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 intra-psychic. The constructs of feminist .
therapy includes being gender-free, flexible, inter-actionist, and life span oriented.
A few key concepts in Feminist Therapy are principle that form the foundation for .
practice of feminist therapy are the personal is political, the counseling relationship is .
egalitarian, women's experiences are honored, definitions of distress and mental illness .
are reformulated emphasis on gender equality, and commitment to confronting .
oppression on any grounds.
Contributors to the approach of Feminist therapy include paving the way for gender-s.
sensitive practice and bringing attention to gendered use of power in relationship. The .
encouraging increasing numbers of women to question gender stereotypes and to reject .
