Foregrounding Masculinities in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
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| Title: | Foregrounding Masculinities in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. |
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| Authors: | Burkhalter, Thomas (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Psychoanalytic Dialogues. May/Jun2016, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p339-351. 13p. |
| Subjects: | Psychotherapy, Mental health services, Behavior therapists, Patriarchy, Sex discrimination |
| Abstract: | Against the backdrop of contemporary debates around constructions of masculinities, and explorations concerning how gender figures in psychotherapeutic process, personal reflections are presented by a male psychoanalytic therapist practicing in South Africa. A reflexive, contextual, and historicized conversation is offered, highlighting the precariousness of masculine identities, and their melancholic response to contextual dislocation within a society in transition and in relation to the decline of patriarchal authority. The observations offered emphasize the importance of maintaining a self-reflective stance in order to grapple with normative gender biases and stereotypic assumptions and to reduce the probability of gendered enactments in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Against the backdrop of contemporary debates around constructions of masculinities, and explorations concerning how gender figures in psychotherapeutic process, personal reflections are presented by a male psychoanalytic therapist practicing in South Africa. A reflexive, contextual, and historicized conversation is offered, highlighting the precariousness of masculine identities, and their melancholic response to contextual dislocation within a society in transition and in relation to the decline of patriarchal authority. The observations offered emphasize the importance of maintaining a self-reflective stance in order to grapple with normative gender biases and stereotypic assumptions and to reduce the probability of gendered enactments in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 10481885 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10481885.2016.1169042 |
