In Feminist Therapy Over Time, Laura S. Brown demonstrates how this qualitative and phenomenological approach, which takes into account the meanings of gender and power in the client's social realities, empowers the client. The goals of the therapy are determined collaboratively within the sess...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Brown, Laura S. 1952- (MitwirkendeR)
Format:	Video DVD Software
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	[Washington, D.C.] American Psychological Association [2009]
Schriftenreihe:	Series VIII--Psychotherapy in six sessions
Schlagworte:	Feminist therapy / Case studies Clinical sociology Mental health counseling Feminist therapy Case studies Instructional films Video recordings for the hearing impaired DVD-Video
Zusammenfassung:	In Feminist Therapy Over Time, Laura S. Brown demonstrates how this qualitative and phenomenological approach, which takes into account the meanings of gender and power in the client's social realities, empowers the client. The goals of the therapy are determined collaboratively within the session, creating not just tailor-made therapy, but an egalitarian relationship conducive to client empowerment. This relationship, in which each person brings equally valued expertise to the process, is essential to the therapeutic goal of helping clients to feel more personal power in their lives. Over the course of six sessions, Dr. Brown works with a 43-year-old woman who has three children and a history of substance abuse, poor relationship choices, and feeling unloved, unappreciated, and devalued. Dr. Brown talks with the client about developing self-empathy, learning to quiet the critical voice she hears, and recognizing that caring for herself is empowering. The client is invited to see that she has many of the inner resources that she needs for her recovery process, with a goal of reducing her reliance on the authority of others, including the therapist
Beschreibung:	1 DVD-Video ([ca. 300 min]) 12 cm
ISBN:	9781433804564