The Assessment and Treatment of Emotionally Inexpressive Men
Clinicians will come away from this presentation with a clear sense for how to treat alexithymia and thereby improve treatment uptake and outcomes.
NZPsS Member $70; NZPsS Student $35; Non-Member $110
Registrants who attend the live session will receive one of Ron's books or if too many attendees will go in a raffle to win a book. "Assessing and Treating Emotionally Inexpressive Men - 1st Edition" or "The Problem with Men: Insights on Overcoming a Traumatic Childhood from a World-Renowned Psychologist".
Please note that all registrations have to be paid in full before the event takes place - otherwise you will miss out on receiving the Zoom link (this is usually sent two days before the event takes place). This event will be recorded for all those who are registered on the day. Recording is available for three weeks – the link will be sent after the event.
What if your new client, a man in his early 40s, cannot answer basic questions in your initial assessment interview? You think he might be alexithymic, but you do not know how to assess for that, or how to treat it. I will explain why some men are emotionally inexpressive because of their childhood socialization. In addition, I will discuss scales for assessing alexithymia in men and treatment manuals for helping these men became more emotionally self-aware. Clinicians will come away from this presentation with a clear sense for how to treat alexithymia and thereby improve treatment uptake and outcomes.
Presenter: Ronald Levant
Dr. Ronald F. Levant (he/him/his) is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The University of Akron; Past President of the American Psychological Association (APA) and APA Division 51, the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities; and two-term Editor of APA Division 51's quarterly journal, Psychology of Men & Masculinities. A feminist scholar with 21 books and countless refereed journal articles and book chapters to his credit, he is widely considered one of the key people responsible for creating the new field of the psychology of men and masculinities. He was included in the Elsevier-Stanford University database listing the top 2 % of scientists in the world.
