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MEN'S HEALING

What does it mean to be a man in our times? Must we be isolated, competitive, and not express our emotions? We are expected to provide for our families, and be sensitive to the needs of others, - yet often neglect our own well-being? What are men's coping skills? Work, alcohol, sex, drugs, food, exercise, sport television? These can all become avoidance tactics, part of the fallacy "big boys don't cry", leaving us unable to ask for the help we may benefit from.

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT MEN TODAY & THE LIVES THEY LIVE:

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  • The majority of children abused, neglected, and murdered are boys (Kipnis, 1999)

  • Most of the children in foster care, shelters, and juvenile institutions are boys (Kipnis, 1999) 

  • 75% of student suspensions, expulsions, grade failures, special education referrals, school violence casualties, and other assault victims are boys (Kipnis, 1999)

  • 70% of suicides are boys/men (Center for Disease Control, 2006). 75% of teenage suicide are boys (Kinglom and Thompson, 1999)

  • 80% of alcoholics and drug addicts are men (Powell, 2003)

  • 93% of inmates are men (U.S. Department of Justice, 2003)                                                              ... and the list goes on.

MEN ARE THE LAST ONES TO ASK FOR HELP!

Here at Greenwood Counseling & Psychotherapy, we understand men.

We want to help men define for themselves:                                        

  • What does it mean to be a men in today's world 

  • Where did men come from (family of origin)

  • What are the emotions that men experience

  • Can men be spiritual

  • Can men love

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