitive to ways to abuse power
- use self-disclosure
- focus on client power
- demystify counseling relationship
- include clients in assessment and treatment process
How does gender enter understandings of human behaviour and personality development
- societal gender roles influence from birth
- gender politics are embedded throughout society
- feminists recognize women are searching for connectedness with others and not for autonomy/independence.
Techniques used by femininist therapists
GAGGERS BS Power
gender role analysis assertiveness training gender-role intervention group work empowerment reframing self-disclosure
Bibliotherapy
Social Action
Power analysis & intervention
