TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding our voices in the face of dominant discourse
T2 - A closer look at gender roles' impact on student clinicians
AU - Zak-Hunter, Lisa
AU - Marshall, Lindsay E.
AU - Arnold, Amy Laura
AU - Consiglio, Sunny
AU - Gale, Jerry
AU - Liddy, Cassaundra
AU - Magwitz-Greyson, Dirk P.
PY - 2010/8/30
Y1 - 2010/8/30
N2 - The authors explore the impact of dominant discourse in shaping normalized beliefs and attitudes about gender roles by reflecting on their experiences in a doctoral level course on postmodern family therapy. This paper represents a synthesis of our individual responses to an assignment about finding ways to challenge the dominant discourse of gender in our personal lives and as clinicians-in-training. We offer implications for use of such a pedagogical exercise as a supervisory tool to enhance supervisors' and therapists' understanding of their own and their clients' challenges with prescribed gender roles and their impact on the therapeutic process.
AB - The authors explore the impact of dominant discourse in shaping normalized beliefs and attitudes about gender roles by reflecting on their experiences in a doctoral level course on postmodern family therapy. This paper represents a synthesis of our individual responses to an assignment about finding ways to challenge the dominant discourse of gender in our personal lives and as clinicians-in-training. We offer implications for use of such a pedagogical exercise as a supervisory tool to enhance supervisors' and therapists' understanding of their own and their clients' challenges with prescribed gender roles and their impact on the therapeutic process.
KW - Dominant discourse
KW - Family therapy supervision
KW - Feminist training
KW - Gender roles
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U2 - 10.1080/08952833.2010.499701
DO - 10.1080/08952833.2010.499701
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955953112
SN - 0895-2833
VL - 22
SP - 187
EP - 202
JO - Journal of Feminist Family Therapy
JF - Journal of Feminist Family Therapy
IS - 3
ER -