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Males are struggling throughout our culture—experiencing trauma, violence, unemployment, school failure, under-motivation, and in many cases, destitution. Males are also underserved in the helping professions. Boys and men often feel that therapists and mental health professionals are not as well informed or educated in what males need as they could be. download the Press Release
When we sit back and think
about this, the view of many males makes good sense. Our offices,
clinics, and schools are often set up for sitting quietly in a chair,
rather than for physical movement, hands-on learning, thematic therapy,
and other male-healthy strategies. And to make matters more murky, our
professional dialogue in workshops and trainings often veers away from
what boys and men need for fear of focusing on males to the detriment
of females.
Transformation in clinical practice comes from
both new thinking and new “doing”. HOW DO I HELP HIM? helps transform
theory and practice to include a deep understanding of male development
in therapy, health care, and human services. The book is gender equal
and female positive. It includes new logic models and practical tools
and strategies that will transform your private practice, office,
agency, residential treatment facility, or other mental health care
environment. These new models and tools do not replace present
psychological theories, but instead blend with prevailing psychological
theories to help ensure their effectiveness with boys and men.
Throughout
the book, readers also learn new ways to look at girls and women’s
lives, couples’ communication, and marriage and family issues. The
lives of boys and girls and women and men are inextricably linked, and
ever more so as our culture evolves. To take better care of boys and
men is to help girls and women flourish, as well.
HOW DO I HELP
HIM? A Practitioner's Guide To Working With Boys and Men in
Therapeutic Settings
by New York Times bestselling
author Michael Gurian (GI Publishers, September 7, 2011).
To inquire about discounts for bulk orders, please email info@gurianinstitute.com
— Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author of “IT’S A BOY!: YOUR SON”S DEVELOPMENT FROM BIRTH TO EIGHTEEN, and writer/producer of the PBS special RAISING CAIN: PROTECTING THE EMOTIONAL LIVES OF BOYS.
In HOW DO I HELP HIM?, Michael Gurian captures eloquently why talk therapy is so often ineffective for males. Gurian's understanding of boys and men and his wisdom regarding how to alter our approaches can, and hopefully will, change the therapy landscape exponentially in the direction of being meaningful and effective. I highly recommend this book to everyone in the helping professions.
— JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., Author of GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS and HOW GIRLS THRIVE.
“In HOW DO I HELP HIM?, Michael Gurian combines brain science, counseling theory, and case study into a readable and informative synthesis that is valuable for those seeking to address the needs of men and boys in therapeutic settings. Amidst all the rhetoric surrounding the “boys’ crisis” today, Gurian provides a clear voice of reason that clarifies the problems and offers plausible solutions. His writing style, as always, is crisp and compelling. This book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing discourse surrounding the issues that he presents.”
— Frances R. Spielhagen, Ph.D., Director, Center for Adolescent Research and Development, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York.
HOW DO I HELP HIM? is a powerful and practical book. It provides a great weaving of stories, statistics and research. While the book was written with therapists and social workers in mind, it actually helps anyone who wants a richer understanding of gender. This book energizes me! I hope everyone in the psychology, law, criminal justice, and mental health fields will read it.
— Michael Piraino, National Director, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA).
“HOW DO I HELP HIM? is a must have and use now book that gives professionals fresh direction, insights, and strategies for working with boys and men. Written by Michael Gurian, one of the world’s foremost experts on male development, this book empowers and equips us to alter counseling environments and theories to work well with males. As Founder of a Counseling and Treatment Center 27 years ago, I only wish this groundbreaking book had been available earlier. “
— Gregory Jantz, Ph.D., Founder, the Center for Counseling and Health Resources, and Author of HEALING THE SCARS OF EMOTIONAL ABUSE.
Michael Gurian, MFA, CMHC has been a professional mental health counselor for twenty years. Certified in the state of Washington, he is in private
practice at the Marycliff Center in Spokane. He is the New York
Times bestselling author of twenty five books published in twenty one
languages. A number of his books in Psychology, Education,
and Leadership have sparked international debate and policy
change. These include THE WONDER OF BOYS, THE WONDER OF GIRLS,
LEADERSHIP AND THE SEXES, THE MINDS OF BOYS, and BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN
DIFFERENTLY.
Michael’s THE WONDER OF
BOYS was the first major trade title to detail the social issues boys
face in America and apply a brain-based approach to gender specific
solutions. THE WONDER OF GIRLS then applied the brain-based
approach to girls’ development. Michael’s theory and practice led
to the founding of the Gurian Institute, which conducts field research,
launches pilot programs, and trains professionals in science-based
gender effectiveness. Michael and the Gurian Institute team have
trained more than sixty thousand professionals in more than two
thousand agencies and schools across six continents.
A
dynamic presenter, Michael has been called “the people’s philosopher”
for his ability to translate scientific information into effective
practical strategies. He has presented at Harvard University,
Stanford University, NASA, Google, UCLA, Johns Hopkins, and many
others. His work has been featured in most of the major media,
and numerous professional journals. He has worked with the
Departments of Justice, Ecology, Corrections, as well as Big Brothers
and Big Sisters of America, Court Appointed Special Advocates, and many
other federal, state and community organizations.
Michael
has a Bachelor degree from Gonzaga University (1980), an MFA from
Eastern Washington University (1985), and post-graduate coursework in
Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (2000). He
developed one of the nation’s first brain-based gender psychology
courses in 1994, which he taught at Gonzaga University.
Michael
is a member of the American Counseling Association, the International
Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, and the Washington
Professional Counselors Association. Michael is married to Gail
Reid-Gurian, a family therapist in private practice. They have
two grown daughters.