The Egalitarian Relationship in Feminist Therapy

Rader, Jill; Gilbert, Lucia Albino

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.2005.00243.x

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“…A couples therapist that is attempting to foster a more egalitarian relationship between husband and wife should also practice a more egalitarian relationship between themselves and their clients (Rader & Gilbert, 2005). For example, Werner-Wilson, Price, Zimmerman, and Murphy (1997) discovered that female clients are more likely to be interrupted by the therapist during therapy than male clients.…”

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A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

LeBaron

Miller

Yorgason

2014

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

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An unequal distribution of marital power has shown to have an impact on overall marital functioning, including marital quality and marital satisfaction. Women tend to have less power in marital relationships. Therefore, it is important for both researchers and clinicians to examine wives' perceptions of marital power and marital happiness. The current study examined wives' perceptions of marital power processes and power outcomes in heterosexual midlife marriages in relation to concurrent and subsequent marital happiness across a 15-year period. The results indicated that both marital power processes and power outcomes significantly influenced concurrent marital happiness. Additionally, concurrent marital happiness influenced marital happiness 15 years later, suggesting an indirect relationship between concurrent marital power and subsequent marital happiness. No direct relationship was found between marital power and subsequent marital happiness. The lack of significant findings between marital power and subsequent marital happiness is examined. Immediate and subsequent marital benefits of egalitarian marriages are discussed, and suggestions for effective clinical practice in addressing marital power are given.

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A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

LeBaron

Miller

Yorgason

2014

Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy

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“…Egalitarianism refers to the therapist's capacity to create a therapeutic relationship that is absent of hierarchy and acknowledges the expertise of both the therapist and the client (Rader & Gilbert, 2005;Worell & Johnson, 2001), and is operationalized as power-sharing (Worell, Chandler, & Robinson, 1996). Empowerment is conceptualized as enabling the client to cope more effectively with current and future stressors (Johnson, Worell, & Chandler, 2005).…”

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Therapist effects, working alliance, and African American women substance users.

Davis¹,

Ancis²,

Ashby³

2015

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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African American (AfA) women with substance use disorders experience low rates of treatment retention compared to other groups of substance abusers. This is problematic since substance abuse treatment is effective only to the extent clients are retained. A weak working alliance is a significant barrier to treatment retention for AfA women. Thus, identifying therapist characteristics that facilitate a strong working alliance among this population stands as a promising step toward reducing disparities in treatment retention for this group. Therapist characteristics were explored as predictors of working alliance with AfA women substance users (N = 102). Two hypotheses were tested: (1) Population Sensitive Therapist Characteristics (PSTCs: multicultural competence, egalitarianism, and empowerment) will explain a significant amount of variance in working alliance beyond that explained by general therapist characteristics (GTCs: empathy, regard, and genuineness) and (2) GTCs will partially mediate the effect of each individual PSTC on working alliance. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that PSTCs explained 12% of the variance in working alliance after controlling for GTCs. Bootstrapping analyses demonstrated that GTCs mediated the effect of each PSTC on working alliance. Findings suggest that therapists can facilitate a stronger working alliance with AfA women substance users through demonstration of PSTCs in addition to GTCs, and that PSTCs are facilitative because they increase the likelihood the therapist is perceived as empathic, having unconditional positive regard, and genuine. Clinical and therapist training implications are discussed.

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“…Multicultural competence (Bass & Jackson, 1997;Comas-Diaz & Greene, 1994;Constantine, 2007;Ehrmin, 2001Ehrmin, , 2002Ferguson & Candib, 2002;Greene, 1994;Lewis, 2004;Nelson-Zlupko, Kauffman, & Dore, 1995;Roberts et al, 2000), empowerment (Davis & Ancis, unpublished manuscript;Ehrmin, 2005;Lewis, 2004;Roberts & Nishimoto, 2006;Stahler et al, 2007), and egalitarianism (Davis & Ancis, unpublished manuscript; Rader & Gilbert, 2005) are identified as PSTCs facilitative of working alliance development specifically with AfA women substance users. The authors hypothesize that while a positive working alliance may be established with the target population utilizing GTCs, concurrent use of PSTCs that are sensitive to the reality of being an AfA woman substance user may result in a stronger working alliance.…”

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“…She argues that unequal power structures are not inherently detrimental to the therapeutic process, but that the therapist's inappropriate use of power is what can be hindering in therapy. Contrary to Chin (1994), feminist and womanist scholars (Comas-Diaz & Greene, 1994;Hooks, 2005;Rader & Gilbert, 2005) advise that given women's subordinate positions in most cultures, relationships based on more equal power structures are essential in cultivating space for women to see themselves as valuable and their experiences as nonpathological responses to oppressive sociopolitical factors. The authors posit that both perspectives are valid and, that taken together, do not diminish the usefulness of egalitarianism, but highlight the importance of therapists considering individual dynamics when negotiating power in therapy with women of color.…”

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Look to the Relationship: A Review of African American Women Substance Users’ Poor Treatment Retention and Working Alliance Development

Davis

Ancis

2012

Substance Use & Misuse

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Emergent findings specific to African American women confirm that their substance user treatment retention rates are significantly lower than other groups, which is problematic given that substance user treatment is effective largely to the extent that clients are retained in treatment. This article reviews existing literature concerning disparities in treatment retention, highlights a significant barrier to treatment retention for this population, and presents support for an empirical focus on culturally responsive working alliance development as a promising step toward improving retention rates for African American women substance users.

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The Egalitarian Relationship in Feminist Therapy

Cited by 33 publications

References 27 publications

A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

A Longitudinal Examination of Women's Perceptions of Marital Power and Marital Happiness in Midlife Marriages

Therapist effects, working alliance, and African American women substance users.

Look to the Relationship: A Review of African American Women Substance Users’ Poor Treatment Retention and Working Alliance Development

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