counseling of women that addresses the impact of inappropriate sex- role stereotypes such as; women have lower self-esteem, women are more emotional, women are more fearful, timid and anxious, women are less aggressive than men. Gender-fair therapy realizes that there are no prescribed sex-role behaviors. There is a focus on a heightened awareness of one’s personal identity or values as it pertains to the client’s perception of their sex-roles. Gender- fair therapy understands that the reversal of traditional sex roles is not pathological and promotes an awareness that anatomical differences are not a basis for theories of behavior. The practice of gender-fair counseling includes the use