CURRENT GROUPS

MEN’S ISSUES PROCESS GROUP

Go Beyond the Surface.

There’s a lot you can handle on your own.

But that doesn’t mean you have to do everything that way.

Maybe you want better relationships. Maybe you have good people in your life but still feel more alone than you’d like. Maybe work, family, fatherhood, or a life transition has you questioning what you want next. Or maybe things are basically fine—you just know you’d like a place where you can talk more honestly about what’s actually going on.

The Men’s Issues Process Group is an ongoing therapy group for men who want greater connection, self-understanding, and more intentional ways of showing up in their lives.

Bring what’s actually happening: relationships, friendships, work and stress, fatherhood and family, loneliness, identity, life transitions, meaning and purpose.

We’ll talk about those things.

But we won’t stop there.

MORE THAN JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON

Most of us are pretty good at describing problems after the fact.

The interesting part of group therapy is that some of the same patterns we’re talking about eventually show up in the room.

Maybe you hold back something you really want to say.

Maybe you worry about what the other guys think of you.

Maybe you automatically try to fix someone’s problem instead of telling him how what he said affected you.

Maybe you disagree with someone but decide it isn’t worth saying anything.

Maybe you realize you’re always the guy supporting everyone else while revealing very little about yourself.

Those moments give us something valuable to work with.

With support and guidance, the group becomes a place to notice your patterns, get honest feedback, experiment with something different, and learn what it’s like to let other people know you more fully.

WHAT DO GROUP MEMBERS TALK ABOUT?

Whatever actually matters.

That might include:

→ Marriage, dating, sex, and intimate relationships
→ Friendship and connection with other men
→ Work, ambition, burnout, and stress
→ Fatherhood and family relationships
→ Anger, conflict, and shutting down
→ Loneliness and isolation
→ Confidence and self-doubt
→ Major life transitions
→ Aging and changing priorities
→ Identity, meaning, and purpose
→ Figuring out what you actually want from the next part of your life

You don’t need to arrive with a particular “issue.”

You just need some curiosity about yourself and a willingness to participate.

WHY A GROUP?

Individual therapy can help you understand yourself.

A group adds something different: other people.

You have the opportunity to see how you’re experienced, hear perspectives you wouldn’t come up with yourself, discover that other men struggle with things you thought were uniquely yours, and practice different ways of relating in real time.

There will be support, but this isn’t just a support group.

There will be insight, but we won’t spend all our time analyzing ourselves.

And there will definitely be serious conversations—but that doesn’t mean we’ll be serious all the time.

The goal is to create the kind of environment that’s surprisingly hard for many men to find elsewhere:

a place to be honest, connected, challenged, supported, and known.

THIS GROUP MAY BE A GOOD FIT IF…

→ You want more meaningful friendships or connection with other men
→ You want to improve your relationships with a partner or family
→ You tend to withdraw, shut down, avoid conflict, or keep things to yourself
→ You understand some of your patterns but still find yourself repeating them
→ Work or family responsibilities leave little room to think about how you’re doing
→ You’re going through a transition and trying to figure out what comes next
→ You want more meaning, purpose, or intentionality in your life
→ You’ve done therapy before and want a different way to continue the work
→ Nothing is terribly “wrong,” but you know there is more you want from your relationships and your life

You don’t need to check every box.

ALREADY IN COUPLES THERAPY?

This group can be particularly useful alongside couples therapy.

Sometimes a man’s partner becomes the primary—or only—person with whom he does much of his emotional processing.

Group gives you a separate place to work on your side of the equation: understanding your patterns, developing greater emotional range, receiving feedback, practicing vulnerability and direct communication, and building meaningful relationships outside your partnership.

That work can benefit your romantic relationship.

But this isn’t a group exclusively about romantic relationships, and you don’t need to be partnered to participate.

WHAT IS A PROCESS GROUP?

There’s no weekly curriculum, and you won’t spend 90 minutes listening to me lecture.

A process group uses the conversations and relationships between members as part of the therapy.

We’ll talk about what’s happening outside the group. I’ll also help us slow down occasionally and pay attention to what’s happening between us.

That’s what turns a conversation about life into an opportunity to practice living it differently.

GROUP DETAILS

Tuesdays | 6:00–7:30 PM
Hybrid: In Person in Northwest Austin + Zoom
Up to 10 men
$50/session | Private pay
Ongoing group | Open enrollment
Initial 4 session commitment

Previous individual or couples therapy experience is strongly recommended.

INTERESTED?

You don’t need to know whether group therapy is right for you yet.

Let’s have a free 15-minute phone conversation.

You’ll tell me a little about what you’re looking for, I’ll tell you more about how the group works, and we’ll see whether it seems like a good fit.