Abstract
In this talk given to the Russian Association for Psychotherapy in 2002 Serge Ginger light-heartedly, but with many statistical references, outlines the neurological, and consequent emotional and cognitive, differences between women and men, and the profound importance of our taking account of the as people and in our psychotherapeutic work.
Notes
1Serge Ginger: Clinical Psychologist, trainer in Gestalt Therapy, specialized in neurosciences for 20 years, Founder of the Paris School of Gestalt (Ecole Parisienne de Gestalt, or EPG), President of the International Federation of Gestalt Training Organizations (FORGE), Secretary general of the French Umbrella for Psychotherapy (FFdP), Registrar of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP). Author of three books about Gestalt Therapy, translated into nine languages.
It's estimated that 20% of men have a feminine brain and 10% of women have a masculine brain.
It allows women to deal with several tasks at one time.
During this kind of seminar, I summarize 40 000 pages of scientific readings on this subject, in French and English (which means about 150 specialized books and the same amount of articles). See a resume of this topic in both my books (chapters on ‘Brain’ and ‘Dreams’).
More ‘sensitive’ (sense organs), but not more ‘emotional’.
On the face of a clock, 10,000 years of civilization, out of one million years of human evolution, represent about half a minute.
See Krause-Girth Cornelia (Citation2001). The Position of Women in Psychotherapy.
According to different studies.
Plomin et al. (Citation1997). Behavioral Genetics. New York: Freeman & Company.
Which leaves 50% freedom!
Lykken & Tellegen (Minnesota University).
When in optimal concentration: not too weak, not too high (Kimura, Citation1999).
13 The simplest way seems to be to consult on the Internet the research engine www.google.com, the only way to read recent studies, not yet published or translated.
14 Contrary to psychoanalytical hypothesis, not confirmed by different studies.