Feminist Psychotherapy emerged as an approach to counseling as the waves of feminism gained popularity in mainstream western society. It examines the unique way women relate to the world around them after being seen as inferior to men for many generations. It’s also a response to the once male-dominated field of psychotherapy as a whole.
Feminist therapists aim to treat all genders as equally deserving of respect and dignity and accept. They believe in the historical marginalization of all genders besides males.
Critical to Feminist Psychotherapy is an analysis of power dynamics. Power dynamics are inherent in any relationship, specifically within the counseling relationship. Usually, a counselor is an “expert” with high levels of education and status. The client then is thought to be less than. Feminist Psychotherapy, instead of ignoring this power dynamic or using it to their advantage to tell clients what they ought to do, seeks to highlight it and converse about it. Bringing up how the power dynamics affect the counseling relationship helps people examine the power dynamics in all other areas of their life.
Feminist Psychotherapy can be helpful for a range of mental health concerns, can be utilized for a person of any gender identity, and can be used in group settings, family settings, or individual counseling.
Critical to Feminist Psychotherapy is the idea that people grow through relationships with others. Your therapist might help you analyze your patterns of relating to significant others in your life and might ask you to recall some of your early relationships with parents or other caregivers.
Feminist Psychotherapy does not have a list of techniques necessary for treatment. It focuses on the ideas of empathetically relating to you, from one human being (your counselor) to another (you). A healthy relationship with your counselor becomes a model for all of your relationships.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Feminist Psychotherapy
My approach is active, supportive and collaborative. I enjoy working with people dealing with life transitions, relationship issues, career/academic, parenting, grief, chronic illness, disabilities, divorce, remarriage, and GLBT populations. I also like working with people who are creative and/or who have a sense of humor. I usually have day time appointments. I combine cognitive behavioral,...
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Do you suspect that you or a loved one is on the autism spectrum? I can help you in exploring this question and considering its personal, vocational, and family implications. I specialize in working with older adults who are diagnosed or seek diagnosis. I also work with teens and children/families. I can help communication between autistics and "neuro-typicals." I am active in an adult autistic...
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Hop Brook Counseling Center, LLC is a group private practice consisting of fully licensed mental health professionals and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. All providers at Hop Brook Counseling Center have expertise in working with children, adults, couples and families. Therapy and medication visits are facilitated in a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere. At Hop Brook Counseling Center, we are...
Are your ready and willing to make a change for the better in your life? Do you have an open mind to do something that is different from what they have been doing in the past to make their life better? If yes,then let's start the process of making you a better you. I am accepting new clients. I do phone consultations which are free and take no more than ten minutes. You can schedule a time via...
Having prior experience as a clergy person in a very large church and a counselor in a residential setting as well as in private practice, I have encountered many different people with varying degrees of difference. More recently, I have been helping adults work through their historical issues; especially those who have struggled with difficult childhoods. I am pleased to work with both genders...
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