Using Feminist Psychotherapy With Muslim Women

Feminist psychotherapy focuses on empowerment and advocacy of under represented groups. Muslim women represent a diverse group of women who have received little attention in the psychological literature. The purpose of the present article was to discuss the application of feminist psychotherapy to M...

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Main Author: Ali, Saba Rasheed (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 20, Pages: 297-316
Further subjects:B History of religion
B Social sciences
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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Summary:Feminist psychotherapy focuses on empowerment and advocacy of under represented groups. Muslim women represent a diverse group of women who have received little attention in the psychological literature. The purpose of the present article was to discuss the application of feminist psychotherapy to Muslim women with a particular emphasis on the cultural context of Muslim women’s experiences and Muslim women’s relationship to feminism. A case vignette describes the actual use of feminist psycho-therapy with a Muslim woman.
Contains:Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004175624.i-334.104