Feminist Therapy Issues
April 3rd, 2008 |
GoodTherapy.org maintains a list of psychotherapy & counseling approaches for the purpose of informing consumers about different forms of therapy. We’re currently updating this list of therapy models and we’ve just finished our update to Feminist Therapy. Feminist therapy is distinct from traditional therapeutic approaches in its focus on the role of gender in psychological distress, behavior, and identity. You can view the update to our section on Feminist Therapy and/or view our entire list of psychotherapy & counseling models . Enjoy :)
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I think this is a great development in the world of therapy. I will be very interested to see what sorts of theories come out of this school’s approach and how this changes many methods in therapeutic counsling which are currently touted.
Do you think that there will be women who are offended at this new analysis being used? Like we are so completely different in our behavior that people had to develop a whole new way of dealing with that?
I actually do think there are those who will be offended but you will find that no matter what you are researching. I think that the advent of feminist therapy may be a wonderful new tool for therapists to use with their patients and will help them deal more hands on with the issues which more readily affect the lives of women. I am excited to see where this will lead and how both women and men in the psychatric care realm will use this method to interact with and hopefully help change the lives of their female patients for the better.
Do you think that the introduction of feminist therapy will lead to a greater interaction between those in the therapy field and other medical professionals, such as ob-gyns who handle more of the physical aspects of women’s healthcare needs? Seems this would definitely open those lines of communication.
And what about the guys? When do we get treatment aimed specifically at males? I know all the women will say that most of it is targeted at men but I do not believe that is true. I kinda think this is just a crock you know? We are not all that different in the head.
Are you kidding? Everything has been so man-centric forever! It is finally time for the focus to be on the wome even if it is in the world of therapy. Men and women have totally different issues many times and need to be handled differenbtly.
As much as it pains me to say this I do think that the whole theory of feminist therapy may be overblown. When peoplpe have problems they have problems, and there does not have to necessarily be a “male” way and a “female” way to help fix things. There are many paths to recovery no matter your gender.
I actually think this is a perfect answer. There are many therapeutic instances which are going to apply very well to the female patient and not the male and vice versa. Men and women are different. . . period. They deserve the treatment style which is best going to meet their specific needs.
Are there therapists out there which are going to ascribe only to this sort of treatment style? How would you locate one?