A feminist critique of family therapy

Featherstone, VA 1996, 'A feminist critique of family therapy' , Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 9 (1) , pp. 15-23.

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Abstract

This paper is a feminist critique of traditional family therapy considering the cybernetic epistemology underpinning it as a particular way of seeing the family. The political implications of this way of seeing d be considered in tern of structural inequalities with a preference for, the intergroup perspective. There will be a close examination and discussion of the one parent family structure. The discussion will then move one a practical evaluation of the ecosystemic view of helping families, in particular single parent families.

Item Type:	Article
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > R Medicine (General) Health and Wellbeing Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy
Journal or Publication Title:	Counselling Psychology Quarterly
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Refereed:	Yes
ISSN:	0951-5070
Depositing User:	Users 29196 not found.
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2010 13:35
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2021 22:22
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/9574

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