This courageous book reveals the impact of physical, sexual, and emotional trauma on the lives and relationships of men. The Abuse of Men discusses the prevalence of violence and abuse toward men and boys, from child-battering to spousal abuse to war. It traces the ways pathology in relationships can result from such abuse and offers specific suggestions for therapists dealing with abused men, including an innovative step-by-step program for treating couples who have both been traumatized.

Contents

• Models of Perceiving the World: Relationship as Hierarchy
• Vicariously Traumatized: Male Partners of Sexual Abuse Survivors
• The Impact of the Abuse of Males on Intimate Relationships
• Abuse Committed by Women Against Male Intimates
• Men Helping Boys Become Men
• Intertraumatic Dissociative Attachment: Treating Trauma-Based Transactions in Couples
• Index
• Reference Notes Included