1. If you are Maria's counselor and you practice feminist therapy, what are the techniques would you follow to facilitate her growth? 2. Maria considers how the messages she received about what men and women should be, have affected her life. If you were a therapist, how would you engage yourself and Maria in gender role analysis? 3. What are the skills does Maria need to learn to know about the interpersonal rights and what are the steps she need to take for positive change? Read the following case study and answer the questions to the best of your ability. Maria is a 32-year-old Latina whose parents were born in Mexico. She and her parents now live in Arizona, where she is pursuing graduate study in social work. Her ultimate goal is to move to Mexico and work in the management of social service agencies, as she sees a great need for counseling and social work in there, and she is committed to helping people from her background. Maria has completed all her coursework in the doctoral program in social work. To obtain her degree, she needs to complete her doctoral dissertation, which she has been putting off for well over a year. Maria is seeking therapy because she wants to work on her fears and her struggles with her parents over their lack of acceptance over her professional ambitions. During the intake interview, Maria recounts a negative experience she had with a male therapist that made it extremely difficult for her to seek help again. She feels that her former therapist was not at all sensitive to her cultural background and did not understand her struggles as a woman. Maria has clear expectations of appropriate gender-role behavior that separates women from men. In her culture, women are traditionally expected to be submissive, docile, intuitive, feeling gentle, caring, sentimental, and dependent. Her culture has taught her that men are supposed to be strong, determined, authoritarian, independent, courageous, rational, objective, and forceful. If Maria hopes to change, she will have to take action and do something, rather than merely talk about the prospects of change. Because feminist therapy is action-oriented, you and Maria think of ways she can practice some behaviors that will challenge the early decisions she made. In particular, Maria considers how she can better communicate with her parents so they understand that she will complete her doctorate and pursue a career. Reflection Questions Please review the assignment instructions and then respond to the following questions. This section must be completed before proceeding with the assignment. 1. What are your reactions to Gwen's experience? Response: 2. Have you ever been tokenized in society? If so, how would you empathy with Gwen? If not, what is it like to have that privilege? Response: 3. What do you believe is the chief societal issue that influences your client's mental health? Response: