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The Egalitarian Relationship in Feminist Therapy
Rader, Jill; Gilbert, Lucia Albino
Psychology of Women Quarterly, v29 n4 p427-435 Dec 2005
Feminist therapy has revolutionized clinical practice and offered a model of empowerment for all therapy approaches. However, the long-assumed claim that feminist therapists are more likely to engage in power-sharing behaviors with their clients has not been supported by published quantitative research. In the current study, 42 female therapists who were asked whether or not they self-identified as feminist therapists completed measures assessing their use of feminist therapy behaviors (Feminist Therapy Behavior Checklist) and power-sharing behaviors (Therapy with Women Scale). One of each therapists' current female clients completed measures assessing her perceptions of both treatment collaboration (Working Alliance Inventory) and power-sharing behaviors (Client Therapy with Women Scale). As hypothesized, participants who identified as feminist therapists were more likely to report engaging in power-sharing behaviors when compared to participating therapists who did not. Furthermore, as hypothesized, clients of feminist therapists were more likely to report that their therapists engaged in power-sharing behaviors.
Descriptors: Feminism, Psychotherapy, Females, Allied Health Personnel, Measures (Individuals), Counselor Client Relationship, Power Structure, Sharing Behavior
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Working Alliance Inventory
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