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- Title
Lessons Learned about Working with Men.
- Authors
Sternback, Jack
- Abstract
From the very beginning of my career as a social worker, I have believed that the fullest and most effective use of self requires an integration of personal, professional, and spiritual-political values and beliefs into a framework that respects their dialectical tensions while striving for wholeness. In this very personal memoir, I tell of such a period in my life. The setting is a maximum-security prison. I learned about mutuality, transparence, risk taking, openness, and vulnerability from men in the prison: inmates, the warden, and other prison staff. The lessons I learned have served as ground and guide for my subsequent psychotherapy practice with men, my own relational growth, and my commitment to the struggle for gender equality and social justice.
- Subjects
SOCIAL workers; SOCIAL services; MALE social workers; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PRISON administration
- Publication
Social Work, 2000, Vol 45, Issue 5, p413
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article