Growing Up Male - by B Mark Schoenberg (Hardcover)

About the Book

This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly important during a period when the status of men has undergone considerable erosion in society. Counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, and all those working with teenage males will find this study of sex and gender issues, male bonding, psychosexual adjustment, situational ethics, and sexuality illuminating.

Book Synopsis

This text, by a director of university counselling, examines the interplay of forces shaping the development of masculinity. It is particularly important during a period when the status of men has undergone considerable erosion in society. Counsellors, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, and all those working with teenage males will find this study of sex and gender issues, male bonding, psychosexual adjustment, situational ethics, and sexuality illuminating.

About the Author

B. MARK SCHOENBERG is Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is a psychologist in private practice. He is the author of A Handbook and Guide to the College and University Counselling Center (1978) and Bereavement Counselling: A Multi-disciplinary Handbook (Greenwood, 1980).