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Does Modern Therapy Understand Men And Their Suffering?

Fair warning, a focal point of this episode is suicide.

Talking points: therapy, self-help, masculinity

More men than ever are actively seeking help. They’re going to therapy, they’re working on themselves, they’re doing “the work”. I know because they come to me and people I know—either in the coaching or the therapeutic industry—by the thousands.

And yet a significant percentage of them don’t come out it “helped”. Many don’t come out at all. To be clear, I am NOT saying therapy as an industry is totally broken or something to ignore. But there ARE some things I think it could do better.

(00:00:00) – Intro and some statistics
(00:04:47) – What I’ve seen and heard from men who come to ManTalks live events
(00:05:40) – I’m not saying the therapeutic industry is broken
(00:07:06) – We have to acknowledge that there are differences in men’s and women’s experiences
(00:09:25) – The three things the industry underestimates or misses with men
(00:11:43) – I’ve known a lot of men who looked great on the surface
(00:13:27) – Many of us don’t know how to help men get their direction back

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