Tough guys and true believers : managing authoritarian men in the psychotherapy room / John M. Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, John M., 1949- author.

Series:

The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

Routledge series on counseling and psychotherapy with boys and men ; vol. 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authoritarianism (Personality trait).

Control (Psychology).

Men--Psychology.

Men.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, c2012.

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some men are especially difficult to manage in the psychotherapy room. They are controlling, exploitive, rigid, aggressive, and prejudiced. In a word, they are Authoritarian. This book is a guide for therapists and counselors who work with these men, offering an understanding of their psychological development and providing empirically supported recommendations to work with them effectively. In the first part, Robertson describes several versions of authoritarian men. Some are Tough Guys (workplace bullies, abusive partners, sexual harassers), and others are True Believers (men who use reli

Contents:

Front Cover; Tough Guys and True Believers; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I: Understanding Authoritarian Men; 1. "Who Are These Men, Exactly?": Four Prototypical Faces; 2. "He Always Has Been That Way": Authoritarian as Personality Type; 3."God Wants Him to Take Charge": Authoritarian as Divine Mandate; 4."He Is Only Doing What Comes Naturally": Authoritarian as Adaptive Strategy; 5."He Learned From the Best": Authoritarian as Social Construction; Section I: Summary; Section II: Managing authoritarian Men in the Psychotherapy Room

6."I Never Wanted to Be This Way": Up Close and Personal: Two Authoritarian Men7."What Does He Need the Most?": A Healing Relationship: Attunement and Empathy; 8."What Is Wrong With Him?": A Qualitative Assessment: Collaboration and Insight; 9."How Can He Be Helped?": A Multimodal Treatment: Self-Understanding and Self-Regulation; 10."Does an Authoritarian Man Really Change?": Human Change: The Processes and the Psychotherapists; Credits; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-293) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-81774-3

1-283-58996-6

9786613902412

0-203-82978-6

1-136-81775-1

9780203829783

OCLC:

810077873