Thank you Patrick. I loved your comments about raising the bar for expectations of male clients. As a female and a female therapist(feminist), I have sometimes discounted men for what they are capable of. I liked your discussion about going deeper into relationships with male clients, rather than be intimidated by men. The role of mentor vs psychotherapist, helped to shift my thinking process. I think being a mentor is easier for a male therapist than a female therapist - our gender driven relationships are so different! But sharing experiences and wisdom with clients makes sense to me(even though it fights with me about boundary issues). Most of all, this presentation used a case approach which is always very helpful in bringing theory to practice.
For the future, I would have appreciated knowing a little about the "qigong philosophy" theme which came up numerous times. I knew nothing about how that influenced Patrick's thinking.
Rich, if you could find a way to put a visual copy of putting book titles, web pages, etc. in written form on the screen for students to have. I always look into further reference materials, but it is hard to sort out with so little information provided.

I am so glad I am taking this course through Webcasts. The subject of Men in Therapy is an area for which I have needed help for years. I am afraid I have brought my own personal biases about males into the therapy room. I know I will need to listen to Esther Perel several times before I get her entire message, because it was foreign and abstract to me.

On another note, I wish this series of webcasts had the slides that accompanied the presentation, since I learn better with both auditory and visual input. I would have liked to hear/see what Dr. Perel has written and how best to get further information.
Thank you for this valuable information.
SMH

I have been taking this ethical course NP 0017. I loved Clifton Mitchell's presentation between the law and the code and mental health professionals duties. He had excellent examples of situations that moved my understanding to another level. This represents one more of the sessions that I will need to listen to at least 2-3 times. I am grateful it is on for a year. I especially liked how close Clifton Mitchell adhered to his outline/slides presented beforehand, where I could make notes right on my print out of the slides. It helped me to track what he had to say.
Shirley Hanson