A feminist critique of family therapy

Featherstone, VA

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.

Citation

Featherstone, V. (1996). A feminist critique of family therapy. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 9(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515079608256349

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1996
• Deposit Date: Aug 17, 2010
• Journal: Counselling Psychology Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0951-5070
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 15-23
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09515079608256349
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515079608256349