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Feminist Therapy:a Multicultural approach
impact of gender roles and multicultural backgound on individual development
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Psychology
Graduate
07/07/2012

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Therapeutic issues are different for men than for women. T or F?
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T
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Therapeutic issues are the same for all cultures. T or F?
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F
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Sexism of psychotherapists is a concern in the practice of psychotherapy. T or F?
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T
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Consciousness-raising groups can not bring about productive social change. T or F?
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F
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Violence to men is more common than violence to women.T or F?
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F
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strong identification with one's gender can limit the way the individual views her/himself and others.T or F?
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T
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Cultural role interventions can be important therapeutic methods. T or F?
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T
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Cultural role interventions can be important therapeutic interventions.
T or F?
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T
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In general, women tend to focus more on achievement and men more on relationships. T or F?
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F
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Women and culturally diverse populations are placed in a position in which they are subordinate to men in Western society. T or F?
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T
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Building self-esteem should bea goal of therapy. T or F?
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T
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Accepting one's body can never be an important goal in therapy. T or F?
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F
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Social action should be a goal in therapy, T or F?
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T
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"The person is political."
T or F?
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T
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Cultural intervention is never a good therapeutic technique. T or F?
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F
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Power role and gender role interventions can be important therapeutic techniques. T or F?
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T
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Therapists and clients should have a relationship in which both are equals, rather and the therapist being in a more powerful position. T or F?
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T
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Assertiveness is often an appropriate goal for female clients. T or F?
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T
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Openness to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people (GBLT) is an important characteristic of a therapist.
T or F?
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T
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Therapists should be politically active. T or F?
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T
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Chesler's 1972 criticism of
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relationship between male therapist and female patient AND male therapists'gender bias
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What are consciousness-raising groups?
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created by women's movement,individuals meet and discuss their lives and issues.
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Feminist theory encourages therapist involvement in social action groups. T or F?
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T
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Feminist theory is concerned with the social and political rights of culturally diverse populations. T or F?
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T
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multiple identities
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Many forces effect the ways that gender is seen;some are ethnicity, social class, gender orientation, disabilities, and other characteristics.
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alpha bias
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separating women and men into two specific groups runs the risk of treating women as unequal to men
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beta bias
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occurs when treating men and women as identical, thus ignoring the important differences
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Theories that deal with a subset of development of personality ...
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Bem's Gender theory, Gilligan's ethic theory of care and the relationship model
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Schemas are a cognitive concept of referring to...
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ways of thinking, core beliefs that individuals hold
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Cultural schema is a
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belief about one's own culture as it relates to other cultures.
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gender schema is
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a set of mental associations in which individuals are seen from the pov of their gender, as opposed to other characteristics.
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Kohlberg model of moral development has...
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emphasis on a morality reached by individual ability to understand rules and the need to obey them as they relate to social order.
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Gilligan's Ethic of Care emphasizes
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responsibility to selfand others and compassion, and the interdependence between self and others
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Relational -cultural model emphasizes the
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importance of women finding identity through context of relationships and is seen as valued and appreciated
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Relational resilience is
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growing in a relationship and being able to move forward despite setbacks and recognizing the relationships that are not mutual.
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Relational competence is
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empathy toward self and others and the ability to participate in and build a sense of strength in the community.
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Goals of Feminist therapy reflect
how
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society's institutions affect women, but not the only goals.
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Assessment in Feminist therapy reflects the therapist's
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awareness of social and cultural background and events as they affect their clients
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Techniques of Feminist therapy tend to reflect
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an awareness of women's lack of power in society in general and resolving problems in effective ways
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Feminist therapies often point out that the problem is
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often with the culture or society than the client.
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symptom removal (adjustment)
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sometimes it is better to deal with others than to treat symptoms of a stressful relationship
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Self-nurturance and self esteem
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can be goals of Feminist therapy
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Balancing instrumental and relational strengths
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is a goal of Feminist Therapy which encourages independence and develop meaningful relationships with others.
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Body image and sensuality are
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goals of Feminist theory to accept her body and sexuality.
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the Goal of affirming diversity
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may include mutiple identities of class, age, race, power, gender orientation, disabilities and other characteristics.
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Empowerment and social action are goals that
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work toward making social change. "The person is political."
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Feminist therapists have been critical of the major diagnostic system (DSM-IV) because
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of its absence of consideration of social factors and its development by the dominant group.(white men)
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Feminist therapists are wary of encouraging
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adjustment of social norms and reinforcing stereotypes.
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Methods that reflect the need to help people deal with and overcome social inequalities are
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gender-role analysis and intervention AND power analysis and intervention
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One way that feminist therapists create equality between themselves and clients is
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the appropriate use of self-disclosures.
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Cultural interventions may include the use of
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lawyers, social agencies, or families, or taking some action.
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Feminist therapists seek to inform and educate clients about
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ways of dealing with environmental stresses and events
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Feminist therapy empowers clients to deal with
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social and political inequities
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What is cultural intervention?
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Understanding the client's culture and possibly using lawyers, social agencies, families and taking action.
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What is gender role intervention?
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Helping clients deal with gender role obstacles and providing insight into other obstacles of social or political issues
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Power interventions
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empower clients with encouragement and reinforcement during discussion
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Assertiveness training is a technique to teach clients to
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effectively express positive and negative feelings to others so that they may achieve desired purposes
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A bibliography,or suggested book readings
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aid insight into problems and is a feminist therapeutic technique
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Looking at behavior from a different frame of reference or point of view is a technique called
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reframing
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Attaching a new name to a problem, like using "overwhelming" instead of "depressed" is and example of the
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relabeling technique
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Relabeling may allow the client to
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develop new ways to deal with a problem
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Therapy-demystifying strategies provide
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information about the process of therapy and sharing information about theoretical orientation and client rights.
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What is self disclosure?
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Therapists discuss aspects of their own lives to enhance the therapeutic process with clients
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What are the values and/or assumptions inherent in feminist theory?
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personal is political. Second, egalitarian therapeutic relationships should be paramount ANd women's experiences should be valued and privileged
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How does feminist theory view the nature of humans?
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1.differences between men and women 2.Flexible-multicultural3. people behave,think and feel according to experience and environmental factors 4. life span changes can occur at any time, not just in early childhood
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According to feminist theory what does health look like?
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Men and women's differences are recognized and celebrated in medicine, society, culture, laws
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What are considered problems and what causes them according to feminist theory?
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societal views and norms prevent women from feeling a sense of strength and power, family and marriage relations, reproduction, career concerns, physical and sexual abuse, body image disorders, and self esteem.
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Within feminist therapy theoretical framework what is the goal of life? Of therapy?
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to empower women to a higher level of functioning in today’s society.
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What are the processes or techniques employed by feminist therapy within your approach to reach the goals of life and/or mental health?
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Relational resilience, relational competence, interventions in cultural, gender role AND power, also Assertiveness training, bibliography,reframing relabeling,therapy-demystifying,self disclosure
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What populations and disorders would Feminist theory be the most effective with?
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all genders benefit;borderline,depression,substanceabuse, eating disorders,body dysmorphia, sexual problems, balancing family and work issues, any problem that causes identity issues from societal pressures.
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What populations and disorders would Feminist theory be the least effective with?
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no populations are excluded,Severe disorders
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Relational Cultural model includes
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Zest,action, knowledge, a sense of worth, desire
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what does the Schema theory acronym 'ADDRESSING' stand for
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Age,Disability, Developmental disability, religion, ethnicity,social class, sexual orientation, indigenous origins, gender or sex
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What are the strengths and weaknesses of Feminist theory and its interventions for people of different genders, sexual orientations, ages, and ethnicities?
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Very strong and effective therapy for any gender who may feel pressure from social de-valuing and family roles and conflicts with her identity.
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