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Book SynopsisIn this book the author, a clinical psychologist, reflects on her psychotherapy experiences with male clients as she debunks the myth of male alexithymia, the inability to recognise and express emotions. Men are apparently disengaged from wellness practices as they are perceived to be reluctant to seek mental health care.
An ubuntu-inspired personhood discourse of trust, empathy and transformation theoretically underpins the author's clinical practice. The integration of the culturally familiar philosophy of ubuntu challenges the hegemony of strictly modern Western psychological discourses and theories. Although the book is not a manual for how to do therapy with men, neither a panacea for all male related challenges, it can ignite empathic insights and kindle gender sensitive responses to male concerns, locally and internationally. Women, who are frequently the targets of gender-based violence primarily committed by men, may play a significant role in the rehabilitation and h
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acronyms
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Abstract
Preface
Chapter 1
Masculinised psychotherapy: From personal resolution to professional contribution
Chapter 2
Context of masculinised mental health treatment
Chapter 3
Socio-culturally situated masculinities
Chapter 4
Starting and sustaining all-male psychotherapy groups
Chapter 5
‘Every day’ masculine therapeutic discursive practices
Chapter 6
Father in the group
Chapter 7
The woman in the men’s group
Chapter 8
Closure
References
Index
