Application Of Feminist Therapy With Immigrant Women

Application of Feminist Therapy with Immigrant Women Isabella Dzidefo Asamoah University of Colorado, Denver Abstract In this paper, I discuss the use of feminist therapy in working with immigrant women. Immigrant women in the United States continue to be excluded from immigration conversations and face similar if not more stressors upon migration. Feminist theory acknowledges the experiences of immigrant women and considers various aspects of their wellbeing including their immigrant status. The use of feminist therapy with immigrant women empowers them to examine the many ways societal conditions have contributed to their distress and provides them with the tools, skills and resources to make personal and societal change.†¦show more content†¦Thus, I believe that immigrant women face additional stressors and experience stressors differently than their nonimmigrant counterparts. According to Sinacore et al., (year) immigrant women in the US experience additional stressors due â€Å"ethnicity, gender†¦ adjustment with social, economic and cultur al factors† of their new country. The limitations imposed due to immigrant women’s sociopolitical status as less than to men and those women born in the US, has harrowing consequences. Thus, therapists’ use of feminist approach provides a framework in understanding the mental health concerns and the psychological oppression imposed on both gender and immigration status (Yakushko and Chronister, 2005). As such, the work of feminist counseling is to conceptualize and explain some of the common experiences and difficulties associated with the social roles women endure (cite). From gendered violence to limited economic resources and opportunities to unrealistic media portrayal, immigrant women are at risk of developing and suffering from emotional and psychological trauma. Women are forced to ingest the stereotypical demands of society, they become burdened and are averted from living self-defined and meaningful lives (Yahushko and Morgan-Consoli, 2013). Feminist practitioners see many of the experiences and difficulties expressed by women to be associated with the societal roles that women (and men) play and find that they can be limiting to theirShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesHartman Strom, Political Woman : Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Jack Metzgar, Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered Janis Appier, Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD Allen Hunter, ed., Rethinking the Cold War Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. Revised and Expanded Edition E SSAYS ON _ T WENTIETH- C ENTURY H ISTORY Edited by MichaelRead MoreImproving the Lives of HIV Positive People7695 Words   |  31 PagesBehavioral Health offers mental health internships that provide training in a co-occurring disorders facility. Interns would get the opportunity to participate in the screening/ intake process as well as experience psychoeducational groups and individual therapy. We are currently certified as field instructors for University of Maryland at Baltimore and McDaniel College. If you attend another college and are interested in BBH as a field placement please contact Lindsey Miner at 410-962-7180 extension 204