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Male Psychotherapists' Masculinities: A Narrative Inquiry into the Intersection Between Gender and Professional Identities

Del Castillo, Darren M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276807956

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2010, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Psychology.
This study concerned how male psychotherapists construct and negotiate the relationship between their identities as men and as therapists. Narrative identity and life-story approaches were utilized to draw attention to five male psychotherapists' meaning-making processes concerning this topic. Poetic transcriptions and dialogue derived from written stories and in-depth interviews inform the discussion of the participants' personal narratives. Participants identified particular problematic experiences with clients and more general experiences in the profession as the basis for their reflections. The narratives depict how processes of gender and professional identity formation bear on participants' current identities as men, their identities as therapists, and the bi-directional relationship between these identities. Particular attention was focused on the times in which participants experienced the intersection as problematic and how they characterized the process of negotiating these identities. Narrative analysis brought attention to the content of participants' personal narratives, as well as the interaction between the researcher and the participants as a way of illustrating the research process. The results extend knowledge pertaining to men's issues in therapy and the critical study of men and masculinities more generally.
Roger Knudson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Ann Fuehrer, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Vaishali Raval, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Sally Lloyd, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
142 p.
Psychology; Psychotherapy
Men; Masculinity; Gender Identity; Narrative; Narrative Identity; Professional Identity; Intersectionality

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  • Del Castillo, D. M. (2010). Male Psychotherapists' Masculinities: A Narrative Inquiry into the Intersection Between Gender and Professional Identities [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276807956

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Del Castillo, Darren. Male Psychotherapists' Masculinities: A Narrative Inquiry into the Intersection Between Gender and Professional Identities. 2010. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276807956.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Del Castillo, Darren. "Male Psychotherapists' Masculinities: A Narrative Inquiry into the Intersection Between Gender and Professional Identities." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1276807956

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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