Male Psychologists?

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-01-31T15:11:42+00:00

Hey Men'sRights, just discovered you were a subreddit!

Out of curiosity how did you come across this subreddit?

I'm a woman studying psychology who wants to specialize in men and men's issues. Male psychology is, for the most part, a new field of study. Are there any psychologists specializing in men out there I can talk to? Or even good books! Thanks on behalf of myself, my brothers, and my many male friends for creating this subreddit!

Sorry, I'm no help here.

But good luck in your studies. I hope you'll post more on this subject as the field does seem to be somewhat female dominated at the moment.

PowerWisdomCourage · 2013-01-31T14:48:12+00:00

Dr. T has her PhD in Clinical Psychology and approaches it from a, relatively, gender neutral stance. Check her out. I'm sure she'd love to speak with you.

www.shrink4men.com

2013-01-31T16:17:10+00:00

Good to hear. I've gone to psychologists and therapists and brought up how I'm pissed that our society is so gynocentric and misandric and they basically have all agreed with me to varying degrees and then told me that I need to man up and deal with it.

themountaingoat · 2013-01-31T17:41:08+00:00

I think Warren Farrell has some pretty good books on male psychology, although I am not familiar with his books that focus more on that side of things. All his books are worth reading, and will help understand male psychology, but I think some of his earlier ones focussed on that more.

roland3337 · 2013-01-31T19:16:07+00:00

Actually, Male Psychology (the study of men as men) has been around for quite a while, probably since the late 1970s. The field is known as "Men's Studies, and there is an APA division for this field.

However...

Stay the fuck away from those people. As a group, as a field, it is and has been poison for clinicians and their male clients. The only difference between Men's Studies" and Womyn's Studies, is the pair of fake balls tacked onto the work they do. Most everything that comes from them pathologizes men and boys in some way. While they may sometimes hit upon something useful for men that need help, that is far outweighed by the damage they've caused.

Instead, start with such books as "Doing Psychotherapy With Men" by John Ashfield, look at the online journal: "New Male Studies" (found here: http://newmalestudies.com/OJS/index.php/nms), and blogs such as Dr. Tara Palmatier (www.shrink4men.com).

contraterrene · 2013-01-31T15:26:36+00:00

I agree with the first poster, get in touch with Dr. Tara Palmatier.

2013-01-31T17:54:10+00:00

There's this bloke called Angry Harry, he has a men's issues blog and he's a psychologist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwxgavf2xWE

rightsbot · 2013-01-31T14:44:17+00:00

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captainmagictrousers · 2013-01-31T16:50:49+00:00

I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions, but I just wanted to say thank you. The psychology field, and the world, needs more people like you.

toiracse · 2013-01-31T17:51:11+00:00

Actually, the main complaint from psychologists such as Karen Horney and the feminist approach was that all the psychology study and science done until then had been done by men.

When you say a new field of study, do you mean a new one for you, or in general? Because I can tell you that a very large amount of psychology research in the past has been conducted by men, mainly due to it being a medical area of expertise. It was the main criticism of Freudian and Adlerian psychology; that it was not applicable or less applicable to women clients.

Most academics I know would agree it's the other way around.

What you're looking for could probably be provided by any good Social Psychology text from the last say 5 years, the differences between personality and gender are usually covered expansively... or if you're interested you could just pm me whatever specific questions you might have.

The-New-Flesh · 2013-01-31T21:32:39+00:00

Perhaps malestudies.com and newmalestudies.com could prove to be resourceful.

stop_stalking_me · 2013-01-31T21:51:01+00:00

I'm glad that you're interested in men's issues. It makes me discouraged to see so many psychologists that specialize in women's issues, but never have I seen one that specializes in men's issues. Sorry I don't have any advice or recommendations but I wish you luck.

mikesteane · 2013-02-01T00:59:24+00:00

Though it is mythology rather than psychology, I would recommend anything by Joseph Campbell.

chevalier_d_eon · 2013-01-31T19:26:23+00:00

You'd be better of looking at the PUA stuff. Try r/seduction, believe it or not.

Title	Male Psychologists?
Author	maybesane
Upvotes	24
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Date	January 31, 2013 2:43 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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