Tough guys and true believers : managing authoritarian men in the psychotherapy room / / John M. Robertson

• Autore: Robertson John M. <1949-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.3/328232
• Soggetto topico: Authoritarianism (Personality trait); Control (Psychology); Men - Psychology; Psychotherapist and patient
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-293) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Tough Guys and True Believers; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I: Understanding Authoritarian Men; 1. "Who Are These Men, Exactly?": Four Prototypical Faces; 2. "He Always Has Been That Way": Authoritarian as Personality Type; 3."God Wants Him to Take Charge": Authoritarian as Divine Mandate; 4."He Is Only Doing What Comes Naturally": Authoritarian as Adaptive Strategy; 5."He Learned From the Best": Authoritarian as Social Construction; Section I: Summary; Section II: Managing authoritarian Men in the Psychotherapy Room ; 6."I Never Wanted to Be This Way": Up Close and Personal: Two Authoritarian Men7."What Does He Need the Most?": A Healing Relationship: Attunement and Empathy; 8."What Is Wrong With Him?": A Qualitative Assessment: Collaboration and Insight; 9."How Can He Be Helped?": A Multimodal Treatment: Self-Understanding and Self-Regulation; 10."Does an Authoritarian Man Really Change?": Human Change: The Processes and the Psychotherapists; Credits; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 development and providing empirically supported recommendations to work with them effectively. In the first part, Robertson describes several versions of authoritarian men. Some are Tough Guys (workplace bullies, abusive partners, sexual harassers), and others are True Believers (men who use reli
• Titolo autorizzato: Tough guys and true believers
• ISBN: 1-136-81774-3; 1-283-58996-6; 9786613902412; 0-203-82978-6; 1-136-81775-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791902703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Routledge Series on Counseling and Psychotherapy with Boys and Men