Alan Downs, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in private practice located in Beverly Hills, California. He is the author of seven previous books and continues to write and hold workshops across the United States. He is actively involved in dialectical behavior therapy and is a member of the Beverly Hills DBT Team. Dr. Downs is the former CEO of Michael's House Treatment Center where he currently holds weekend workshops for families of those struggling with addictions. His current book, THE VELVET RAGE, has been acclaimed as "groundbreaking" for the gay male community. Dr. Downs has been a guest on many media programs including, THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, TODAY SHOW, and NPR's MORNING EDITION.
This is the groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality and why it leads to shame over one's identity, and how to overcome it - now expanded and fully updated. Today's gay man enjoys unprecedented, hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory, however, serious problems still exist. Substance abuse, depression, suicide and sex addiction among gay men are at an all-time high, causing many to ask, "Are we really better off?" Drawing on contemporary research, psychologist Alan Downs' own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, "The Velvet Rage" passionately describes the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behaviour. Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social, cultural and political changes, "The Velvet Rage" is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture and helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men.
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14章给出的list很有趣。作者以3 stages of gay men的发展历程叙述;看完后觉得我们并不需要用哪个stage去归类自己,而是意识到我们时刻都在不同的stage之间游走,更要保持警醒。愿每个人都能获得authenticity
评分Life altering.
评分14章给出的list很有趣。作者以3 stages of gay men的发展历程叙述;看完后觉得我们并不需要用哪个stage去归类自己,而是意识到我们时刻都在不同的stage之间游走,更要保持警醒。愿每个人都能获得authenticity
评分为了深刻反思自己要读gender studies的动机(以及迟迟不改论文的拖延),晚上花两小时读了前三章,太厉害了。通过对shame和rage两种情感深入浅出的阐释,解释了为什么most gay men are unhappy。。。
评分书中对成长中内化的羞耻感shame的挖掘比较深入,虽然现在时代变好了,大环境稍微开放了点,但是成长过程中的创伤存在潜意识里并不那么容易根除。如何寻找获得authentic validation的生活方式可能是很多人一生都不一定解的开的结吧。
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