Abstract

This study is an attempt to speculate about the femininity of counseling and to formulate the concept of women counseling. It is obvious that the definition, processes and objectives of counseling reflect the archetypes of femininity, namely, care, tendeness, nurturing, understanding and the sensitivity toward others. Reviewing the literature on women counseling, so far, the emphasis of women counseling are the possession of social power, the challenge against the unfairness of sexism, and the establishment of the unifying sisterhood. Generally, these are agreeable points. However, I, the writer of this study see the activities of counseling include encouragement, care, nurturing the clients who need help from counselors. Therefore, it is possible to draw a conclusion of women counseling as follows: "Women counseling is to help the female clients to actualize their femininity which has been surpressed by the male oriented society." There, still, remains numerous aspects on the research of women counseling which will lead the further study in the field of counseling, specially, the women studies.