What do men want? Male rituals of initiation in group psychotherapy.
Men in mixed-gender psychotherapy groups form male subgroups that serve the cause of gender identity development. The resulting enhancement of masculine identifications allows men to more fully participate in the interactional work of the whole group. The author details four stages in the evolution of the male subgroup, and compares these stages to the structure and function of initiation ceremonies in traditional societies.
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Boston Institute for Psychotherapy, Inc.
D001010:Anxiety, Separation; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group