Establishing the Validity of the Feminist Couple Therapy Scale: Measuring Therapists' Use of Feminist Practices With Heterosexual Couples

The authors sought to establish the validity and factor structure of the Feminist Couple Therapy Scale (FaCTS) as a measure of therapists' use of feminist principles and practices in their work with heterosexual couples. Additionally, the authors examined the latent associations among the subscales of the FaCTS and two feminist constructs using a sample of 217 couple and family therapists. The results of this study suggest that a belief that addressing patriarchy is central to the practice of therapy with heterosexual couples and is strongly associated with engaging in clinical practices that address the power differentials that exist between men and women.