Psychotherapy with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse : the Invisible Men.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbett, Alan.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Series:

Forensic psychotherapy monograph series

The Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book looks at the history of male sexual abuse, positioning it not as a new phenomenon, but one that has a long but undocumented history. Anonymised case studies provide the backdrop for explorations of various consequences of abuse, including sexual addiction, profound depression, gender dysphoria, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and dissociation. The toxic impact of sexual abuse on the partners and families of survivors is also examined, alongside the effect upon the therapist of working with the aftermath. Working with men who have been abused, in childhood or in adulthood, involves working with profound shame and secrecy, with many victims having lived in a cocoon of repression and silence. This book is a huge step forward in breaking that silence. Book jacket.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE The invisible men: a brief history of male survival; CHAPTER TWO Toxic masculinity: the impact of sexual aggression upon the male psyche; CHAPTER THREE Numbers: working with sexual compulsion; CHAPTER FOUR There is no such thing as a survivor: forensic psychotherapy and the abused/abuser split; CHAPTER FIVE On not knowing the colour of a patient's eyes: working with profound depression; CHAPTER SIX Dying to be a woman: grievances and attacks on gender.

CHAPTER SEVEN Starving for two: working with embodied traumaCHAPTER EIGHT Physician heal thyself: the impact of trauma upon the clinician; CHAPTER NINE The disunited states: working with dissociation; CHAPTER TEN A crowded marriage: working with couples; CHAPTER ELEVEN Becoming visible: on seeing and being seen; REFERENCES; INDEX.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Corbett, Alan. Psychotherapy with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse : The Invisible Men.

ISBN:

9781782415435

1782415432

Publisher Number:

99970107091

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.