With Andrew P. Smiler, PhD


Closed Captioned
Copyright: 2019
Running Time: more than 100 minutes

In this video program, Dr. Andrew P. Smiler works with an adolescent boy who displays characteristics of attention deficit disorder who has been facing difficulty in school due to disruptive behavioral tendencies.

During the session, Dr. Smiler asks a series of questions designed to increase the client's comfort talking about his world, including the motives that drive his behavior.

In the introduction to the video, Dr. Smiler discusses how important it is for therapists treating young male clients to adopt an approach that emphasizes decision-making alongside self-reflection, and to recognize the influence of power — and lack of power — on teen boys' functioning. Dr. Smiler also addresses the importance of risk-taking and therapeutic work based in clients' anger.

About the Therapist
Andrew P. Smiler, PhD, is a therapist in private practice in Winston-Salem, NC, where he specializes in working with teen boys and adult men.

He is the author of several books, including the award winning Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy and, with Chris Kilmartin, coauthor of the best-selling Introduction to Men's Studies textbook, The Masculine Self, 6th edition.

Dr. Smiler is a past president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinities, a past board president of Male Survivor: National Organization Against Male Sexual Victimization, and the current Editor-in-Chief of Online Publications for the Society for Research on Adolescence.