Feminist Approaches for Men in Family Therapy

Abstract

Contents Preface * Part I: Combining Political and Clinical Analyses of Men * Feminist Therapy With Male Clients * Men in Therapy: Exploring Feminist-Informed Alternatives * Traditional Men in Marital and Family Therapy * Part II: The Social Constructions of Gender * Men and Story: Constructing New Narratives in Therapy * Reclaiming Men's Experience in Couples Therapy * Female Therapist/Male Client: Considerations About Belief Systems * Part III: The Diversity of Feminist-Informed Family Therapy Approaches * The Politics of Mood: Depressive-Caretaker Relationships * You Never Forget How to Ride a Bicycle: Men Finding Their Mothers * Working Affirmatively With Puerto Rican Men: Professional and Personal Reflections * Treating the Absent Man: Is It Possible? Is It Ethical? * Part IV: Men and Violence * Abuses of Power by Father-Daughter Incest Perpetrators in Treatment: The Necessity of the Therapist-Family Coalition * Sponsorship: Men Holding Men Accountable for Domestic Violence * Part V: New Directions in Training * Family Therapy Training Issues of Male Students in a Gender-Sensitive Doctoral Program