A Short Note On The Women Care Counseling Center - 924 Words

Mehdi Khan A Visit to the Women Care Counseling Center Last week (2-2-15), I visited the Women Care Counseling Center in Evanston and met Beth Katz at noon. Beth is a Senior Associate Therapist who guided me through their small suite. Women Care is an organization that primarily focuses on counseling various members of their community and provides training to people to become therapist. They offer support to families, couples and teens through life transitioning moments and offer guidance to overcome obstacles in life, such as trauma. It was founded in the late 70s by Laurie Kahn with the purpose of helping women with their relationships and family troubles. Earlier, I was reluctant to enter their suite because of the notion that it†¦show more content†¦As I was speaking with one of their staff, I disclosed myself to be doing a paper on my visit. The lady gave me a history and the mission of their program. She talked about the fact that their counseling is open to almost everyone; but, mostly women come to their facility. The misconception that their services are only for women is common and since their clients are mostly women, they have facilitated their workshops towards satisfying the needs of their clients. At first, they provided care primarily to women and now they have expanded their service towards men. I found it fascinating that they counsel women to deal with sexuality and gender appropriate roles. The first idea that I would like to discuss is the idea that we as a species have created this false sense of roles for each gender is ridicules. Women can procreate ideas equivalent to men. The ability to critically think and analyze is equal in both genders. The division of genders does not define a person, or their character. The mere difference between both genders is biology; and in the prehistoric eras, men were determined to fight and protect and women were designated for reproduction and nurture. In todays civilized society, it is irrelevant because the gender roles can be overlapped. Women can fight alongside men in the army and men can nurture children because the notion that men have to keep up to the brave persona