Feminist Theraphy

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

disagreement as to whether feminist therapy is a philosophical orientation or a theory.

Some topics in this essay:
Feminist Therapy, feminist therapy, therapy models, gender-role socialization,