title: Lessons learned about working with men: a prison memoir.
abstract: From the very beginning of my career as a social worker, I have believed that the fullest and most effective use of self requires an integration of personal, professional, and spiritual-political values and beliefs into a framework that respects their dialectical tensions while striving for wholeness. In this very personal memoir, I tell of such a period in my life. The setting is a maximum-security prison. I learned about mutuality, transparence, risk taking, openness, and vulnerability from men in the prison: inmates, the warden, and other prison staff. The lessons I learned have served as ground and guide for my subsequent psychotherapy practice with men, my own relational growth, and my commitment to the struggle for gender equality and social justice.
authors.affiliation: hsystem@themensgroup.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sternbach
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011329:Prisoners; D011330:Prisons / Q000458:organization & administration; D012649:Self Concept; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*