Working With Men in the Human Services

List of contents

Table of Contents Working With Men in the Human Services

Part I Gender issues facing workers in the human services

1 Feminism, masculinity politics and the human services

Bob Pease and Peter Camilleri

2 Theoretical issues and political dilemmas in working with men

Bob Pease

3 Doing 'women's work'?: Men, masculinity and caring

Peter Camilleri and Peter Jones

Part II Gender-based practice approaches for men seeking change

4 Making Connections: Working with males in families

Kerrie James

5 Neither colluding nor colliding: Practical ideas for engaging men

Mark Furlong

6 Working with men's defences against vulnerability

Mal McCouat

7 Working with males who have experienced childhood sexual abuse

Patrick O'Leary

8 Men and mental health: Counselling men with a psychiatric disability

Peter Humphries

Part III Gender-based approaches to working with m

About the author

Bob Pease is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Social Work at RMIT, Melbourne and author of Men and Sexual Politics, Recreating Men and editor of Transforming Social Work Practice. Peter Camilleri is Head of the School of Social Work at Australian Catholic University and President of the Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education. He is the author of Reconstructing Social Work.

Summary

Offers a critical understanding of issues involved with working with men for students and practitioners in social work, community work and related fields.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Camilleri, Bob (Deakin University Pease, Bob Camilleri Pease
• Assisted by: Peter Camilleri (Editor), Bob Pease (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367720155
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72015-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Medicine, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Social Work, Social welfare & social services