Men in Therapy
The Challenge of Change
Richard L. Meth, Robert S. Pasick, Barry Gordon, Jo Ann Allen, Larry B. Feldman, and Sylvia Gordon
Paperback
Paperback
orderOctober 18, 1991
ISBN 9780898624854
Price: $33.00 284 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
Copyright Date: 1990
Men have long been considered difficult to engage in psychotherapy, often being described as resistant, unworkable, and unfeeling. The few available books that deal specifically with men's issues tend to lack a central theoretical focus, are highly psychoanalytic in content, or simply do not provide specific guidelines for working with men. This unique and timely volume fills an important gap in the literature by demonstrating why change is often so difficult for them. It provides detailed guidelines for helping men initiate and sustain change in their personal, familial, and professional lives.
“I have given it as a gift and have recommended it again and again. It very sensitively and clearly elucidates men's experience in a way that is most instructive....A must-read for any therapist.”
—AFTA Newsletter
“It will be helpful in understanding a strategy for changing male behavior.”
—Duncan Smith, Brown University; Course: Representation of Masculin
Table of Contents
I. UNDERSTANDING MEN IN U.S. SOCIETY.1. The Road to Masculinity, Meth
2. Raised to Work, Pasick.
3. Men as Husbands, B. Gordon & Meth
4. Fathers and Fathering, Feldman
5. Friendship between Men, Pasick
II. MEN AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE.
6. Creating a Framework for Change, Allen & S. Gordon
7. Helping Men Understand Themselves, Pasick, S. Gordon & Meth
8. Helping Men in Couple Relationships, B. Gordon & Allen
9. Men and Sexuality, Meth
10. Men and Mothers, Allen
11. Men and Their Fathers, B. Gordon
12. Being a Father, B. Gordon
13. Changing the Nature of Friendships between Men, B. Gordon & Pasick
About the Authors
Richard L. Meth, M.S.W. Director, Center for Marital and Family Therapy, School of Family Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT .Robert S. Pasick, PhD Psychologist, family therapist, and consultant at the Ann Arbor Center for the Family. Conducts workshops on Gender Issues in the Workplace.