Live webinar air date: February 14, 2025
Date
CE credits
1.5
Exam items
10
Series
Description
What if your new client cannot answer basic questions in your initial assessment interview? You were aware that many men do not talk about their feelings. You think he might be alexithymic, but do not know how to assess or treat it. In this presentation, Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP, explains why some men are emotionally inexpressive, discusses scales for assessing alexithymia, and presents treatment manuals for helping these men became more emotionally self-aware. Clinicians come away from this presentation with a clear sense for how to treat alexithymia in the early sessions of psychotherapy, and thereby improve treatment uptake and outcomes.
Learning objectives
- Describe why men have a hard time expressing (even naming) their emotions and discuss the consequences for the men themselves and others.
- Discuss assessment strategies for alexithymia in clinical practice.
- List the four stages of alexithymia reduction treatment.
Instructor
Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP
Levant (he/him/his) is professor emeritus of psychology, University of Akron; past president, American Psychological Association and APA Division 51, Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities; and two-term editor of APA’s quarterly journal, Psychology of Men & Masculinities. A feminist scholar with 18 books and countless refereed journal articles and book chapters to his credit, he is widely considered one of the key people responsible for creating the new field of psychology of men and masculinities. He was included in the Elsevier-Stanford University database listing the top 2% of scientists in the world.
