Feminist_Theraphy

Feminist Theraphy Feminist Therapy Feminist Therapy the traditional psychotherapy which until recently was regarded by many educated people as a support for and agent of personal change; and is now viewed by many women as disappointing. Majority of the clients in counseling are women, and the majority of the psychotherapy practitioners at the master levels are women. Feminist therapists have helped us to question about some of the basic assumptions of their profession: Are women more prone to depression, for example , or are they more likely to be diagnosed with depression in our society' Feminist therapy has developed in grassroots manner, responding to challenges and to the emerging need of women. No single person developed this therapy, however the beginning of feminist therapy can be traced to the women’s movement of the 1960’s.Feminist therapy is based on helping a woman to examine how she learned from the culture the behavior and emotions expected of her as a “normal” woman. Feminist criticize many traditional theories to the degree that they are based on gender-biased concepts and practices of being: ndrocentric, gendercentric ,ethnocentric, heterosexist and therapy, feminist, women, clients, therapist, woman, techniques, relationship, traditional, power, personal, models, gender-role, gender, based, approaches, about, way, therapists, society, socialization, question, psychotherapy, principles, practitioners, practice, perspective, oriented, men, majority, lives, likely, individual, includes