Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.23535 In this Papers Podcast, clinical psychologist Micah Boerma discusses his CAMH journal Review paper ‘Review: Recommendations for male-friendly counselling with adolescent males: A qualitative systematic literature review‘ (doi.org/10.1111/camh.12633). Micah is the first author of the paper. There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice. Discussion points include; The importance of focusing on the experiences of young males receiving psychological treatment. Why young males are so reluctant to engage in professional help-seeking and also quick to discontinue treatment compared to females. What emerged in terms of therapists’ assumptions or biases or any views they had about the specific challenges of working with young men. Did the biases apply equally regardless of the gender of the therapist? What is male friendly counselling and what recommendations are there for therapists to adapt their practice to better engage this population