“…Moreover, the root cause of physical and psychological violence against women was viewed as this inequity of power (Bentzel & York;1988;Boulette & Andersen, 1985;Busch & Valentine, 2000;Chodorow, 1978;Davis & Srinivasan, 1995;Dobash & Dobash, 1979;Gilligan, 1982). Feminists believed that feminist counseling offered an alternative paradigm to psychoanalytical theory, which was viewed as positing a basic assumption of female inferiority and often subtly blaming women for their own victimization (Bentzel & York, 1988;Bricker-Jenkins & Hooyman, 1986;Chodorow, 1978;Coates & McKay, 1995;Davis & Srinivasan, 1995;Dobash & Dobash, 1979;Gilligan, 1982;Krane, 1991;J. Miller, 1976;Sands & Nuccio, 1992;Stere, 1986;Zelvin, 1999).…”