A feminist critique of solution-focused therapy

Dermer, Shannon; Hemesath, Crystal Wilhite; Russell, Candyce S.

doi:10.1080/01926189808251103

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“…The role of gender in family therapy should be examined (e.g., Dankoski, Penn, Carlson, & Hecker, 1998;Dermer, Hemesath, & Russell, 1998;Filkowski, Storm, York, & Brandon, 2001;Freeman, 1999;Guanipa & Woolley, 2000;Haddock, Zimmerman, & MacPhee, 2000;Hoffman & Pasley, 1998;Knudson-Martin, 1997;Stabb, Cox, & Harber, 1997;Vatcher & Bogo, 2001). Without sociocultural sensitivity and family visibility, family therapy research cannot reveal these families' unique experiences of treatment.…”

Section: Z C Y Chan and J L C Mamentioning

confidence: 98%

Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Chan

Joyce

2004

Health Care for Women International

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In this paper, we present the case of a mother and daughter in family therapy. We call for a critical examination of Western literature that describes how a mother praises her child. I illustrate how one observer (the first author) perceives the issue of maternal praise differently from other observers. To illustrate the interaction between this family and the family therapist (the second author), some representative vignettes of the sixth session have been extracted for discussion. Ten observers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 7 of whom were master's students and 3 were doctoral students, observed the therapy sessions from the adjoining room. The article is composed of four parts: (a) parental styles and relationships in families with an anorectic daughter literature review; (b) vignettes of the sixth family therapy session; (c) the observers' comments about the therapist; and (d) discussion. The paper concludes with a question of whether the impact of praise on a child's development in Western society functions in the same way and produces the same effects on a child's development as it does in Chinese society.

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Section: Z C Y Chan and J L C Mamentioning

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Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Chan

Joyce

2004

Health Care for Women International

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“…For over two decades feminist scholars have committed themselves to exposing the deficiencies, inconsistencies, and explicit and implicit sexism present in the theoretical underpinnings of marriage and family therapy (Ault-Riche, 1986;Bograd, 1987, Dermer, Hemesath, & Russell, 1998Goldner, 1985Goldner, , 1988Hare-Mustin, 1978;James & MacKinnon, 1986;MacKinnon & Miller, 1987;Treacher, 1988). From these critiques, a growing body of literature has emerged helping to define the practice of feminist family therapy.…”

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Therapy with Families in Poverty

Ziemba

2001

Journal of Feminist Family Therapy

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“…One aspect of this issue, however, is the comfort level of clients with the rapid pace of such short-term care. Dermer, Hemesath, and Russell (1998) reported that brief counseling approaches, such as solution-focused therapy, had significant cultural implications regarding feminist issues. In particular, these authors questioned many of the foundational notions underpinning the brevity of solution-focused therapy, such as "change is constant," an emphasis on "solutions, positives, and possibilities," and the view that "families are competent and are experts in their choices of goals and solutions" (p. 240).…”

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Institutional Values of Managed Mental Health Care: Efficiency or Oppression?

Wilcoxon

Magnuson

Norem

2008

J Multicult Couns & Deve

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the authors suggest that many managed mental health care (MMhc) practices have oppressive effects on members of cultural and ethnic minority groups. they examine the dissonance between institutional practices and cultural traditions that reflect insensitivity and forced conformity, particularly regarding time, pace, and intervention uniformity as applied to clients and commonly required in the MMhc industry.los autores sugieren que muchas prácticas del cuidado administrado de la salud mental (MMhc, por sus siglas en inglés) tienen efectos opresivos sobre los miembros de grupos de minorías étnicas y culturales. examinan también la disonancia entre prácticas institucionales y tradiciones culturales que reflejan insensibilidad y una conformidad forzada, sobre todo en lo referente a tiempo, ritmo y uniformidad de intervención tal y como se aplica a clientes y normalmente requeridos por la industria de MMhc.

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A feminist critique of solution-focused therapy

Cited by 20 publications

References 10 publications

Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Daughter Praising, Mother Bashing: A Case Study From Hong Kong

Therapy with Families in Poverty

Institutional Values of Managed Mental Health Care: Efficiency or Oppression?

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