Rowan, John <br/><br/>
Healing the male psyche  : therapy as initiation 

 - London/New York  Routledge  c1997 
 - viii, 285p.; bibliog. refs.; index 
<br/><br/>Part 1 - Materia prima and nigredo. 1 Introduction. 2 Light from feminism. 3 A case study: the man who hated women. Part 2 - Fermentatio. 4 Developmental issues. Part 3 - Separatio. 5 What is it with therapy?. 6 The personal/political. 7 What is therapy about?. 8 What happens in therapy?. Part 4 - Calcinatio. 9 Individual therapy with men. Part 5 - Albedo. 10 Men and work. Part 6 - Conjunctio. 11 Couple relationships. Part 7 - Mortificatio and second nigredo. 12 Integrative group work. Part 8 - Solutio and third nigredo. 13 The sexual politics group. Part 9 - Coagulatio. 14 Training for male therapy. Part 10 - Sublimatio. 15 Therapist consciousness. Part 11 - Rubedo. 16 Integration and actualisation. Appendix: Should I take on this client? 
<br/><br/> '...argues that if men are to escape from their old roles and the new pressures of social uncertainty they need to be initiated into a new kind of masculinity, but that this process must be personal to each man.  He explores how therapy can help or hinder the process of transformation.' 
<br/><br/> Paperback (Katerbound) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415100488 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96000337 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Men--Psychology<br/>Psychotherapy<br/>Masculinity<br/>Sex role
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451.4.M45 R68 1997