Men in the Triangle: Grief, Inhibition, and Defense

Autor/in	Clayton, Robert E.
Titel	Men in the Triangle: Grief, Inhibition, and Defense
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 29 (2015) 2, S.94-110 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-8225
DOI	10.1080/87568225.2015.1008361
Schlagwörter	Males; Grief; Inhibition; Emotional Experience; Individual Development; Psychotherapy; Anxiety; Defense Mechanisms + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Trauer; Hemmung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Psychotherapie; Angst; Abwehrverhalten
Abstract	Inhibition of emotional experience is a widely acknowledged characteristic of many Western-raised men. While this affective inhibition may impact men chronically in many ways, it becomes particularly salient when men are bereaved or otherwise grieving and are unable fully to experience normative emotional responses to loss. This article briefly examines some psychosocial developmental underpinnings of men's affective suppression that have been hypothesized by psychoanalytic theorists, and moves on to suggest an approach for helping grieving men reestablish contact with emotional experience. Experiential Dynamic Therapy (EDT)--a family of approaches that attends to underlying or core affect, the anxiety it provokes in clients, and the defensive maneuvers they use to avoid the anxiety-provoking affect--is introduced and described operationally. The article concludes with specific sample interventions grounded in EDT for helping grieving young men gain access to a full range of affect. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01