Deepening Group Psychotherapy With Men

In this book, Fredric E. Rabinowitz presents his Deepening framework, along with practical guidance for conducting group therapy with men.

In Deepening group psychotherapy, men discover their hopes, fears, losses, frustrations, and traumas, aided by a clinician who uses attentiveness to language and the therapeutic relationship to engage and intervene.

Traditional therapy, with its emphasis on vulnerable face-to-face sharing, presents challenges for men socialized to keep their emotional lives private. The framework helps clinicians find ways to break down the barriers that keep many men from seeking help and shows them how to explore their inner psychological workings.

Through detailed therapy dialogues, readers will learn how to connect with men in group settings around issues such as relationships, fear of being dependent on others, grief and loss, sexual identity, pain, illness, and addiction.

Foreword
Sam V. Chochran

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Masculinities in Transition

I. Individual and Group Psychotherapy With Men

1. The Deepening Psychotherapy With Men Model: Identifying the Conflict Zones
2. Making Psychotherapy Work for Men
3. Group Therapy: The Why and How
4. Making Group Psychotherapy Work for Men

II. Stories Men Bring to Group Therapy

5. Excavating the Dark Passages
6. Questioning Identities
7. The Perils of Addiction
8. The Body Talks
9. Dealing With Loss

III. Doing Group Therapy With Men

10. Building Trust: Scenes From the Early Stages of the Men's Group
11. Deepening the Connections: Scenes From the Middle Stage of the Men's Group
12. Integrating Learning and Letting Go: Scenes From the Later Stage of the Men's Group
13. Starting a Deepening Psychotherapy Group in Your Practice

References

Index

About the Author

Fredric E. Rabinowitz, PhD, is a professor of psychology at the University of Redlands in California.

Since 1984, Dr. Rabinowitz has been seeing men in individual, couples, and group psychotherapy in his private practice in Redlands, California.

He has coauthored many articles, chapters, and books on counseling men, including Man Alive: A Primer of Men's Issues (1995), Men and Depression (2000), Deepening Psychotherapy With Men (2002), and Breaking Barriers in Counseling Men (2014).

Dr. Rabinowitz is the past president of APA Division 51 (Society for the Psychology of Men and Masculinities).

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This lucid, theoretically rich, and clinically focused text is a must-read for any therapist facing the complexities and challenges of conducting psychotherapy with men individually or in groups.
—James M. O'Neil, PhD
Professor, Educational Psychology and Family Studies, Department of Educational Psychology, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs

If you had to pick one book to help you improve your work with male clients, this is it. Rabinowitz's insights and reflection make for a wonderfully engaging read.
—Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD
Professor of Counseling and Codirector of the Center for Boys and Men, California State University, Fullerton

Rabinowitz masterfully tells the story of how men reveal themselves in individual and group settings. The narrative provides an intimate view of how his Deepening approach encourages emotional awareness and the possibility of true change.
—Aaron Rochlen, PhD
Psychology Professor and Licensed Psychologist, University of Texas at Austin