More men are appearing in therapists’ offices than ever before. Some men immediately enter into power struggles with the therapist, some have a difficult time figuring out what to say and how to behave. I will discuss these two all too typical developments, describe a men’s therapy group, and argue that friendship is an important issue to explore in therapy, particularly during the termination phase.
(47 pp.)
Each man has to overcome a different hurdle vis a vis friendship. What unifies us is the fact that there always are those hurdles. We share a certain amount of collective incapability in the realm of man-to-man relating. (46 pp.)
Masculinity is all about the lines a man must not cross, and men do not stray very far outside the lines. If we are to change traditional notions of masculinity for the better, we have quite a few lines to cross, and we will have to do something to change the way men are ostracized for crossing lines. We can begin by examining the ways lines are traditionally drawn.
(60 pp.)
The challenge that confronts men is to find ways to be powerful without oppressing anyone, and in the process to redefine power, heroism, and masculinity. This is an immense challenge. And men will never meet it in isolation. We need new kinds of bonds among men and between men and women, straight and gay, if we are to construct, collectively, new forms of masculinity and new and better gender relations. (340 pp.)
The challenge that confronts men is to find ways to be powerful without oppressing anyone, and in the process to redefine power, heroism, and masculinity. This is an immense challenge. And men will never meet it in isolation. We need new kinds of bonds among men and between men and women, straight and gay, if we are to construct, collectively, new forms of masculinity and new and better gender relations. (36 pp.)
Recent articles in the popular press reveal a disturbing picture of psychotherapy: greedy, unethical, or perhaps simply ignorant therapists fostering dangerously dependent, financially draining, needlessly lengthy relationships with their patients. An integral part of the therapeutic process, termination has rarely been the focus of clinical discussion. Does therapy go on too long? How can its success be judged? What do therapists say about ending therapy? In this important volume, psychiatrist Terry Kupers confronts these questions, exploring when, how, and why therapy ends. (222 pp.)
New resolve on the part of a large number of men to improve their intimacies with other men and to achieve a new level of equality and connectedness with women is a cause for hope. (56 pp.)
Human beings are not ruled by “natural” cycles. We interpret nature around and within us in relation to our social/cultural context. But each gender, in a particular social/cultural context, adopts a stance in relation to natural cycles. (44 pp.)
Homophobia is an important part of male psychology, even in men who would never knowingly support any kind of overt discrimination against gays and lesbians. (44 pp.)
Where there is a discrepancy in earning power as well as a discrepancy in domestic competence, and where one or both partners have a need to compete, there are new kinds of envy and rivalry. (53 pp.)
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