Working with Men in the Human Services

Offers a critical understanding of issues involved with working with men for students and practitioners in social work, community work and related fields.

Bob Pease is Senior Lecturer in Social Science and Social Work at RMIT, Melbourne and author of Men and Sexual Politics, Recreating Men and editor of Transforming Social Work Practice. Peter Camilleri is Head of the School of Social Work at Australian Catholic University and President of the Australian Association of Social Work and Welfare Education. He is the author of Reconstructing Social Work.

Table of Contents Working With Men in the Human Services Part I Gender issues facing workers in the human services 1 Feminism, masculinity politics and the human services Bob Pease and Peter Camilleri 2 Theoretical issues and political dilemmas in working with men Bob Pease 3 Doing 'women's work'?: Men, masculinity and caring Peter Camilleri and Peter Jones Part II Gender-based practice approaches for men seeking change 4 Making Connections: Working with males in families Kerrie James 5 Neither colluding nor colliding: Practical ideas for engaging men Mark Furlong 6 Working with men's defences against vulnerability Mal McCouat 7 Working with males who have experienced childhood sexual abuse Patrick O'Leary 8 Men and mental health: Counselling men with a psychiatric disability Peter Humphries Part III Gender-based approaches to working with m