TY - JOUR
T1 - The facets of empowerment in solution-focused brief therapy for lower-status married women in Taiwan
T2 - An exploratory study
AU - Hsu, Wei Su
N1 - Funding Information:
This study received funding from the National Science Council of Taiwan. An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual convention of the American Psychology Association Annual Conference, Hawaii, 2004.
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - Empowerment is an essential component of therapy. Since SFBT is an empowerment approach, it is vital to explore what kinds of facets of empowerment are generated from SFBT sessions. Nine low-status married women in Taiwan participated as clients in this study. The researcher coded and compared the rates of 20 facets of empowerment from 32 verbatim counseling transcripts of clients' statements. The study uncovered two main findings: (a) the assertive, self-discovering, goal-directed, competent, and interdependent facets were the highest rated facets of empowerment in all the SFBT sessions; and (b) between "1 Session Group" and "4-10 Sessions Group", significant differences emerged regarding 7 facets of empowerment and these two groups. A comparison between SFBT and feminist approach and discussion about cultural factors were presented. Finally, a case example demonstrates how SFBT sessions can generate high levels of specific facets of empowerment.
AB - Empowerment is an essential component of therapy. Since SFBT is an empowerment approach, it is vital to explore what kinds of facets of empowerment are generated from SFBT sessions. Nine low-status married women in Taiwan participated as clients in this study. The researcher coded and compared the rates of 20 facets of empowerment from 32 verbatim counseling transcripts of clients' statements. The study uncovered two main findings: (a) the assertive, self-discovering, goal-directed, competent, and interdependent facets were the highest rated facets of empowerment in all the SFBT sessions; and (b) between "1 Session Group" and "4-10 Sessions Group", significant differences emerged regarding 7 facets of empowerment and these two groups. A comparison between SFBT and feminist approach and discussion about cultural factors were presented. Finally, a case example demonstrates how SFBT sessions can generate high levels of specific facets of empowerment.
KW - Empowerment
KW - Solution-focused brief therapy
KW - Taiwanese
KW - Women
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U2 - 10.1080/02703140903153013
DO - 10.1080/02703140903153013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:74949110663
SN - 0270-3149
VL - 32
SP - 338
EP - 360
JO - Women and Therapy
JF - Women and Therapy
IS - 4
ER -