Betrayed as Boys Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men

by Gartner, Richard B.

• ISBN13: 9781572304673
• ISBN10: 1572304677
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-09
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

In the growing professional literature on child sexual abuse, few books focus specifically on the experience of victimized boys and men. Interweaving vital elements of psychodynamic and trauma-oriented clinical practice, this much-needed volume examines how sexual betrayal affects boys, the ways they carry this hurt into adulthood, and how therapists can address the unique needs of men with sexual abuse histories. Exploring the impact of abuse on men's emotional development, gender and sexual identity, and relationships, the book provides in-depth consideration of individual and group treatment issues. Numerous case examples draw readers into the direct experience of these clients and the clinicians who work with them and illuminate their continually shifting relational world.

Author Biography

Richard B. Gartner, PhD, trained as both a family therapist and an interpersonal psychoanalyst. A graduate of the William Alanson White Institute in New York City, he is now Director of the Institute's Center for the Study of Psychological Trauma as well as founder and Director of the Sexual Abuse Program that operates under the Center's auspices. He has written and spoken extensively on the treatment of men sexually abused as boys. Dr. Gartner is a consultant and supervisor at the Center for Abuse and Incest at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, is on the editorial boards of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the American Journal of Psychoanalysis, and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Organization on Male Sexual Victimization. He practices in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(11)
The Sexual Betrayal of Boys	11	(31)
Encoding Sexual Abuse as Sexual Initiation	42	(17)
Struggles about Masculinity	59	(31)
Same-Sex Abuse	90	(23)
The Familial and Cultural Context of Abuse	113	(26)
The Effect of Chronic Boundary Violations	139	(14)
Dissociation and Multiple Self-States	153	(34)
Intimate Relatedness	187	(45)
The Patient---Therapist Dyad	232	(34)
Gender and the Therapeutic Relationship with Sue A. Shapiro	266	(29)
Group Therapy	295	(27)
Afterword	322	(3)
Appendix Cross-References to Personal Histories	325	(2)
References	327	(23)
Index	350