Cognitive Templating: A Technique for Feminist (and Other) Counselors

A technique designed to provide an idiosyncratic representation of a client's personal socialization experiences and a reanalysis of these experiences from a social‐learning‐theory perspective reveals the interconnectedness of client cognitions, feelings, and actions that contribute to the client's self‐image. These data are presented to the client visually in diagrammatic form and aid the process of restructuring the self‐concept. A case study illustrating the use of the cognitive‐templating technique is presented, and the advantages of the procedure are outlined.