PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
By: Assael Romanelli, MFT, MSW, Ph.D
Date:
October 25, 2021
Time:
19:30 - 21:30 IST
12:30-14:30 EST
Location: Online
Working with men, especially in couples therapy, can be challenging. Often times in therapy, men behave in a stoic, sarcastic, even aggressive manner. In individual therapy, this difficulty is sometimes interpreted as ‘resistance’ which can lead to stagnation and termination of therapy. In couples therapy, this challenge can lead to a unconscious coalition of the therapist with the female partner. Yet underneath this rough exterior there is an array of other challenges, traumas and underlying issues. In this session we’ll address mainly the topic of the under-diagnosed phenomenon of the
covert male depression, as first described by Terrance Real. We will see how this covert depression begins through psychological patriarchy, how it evolves and manifests through a limited relational and emotional repertoire, and its long-term (negative) effects on their intimate relationship.
Practical techniques and interventions will be given on how to enlist, evoke and deepen emotional presence and emotion with male clients. We will discuss different ways in which therapists of both genders can lean into the male psyche.
Assael Romanelli, Ph.D., is a clinical social worker, licensed Couple & Family Therapist and supervisor, as well as an international improvisor, trainer and facilitator.
Assael has worked
with hundreds of individuals, couples and families all over the world, helping them feel free in their relationship. Assael is also a theater improvisation performer and teacher and is the artistic director of the
Or Chozer Playback Theatre company. He is the founder and directs, together with his wife, The Potential State Institute For Enriching Relationships, which incorporates and integrates therapy, art and education to create safe spaces for people to connect to themselves and others. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Romanelli has trained a wide range of individuals and helped professionals to become more spontaneous, playful and effective in their life and work.
12:30-14:30 EST
Working with men, especially in couples therapy, can be challenging. Often times in therapy, men behave in a stoic, sarcastic, even aggressive manner. In individual therapy, this difficulty is sometimes interpreted as ‘resistance’ which can lead to stagnation and termination of therapy. In couples therapy, this challenge can lead to a unconscious coalition of the therapist with the female partner. Yet underneath this rough exterior there is an array of other challenges, traumas and underlying issues. In this session we’ll address mainly the topic of the under-diagnosed phenomenon of the
covert male depression, as first described by Terrance Real. We will see how this covert depression begins through psychological patriarchy, how it evolves and manifests through a limited relational and emotional repertoire, and its long-term (negative) effects on their intimate relationship.
Practical techniques and interventions will be given on how to enlist, evoke and deepen emotional presence and emotion with male clients. We will discuss different ways in which therapists of both genders can lean into the male psyche.
Assael Romanelli, Ph.D., is a clinical social worker, licensed Couple & Family Therapist and supervisor, as well as an international improvisor, trainer and facilitator.
Assael has worked
with hundreds of individuals, couples and families all over the world, helping them feel free in their relationship. Assael is also a theater improvisation performer and teacher and is the artistic director of the
Or Chozer Playback Theatre company. He is the founder and directs, together with his wife, The Potential State Institute For Enriching Relationships, which incorporates and integrates therapy, art and education to create safe spaces for people to connect to themselves and others. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Romanelli has trained a wide range of individuals and helped professionals to become more spontaneous, playful and effective in their life and work.
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