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NP0020: Men in Therapy: What Clinicians Need to Know

Many men think therapy just isn’t a “guy thing.” Unfortunately, therapists generally have reinforced this perception by being slow to recognize the distinct strengths men bring to relationships and often expecting men to behave like women in the consulting room. This webcast series brings together leading innovators who’ve developed practical approaches that integrate the latest research on gender differences with our evolving clinical wisdom about how to make therapy more inviting for male clients.

Pat LoveTerry RealDavid WexlerEsther PerelPatrick DoughertyHolly Sweet
Pat Love, Terry Real, David Wexler, Esther Perel, Patrick Dougherty, and Holly Sweet.
Host: Rich Simon
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Explore The Full Range Of Male Clients' Issues
With The Field's Leading Experts

Pat Love Session 1
Male-Friendly Psychotherapy
Learn practical approaches to better engage men in treatment and find out how applying brain science to gender differences can help opposite-sex partners better understand each other’s world. With Pat Love, Ed.D.
Terry Real Session 2
Overcoming Resistance in Male Clients
Discover how to get through to resistant male clients by avoiding therapeutic neutrality, highlighting the negative consequences of their resistance, and challenging them to change their behavior by “joining through the truth.”
With Terry Real, L.I.C.S.W.
David Wexler Session 3
Defusing Male Shame
Get beyond men’s fear of shame and emotional avoidance by learning how to develop a therapeutic relationship based on straightforward guidance and “guy talk,” rather than nondirective “therapy-speak.” With David Wexler, Ph.D.
Esther Perel

Session 4
Men and Sexuality: Challenging the Myths
Explore the poorly understood world of male sexuality by challenging some of the pervasive myths about men and their “nonrelational” attitude toward sex. Learn practical tools for helping men examine their own sexual blueprint.
With Esther Perel, M.A., L.M.F.T.
Patrick Dougherty Session 5
Men and Intimacy: A Relational Approach to Helping
Male Clients
Explore how to use a mind/body/heart approach to connect therapeutically with men and to challenge them to find the value of and capacity for intimate relationships.
With Patrick Dougherty, M.A., L.P.
Holly Sweet Session 6
Men and Depression
Learn about the different ways men and woman experience depression, and how to use a more task-oriented, coaching approach to work with men who are unwilling to ask for help with their depression, accept medications, or express vulnerable emotions. With Holly Sweet, Ph.D.

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Our Presenters Are Leaders In The Field

Pat Love, Ed.D., is a distinguished professor, relationship consultant, and licensed marriage and family therapist. She’s the author of Hot Monogamy and The Truth About Love and the coauthor of How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It.

Terry Real, L.I.C.S.W., Good Morning, America’s relationship expert, founded the Relational Life Institute. His books include The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Make Love Work and the bestseller I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression.

David Wexler, Ph.D., executive director of the Relationship Training Institute, is a clinical psychologist in San Diego. He’s the author of five books, including Men in Therapy: New Approaches for Effective Treatment and When Good Men Behave Badly.

Esther Perel, M.A., L.M.F.T., is the author of the international bestseller Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence. She’s the recipient of the 2009 book award from the Society for Sex Therapy and Research.

Patrick Dougherty, M.A., L.P., has been in private practice for more than 30 years and has been studying Eastern philosophies and practices for the past 20 years. He teaches Qigong and is the author of Qigong in Psychotherapy: You Can Do So Much by Doing So Little and A Whole-Hearted Embrace.

Holly Sweet, Ph.D., is a cofounder and codirector of the Cambridge Center for Gender Relations and a lecturer at MIT. She’s received multiple honors, including MIT’s Sizer Award for the “most significant contribution to undergraduate education” in 1997.

 

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For years, Psychotherapy Networker has provided you with access to thought-provoking writing and research from the field’s most respected colleagues and lecturers. Through our award-winning publication, our annual symposium in Washington D.C., and our innovative web-based learning, the Networker attempts to consistently provide you with continued learning materials that are adequate for the ever-changing field of psychology. Call or click for more information.

We know that you have to receive your continuing education from an approved source and that’s why Psychotherapy Networker works hard to meet the criteria necessary to provide continuing education for psychologists. The American Psychological Association recognizes us for offering quality, up-to-date continued learning. We constantly update our website with new curricula. We are continually looking for cutting-edge courses to give you optimal selection at enrollment time, but we also want our courses to merit that necessary stamp of approval. Check our approvals list to see which organizations support our curriculum.

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