Gender Issues Books

New and Published Books – Page 1

1. Overcoming Masculine Depression

   The Pain Behind the Mask, 2nd Edition

   By John R. Lynch, Christopher Kilmartin

   In Overcoming Masculine Depression, psychologists John Lynch and Christopher Kilmartin present a model that provides new ways of understanding men’s behaviors. This unique book does not portray men as victims, but seeks to increase awareness that a great deal of depression in men is misunderstood...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Tough Guys and True Believers

   Managing Authoritarian Men in the Psychotherapy Room

   By John M. Robertson

   Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

   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...

   Published March 11th 2012 by Routledge
3. Gender in the Therapy Hour

   Voices of Female Clinicians Working with Men

   Edited by Holly Barlow Sweet

   Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

   There is no shortage of literature about working with men in counseling and psychotherapy, but almost none of it addresses the unique issues that a female clinician can face with a male client. These women do not have a basis for a complete understanding of the impact our society’s ideas about...

   Published March 4th 2012 by Routledge
4. Engaging Men in Couples Therapy

   Edited by David Shepard, Michele Harway

   Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

   This book will help practitioners overcome one of the leading challenges in couples therapy: working effectively with the male partner. Men have unique needs and psychological issues that many clinicians may not recognize or know how to address. This volume presents chapters by the leading...

   Published July 24th 2011 by Routledge
5. Culturally Responsive Counseling with Asian American Men

   Edited by William Ming Liu, Derek Kenji Iwamoto, Mark H. Chae

   Series: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men

   Asian American men represent a complex group with distinct psychological and mental health concerns, yet the current counseling literature is lacking in resources for clinicians working with this population. The purpose of this text is to provide practitioners with a comprehensive overview of...

   Published February 22nd 2010 by Routledge
6. Please Select Your Gender

   From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism

   By Patricia Gherovici

   "I have the worst birth defect a woman can have: I was born with a penis and a pair of testicles." Thus we meet Hera, who shares her reason for starting psychoanalysis and whose statement embodies the debate over transgenderism, rigorously dissected in Please Select Your Gender. Is it a mental...

   Published January 14th 2010 by Routledge
7. Sex Changes

   Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis

   By Mark Blechner

   Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

   The last half-century has seen enormous changes in society’s attitude toward sexuality. In the 1950s, homosexuals in the United States were routinely arrested; today, homosexual activity between consenting adults is legal in every state, with same-sex marriage legal in Massachusetts and ...

   Published February 19th 2009 by Routledge
8. Heterosexual Masculinities

   Contemporary Perspectives from Psychoanalytic Gender Theory

   Edited by Bruce Reis, Robert Grossmark

   Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

   In recent years there have been substantial changes in approaches to how genders are made and what functions genders fulfill. Most of the scholarly focus in this area has been in the areas of feminist, gay, and lesbian studies, and heterosexual masculinity - which tended to be defined by lack and...

   Published February 16th 2009 by Routledge
9. Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings?

   Radical Approaches to Counselling Sex, Sexualities and Genders

   Edited by Lyndsey Moon

   Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings? presents highly innovative and contemporary ideas for counsellors, counselling and clinical psychologists and psychotherapists to consider in their work with non-heterosexual clients. Ground-breaking ideas are presented by new thinkers in the area for issues such...

   Published November 7th 2007 by Routledge
10. Inside and Out

    Women, Prison, and Therapy

    Edited by Elaine J. Leeder

    A critical perspective on the treatment of incarcerated women—and their childrenInside and Out: Women, Prison, and Therapy challenges conventional thinking about the therapeutic issues facing female prisoners and their children. Therapists, counselors, scholars, and activists examine the...

    Published May 22nd 2007 by Routledge