DOI:
10.13056/acamh.23535
In this Papers Podcast, clinical psychologist Micah Boerma discusses his
CAMH journal Review paper ‘
Review: Recommendations for male-friendly counselling with adolescent males: A qualitative systematic literature review‘
(doi.org/10.1111/camh.12633).
Micah is the first author of the paper.
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include;
- The importance of focusing on the experiences of young males receiving psychological treatment.
- Why young males are so reluctant to engage in professional help-seeking and also quick to discontinue treatment compared to females.
- What emerged in terms of therapists’ assumptions or biases or any views they had about the specific challenges of working with young men.
- Did the biases apply equally regardless of the gender of the therapist?
- What is male friendly counselling and what recommendations are there for therapists to adapt their practice to better engage this population?
- Recommendations and resources for therapists/practitioners who want to become more gender-informed in their practices.
