PSYC36H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Internalized Racism, Glass Ceiling, Therapeutic Relationship
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Ses (pressures of having to take care of kids) Societal impressions and expectations of women that can increase someone"s stress levels (gender inequalities) Week 12 lecture #10: march 22, 2016. Not an actual type of therapy, more of a mindset to act out in major therapies. Overview: gender-sensitive approaches, multicultural approaches, lgbtq approaches. Barriers to treatment especially substance use and abuse (stigma is larger for woman in comparison to men) Women are expected to meet contemporary and historical demands; multiple role strain. Work is often devalued for women ( female roles ); these roles often have less prestige or less success. Problems are inadequately addressed by male developed treatments. Female gender-role expectations: passivity, politeness, sensitive, nurturing (caregivers, subordination, dependency. Male gender-role expectations: confidence, daring, strength, aggression, self-reliance (breadwinners, normative male alexithymia. Gender-sensitive therapy - theory of personality: environment --> identity, cognition, behavior. Ppl have difficulty identifying and expressing emotions.
