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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Male clients"”.
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Let’s talk about sex: female therapists’ experience of working with male clients who are sexually attracted to them
… prohibitive of the exploration of the male client’s erotic feelings towards his female therapist, this study focused on female therapists, exploring the nature of their experience working with male clients who are sexually attracted to them and the extent to which they used the …
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When two bodies meet in the therapy room: a hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of the male therapists’ embodied lived experience when being with male clients with disordered eating behaviours
… phenomenological study looking at the male therapists’ embodied experience when working with male clients with disordered eating behaviours. There has been an increase of disordered eating behaviours in men, and the promotion of westernised muscular and lean bodies has been considered a …
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Clinical judgment bias in response to client sexual orientation and therapist heterosexuality identity development
… displayed when working with lesbian and gay male clients. It was hypothesized that psychologists’ clinical decisions will differ as a result of client sex, client sexual orientation, and client gender role when therapist heterosexual identity development status is controlled for, with …
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‘Black women’ therapists' impressions of the social differences of ‘race’ and gender in the therapeutic process: a post-structuralist phenomenology narrative exploration
… explicit focus on the experiences of ’black’ female therapists in their clinical interactions with white male clients, including the extent where these social differences impact on therapists’ concepts of self and the developing therapeutic relationship with white male clients. Ten ‘black’ women …
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Men, masculinities and HIV care work: A small-scale, exploratory study of the role of community care workers in supporting HIV positive men's health-seeking behaviour
… men as community care workers (CCWs) and their male clients. Using semi-structured interviews and observational home visits, this study explores whether male CCWs have a unique role to play in addressing harmful health-related gender norms and in supporting HIV positive men's health-affirming …
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Spaces of male prostitution: tactics, performativity and gay identities in streets, Go-Go bars and magazines in contemporary Bangkok, Thailand
This research explores the spatial practices of male prostitutes meeting gay male clients in various urban environments in Bangkok, Thailand. The research focuses on the male prostitutes’ spatial practices in three meeting places: the streets around Saranrom park, the gay go-go bars in Surawong’s …
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Theorising lesbian and gay affirmative psychotherapy : a grounded analysis
… sets of people. The first are lesbian and gay male clients, the second are lesbian, gay male and heterosexual female therapists. These therapists are accredited Clinical and Counselling Psychologists, Registered Psychotherapists and Accredited Counsellors and identify as lesbian and gay …
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Engaging Men, An Exploration of the Help-Seeking Experiences of Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
… in a variety of settings are likely to encounter male clients who have significant histories of childhood trauma, including childhood sexual abuse (CSA). The existing literature on the topic of CSA is largely quantitative, and whilst there is qualitative research that explores adult female …
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The clinic as a gendered space: an exploratory study examining men's access to and uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services (VCT) in the context of a male-friendly health facility
… increasing men's use of VCT. Men's views about a male-friendly space and its influence on VCT uptake had not yet been investigated in South Africa. The Men's Clinic in Khayelitsha allowed me the opportunity to interview men attending the clinic to explore their perceptions and experiences of VCT …
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Drug Use Incidence Recorded in a Midwestern Emergency Department
… not included. Analyses of data showed more female than male clients were involved in drug overdose; the mean age of males was 6-18 years while the mean age of females invlolved in drug use incidents was older at 30-54 years of age. Most drug incidents presented to the emergency department …
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"For that hour he is Mr Hunk himself" : men's narratives of buying sex
… based on in-depth interviews conducted with 14 male clients of female sex workers, recruited through advertisements placed on online classifieds websites. The study explored the meaning that men make of paying for sex and how being a client both influenced and was influenced by their broader …
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Attribution theory and marriage guidance counselling
… ideal client with her perceived image of real clients. Unfortunately, it was not possible to pursue this investigation since not all of the counsellors images of who would benefit from counselling were sufficiently stable over time. This was felt to be due to the test used (the California Q …
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Gender Effects on Recall, Clinical Judgement and Treatment Recommendations for a Combination of Major Depression and Alcohol Dependence Symptoms
… and alcohol-dependent symptoms. Forty-four male and 44 female clinicians, who came from various mental health disciplines (i.e., psychology, social work, counseling, nursing, and psychiatry), volunteered to participate as subjects.</p> <p>The subjects were assigned to hear one of four …
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An examination of the factors that inform Health Visitors’ effective identification and support of women experiencing domestic violence and abuse
… of being able to communicate concerns about clients within a team environment was invaluable. However, new work practices were identified as inhibiting client contact, contact with team members, and the Health Visitors’ ability to carry out their role. Further, Health Visitors highlighted a …
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Training needs of pre-venture female entrepreneurs
Few studies on female entrepreneurship have focused on preventure women and their training needs. This study used four years of data collected from a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in a large mid-western city. The information needs sought by pre-venture females were compared with those of …
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Precarious Empowerments: Sexual Labor in the Coffee Shops of Santiago, Chile
… from public view where women dance for their male clients and clandestinely perform sexual services. Drawing from an embodied ethnographic account of the everyday lives of five coffee shops that fit into the lower status ‘tinted cafes’ where sexual labor is common, this thesis examines sex …
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The male therapists’ experience of emotional intimacy in the male-male therapeutic dyad – an autoethnographic study
What are the male therapist’s experiences of emotional intimacy in the male-male dyad? And why does it matter? This study explores the male therapists’ experience of emotional intimacy in the male-male dyad. It identifies a number of themes at play that impact male therapists, but also at play in …
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The impact of the counseling environment on clients' desire to affiliate and level of state anxiety
… on the three emotional dimensions influenced clients' desire to affiliate with a counselor or therapist and their level of state anxiety. It was hypothesized that, as compared to clients in less pleasant counseling settings, those inmore pleasant counseling settings would express a greater …