Challenges faced by female psychologist in understanding gender stereotypes and it's impact on their clients

Abstract

The present study experimentally investigated to understand the challenges that the female psychologists face in guiding and counseling women in understanding the selfconcept in stereotyping and individual differences. Female psychologists (N=60) were been interviewed who has more than 10-yearexperience in the field of counseling. This research specifies more on what their understanding on gender stereotyping, their representation and representation of women in portrayal of gender based social roles. Research questions that extensively discussed among the psychologists are the socialization experiences that women experience while counseling, identify aspects of own socialization as a female guiding and counseling other women, did she able to help and support women in psychological need. What happened in situations when women crossed gender rules, psychological and emotional stress? Research methods used in the present study was in analyzing direct communication with the psychologists, their case reports and text analysis and unobstructive observation and case studies. The findings of the study emphasized that women had been given gender identity and self-perceptions in their childhood having an impact on their self-esteem and conflicts in their life. The female psychologists faced lots of challenges in remolding the personality traits such as removing aggression, prosocial behavior, inferentiality, emotionality and moral reasoning.