Counseling Men

by Philip L. Culbertson

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1994

Overview

Counseling Men opens the way for men to discuss and discover their fears and losses in conversation with clergy, pastoral counselors, and lay caregivers.

Contents

Top Highlights

“An even simpler technique is to offer sound-bites, such as. If that were happening to me, I would feel _____. Is that how you are feeling?” (Page 16)

“Patriarchy has traditionally promoted misogyny and homophobia—the hatred of things believed to be imitative of women” (Page 14)

“Most men have been trained in their families of origin to suppress deeply their feelings and emotions” (Page 13)

“First, formal counseling is often conducted in a language that men have been conditioned to reject” (Page 15)

“Men who have begun to value their own inner world are sometimes called soft men.” (Page 13)

Praise for the Print Edition

Counseling Men aims to help concerned men achieve a clearer identity in the whirlwind of change that is occurring in family and relationship structures. Philip Culbertson addresses the radical disparity between the stereotypes of how men are portrayed in our society and how they actually live their lives, between the media's macho, superhero, all-controlling, fantastic lovers and the fearful cogs in the wheel of today's impersonal business world, mortgaged to the hilt and worried about career and the responsibilities of providing for his family. . . Throughout, I found myself agreeing and demurring, but always being engaged by Culbertson's formulations. His ideas will provoke and comfort, sensitize and humanize those who take seriously the changing world in which men find themselves. An important resource for those seeking to minister to men.

—Harold W. Stone

Product Details

• Title: Counseling Men
• Author: Philip L. Culbertson
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Pages: 96

About Philip L. Culbertson

Philip Culbertson teaches Pastoral Care and Counseling at St Johns Theological College; Counseling Psychology at Auckland University; Psychotherapy at Auckland University of Technology; and has a private practice in psychotherapy. He holds a Bachelors degree in Music from Washington University, a Masters degree in Divinity from General Theology Seminary in New York City, and a Ph. D. in Education from New York University. He has done additional graduate studies at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, The Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches in Bossey Switzerland, and at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. Culbertson belongs to the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists. He is the author of New Adam: The Future of Masculine Spirituality and coeditor, with Arthur Shippee, of The Pastor: Readings from the Patristic Period.