Psychotherapy with Men
5 CE Credits - Online Course - $49.00
Developed by Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity,
Division 51 of the American Psychological Association (APA)
CE Credits for Psychologists,
LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs & LCSWs (BBS) Social
Workers (ASWB),
Counselors (NBCC, NAADAC, CALPCC), Nurses (BRN) & More
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GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
Many therapists may be operating from assumptions that may actually make many men uncomfortable in sessions. This course teaches therapists the orientation, specialized clinical skills, and necessary masculine perspective to help engage men in therapy and significantly improve outcomes in both individual and group therapy with male clients. Therapists who accept male clients have an ethical obligation to understand men's specific needs, expectations, and perspectives about therapy, themselves, and their relationships that will affect therapy from initial contact through the various stages of change. Male and female therapists will evoke different transference issues in male clients and will experience different countertransferences as well.
This online course is based on five video presentations from the 2nd Psychotherapy with Men Conference on June 5th, 2010 in Austin, Texas. The first presentation is by Christopher Kilmartin on using humor and drama in men's work. The second lecture is by Holly Sweet on woman therapists working with men. The third lecture is by Melba Vasquez on ethical issues in working with men. The fourth presentation is by Michael Addis on working with depressed men. The fifth lecture is by Frederic Rabinowitz on deepening group therapy with men. Finally the course provides Online Resources on psychology of men and masculinity.
An additional course on the psychology of men is available, titled MEN: Contemporary Theories and Creative Interventions for Male Depression, Aggression & Relationship Issues. This course was authored by Dr. David Wexler and is offered for 7 CE Credits.
Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
- Identify the unique expectations and perspectives that men bring to therapy
- Describe and discuss the advantages and disadvantages women therapists bring to therapy with men
- Understand how the ethics code of the American Psychological Association applies to working with male clients
- Describe how to conceptualize and discuss depression with men
- Apply the principles of group formation and group therapy to working with men
Course Syllabus:
- Using Humor And Drama To Engage Men In Therapy
- Paradoxical intention
- Exaggeration
- Storytelling
- How Women Therapists Can Be More Effective Working With Male Clients
- Phrasing therapy as more action-oriented than emotionally engaging
- Female therapists' countertransference issues
- Male clients transference issues onto female therapists
- The most effective female therapist personas
- Ethical Issues When Working With Male Clients
- Staying within your areas of competence
- Focusing on male clients' perspectives rather than the therapist's
- Therapists' internalized sexism and gender issues
- Men And Depression
- How men conceptualize and describe depressionv
- Helping men think about depression
- Using Motivational Interviewing
- Group Psychotherapy With Men
- Recruitment
- Group stages and process
- Sadness, Anger And Loneliness In Groups
- Online Resources
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