expand on the following parallels between feminist therapy principals and implemented therapy for lilly: 1. The personal is political and critical consciousness. Stereo typing of young mother – shame – looking at strengths. 2. Commitment to social change. Join groups, consciousness raising. 3. Women’s and girls’ voices and ways of knowing, as well as the voices of others who have experienced marginalization and oppression, are valued and their experiences are honoured. Taught assertiveness. Assertiveness is not aggression’ from text. 4. The counselling relationship is egalitarian. I shared test results and shared personal information.. 5. A focus on strengths and a reformulated definition of psychological distress. Depression is a survival function