Betrayed as Boys: Psychodynamic Treatment of Sexually Abused Men

I identify as a survivor and a person in healing, and I work in mental health in a position in which I help others who identify like myself as an advocate and confidant.I believe that we as a populace forget the unseen world of mental health, this book is awe inspiring and jaw-dropping, it is in your face without meaning to be so about the familiar yet unspoken territory of male sexual abuse and how sexually abuse boys grow in to men and undergo a life long journey of healing and self-acceptance. It is worth your time and money, if you have gone through childhood sexual trauma this could be the book that could potentially help save your life or that of others.

I've been on a journey to consciously understand my emotional isolation among relations with most people in general. Initially ignorance fed me lies in the pop culture that exist in todays internet social world, about my boyhood sexual abuse feelings. I sought psychotherapy and was helped and healed emotionally but the experience lacked the global cognitive explaination of what had happened to me. Dr. Gartner bravely describes what historically culturally is denied yet today, non-contact sexual abuse exists yet today. Socially and in religion it is excused within the context of a mother parenting by using physical punishment of her son. That instance is sheilded from any perception or intention of sexual harm to the child. His own professional example of feeling misbilieved by his professional peers during a conference and the shock and isolation of feeling betrayed and ignored was an excellent comparison to the male victims sense of isolation at the prospect that no adult will believe he's been sexually abused from incidences of childhood corporal punishment experiences by a mother. If your looking for a psychological literature source to feel acknowledged and understood about your sexual abuse feelings and psychological symptoms with a clear explaination of psychosexual abuse in non-contact form about your male child sexual abuse experiences comming from a female caregiver which our culture excuses for various reasons when it occures in a mother parent to child son punishment context you will find an understanding confidant in this book!

This is an excellent book for CLINICIANS. It is well written and useful. Dr. Gartner is a respected authority in this subject and writes in a clear and direct fashion using a very good reference glossary and illustrating his points with appropriate examples from his practice. He approaches the material from an interpersonal psychodynamic orientation and assumes that his reader is an experienced clinician who wants to develop theoretical understanding and practice skills. I give the book the strongest recommendation. It is worth the time to read.

Needed it for my psychology class

I have used this book for many years as part of my work training doctoral level clinical psychologists about trauma. Richard Gartner has deep clinical experience working with sexual trauma in boys and men. He understands the dynamics of trauma and my students have greatly benefited from his theories and clinical examples.Michael O'Loughlin Ph.D., Professor and psychoanalyst.

Gartner's work deconstructs sexuality in ways that a layman (like me) can understand. He then takes its components and explains how each of them is affected when a boy experiences sexual abuse. He shows us the myriad of possibilities a therapist might face in the adult who emerges from that abuse. And, bravely, he shows us the therapist as a human being who doubts, rejoices, struggles -- all while working in the (often highly charged) moment with the patient.BETRAYED AS BOYS is an excellent, highly accessible distillation of vastly complex topic. And it's fascinating to read.

As an experienced professional who has worked with many people with trauma histories, I can attest to the fact that Dr. Gartner's book is a significant contribution to our field. The complexities of his book would appeal to any clinician who works with sexual abuse survivors. What I also found is that while Dr. Gartner specifically speaks to the issues and dynamics of sexually abused men, there is much relavance to clinical work with sexually abused women. It is truly a MUST read for professionals who work with this population (male or female). On another level, his book is written such that a lay reader, or perhaps someone who has experienced abuse, would find it appealing as it compassionately, nonjudgmentally, and thoroughly illustrates many of his clients' experiences.

someone donated this book to me, or I fear it would have escaped my sight. Im surprised they let it through!Read the stuff on hypnosis!I cant believe this guy has got it down!

Excellent