Engaging Men in Couples Therapy

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 practitioners associated with current therapeutic models, including Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Imago Relationship Therapy, Integrated Behavioral Couple Therapy, and more. Using in-depth case examples, they demonstrate how their approaches can be adapted to be "male-sensitive" and respond to the ambivalence so many men experience about couples work. Special topics are also addressed, including infidelity, cultural diversity, working with veterans, and fathering issues. This book will enrich therapists’ work with couples, making treatment a welcoming experience for both partners and the treatment process more gratifying for the therapist.

Shepard, Harway, Introduction: Setting the Stage. Part I: Foundations of Male-sensitive Couples Therapy. Shepard, Harway, The Challenges of Conducting Male-sensitive Couples Therapy: Common Pitfalls and Clinical Recommendations. Rabinowitz, Behind the Mask: A Primer on Understanding the Male Partner in Couples Therapy. Part II: Theoretical Models. Robertson, Khamphakdy-Brown, Early Life Memories: A Male-friendly Approach to Facilitating Couple Collaboration. Englar-Carlson, Carlson, Adlerian Couples Therapy: The Case of the Boxer’s Daughter and the Momma’s Boy. Luquet, Relational Growth in Men Using Imago Relationship Therapy. Greenman, Faller, Johnson, Finding the Words: Working with Men in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples. Baucom, Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy: A Male-sensitive Perspective. Bergenstal, The Gottman Method: Theory and Case Study. Gordon, Purcell, The PAIRS Program: Engaging Men Through a Unique Psychoeducational Approach. Part III: Special Populations and Problems. McCarthy, Breetz, Male-affirmative Couple Sex Therapy. Kadin, Lusterman, Male Sensitive Couples Therapy with Unfaithful Men. Cervantes, Brothers of Color in Couples Therapy: Managing the Rainfall and Storms of Discrimination and Racism for Latino and African American Men. Brooks, Male-sensitive Therapy for the Returning Veteran and His Partner. Wexler, Male-sensitive Couples Counseling: Fathering Issues.