Lecture 10 Feminist Approach CPS-316 PDF

KING ABDUL-AZIZ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF APPLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES OF COUNSELLING CPS-316 Lecture 10 23/24 FEMINIST COUNSELING Learning Outcomes Demonstrate knowledge of feminist theory and its application in coun...

KING ABDUL-AZIZ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF APPLIED MEDICAL SCIENCES CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY THEORIES OF COUNSELLING CPS-316 Lecture 10 23/24 FEMINIST COUNSELING Learning Outcomes Demonstrate knowledge of feminist theory and its application in counselling. Differentiate between various perspectives within feminist approaches. Recognize the impact of gender, power, and social inequalities in clients' lives. Identify techniques that empower clients to challenge oppressive systems and build self-agency.  BIG PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS Cultural norms The personal is the political (patriarchy or power dominance). Intersectionality: the recognition that identities cross and the intersections are more complex than the sum of the parts. Dominant cultural groups get to define what is “normal” and “valuable.” This usually works to the detriment of marginalized people. Cultural influences, power and privilege, and patterns of discrimination and oppression define experiences, including psychopathology. Society itself may be the pathology.  Cultural Liberal Radical Values diversity. Celebration of identity. Organized by identity. Integrates multiculturalism Focuses on individual Focuses on societal on a selective basis. liberation. transformation. More etic (from the lens of the More emic (from the lens Emic. dominant culture). of the target group). Chester & Bretherton, 2001 TYPICAL Qualifying traumatic ASSESSMENT event Intrusive Hyper-arousal thoughts or memories 309.81 PTSD Diagnosis Avoidance Nightmares Emotional distress FEMINIST ASSESSMENT Social norm: violence is okay Social norm: Perpetrator has women as high power sexual property Rape Culture Diagnosis Client has low Internalized power oppression System responded passively  SCHEMA Schema form about gender, race, ability, sexuality, class, and other identities in the context of society. Development and FOO are important sources of schema. Rigid Schema (examples): Male superiority Cis-normality Flexible Schema (examples): Separations of groups Flexible roles Intersecting identities Equity MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES Feminist counseling values… Collaborating with and empowering clients Mutuality and power-sharing Constructivism Liberation  Goals Problem-solving, not adapting. GOALS AND ROLE OF THE Self-esteem and empowerment. THERAPIST Quality relationships and connections. Affirming diversity and diverse strengths and abilities. Role Equalize power: Demystify counseling. Resist taking a one-up position. Share knowledge. Advocate with. Advocate for. INTERVENTIONS AND FOCUS AREAS Culture/power analysis Role analysis Self-esteem and self-acceptance Assertiveness training Validating anger Counselor self-disclosure Environmental/circumstantial change: Power analysis: what power do you have and how can you use it? Skills: what power do you need and how can you get it? Enactment: what do you need and how do you make it happen?