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MEN'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM:
EXPLORING MASCULINITY AND RELATIONSHIPS

The Men’s Group is an 8-week Empowerment Program to help men explore their past and present relationships. Attention will be paid to the myths of masculinity as well as negative messages that challenge men as they seek emotional maturity and intimacy in their lives. Using lecture, movie clips and group discussion, participants will learn how to develop and strengthen relationship skills to foster healthy connections with others. The goals of the Men’s Group are:

• To improve communication skills;
• To reduce negative interactional patterns;
• To increase the ability to sustain emotional attachment;
• To understand the impact of gender on the development of emotional bonds.

The Men’s Group emphasizes that the adult experience of feeling and acting like a man is set into motion in childhood. During this time, the availability of a secure, loving bonding relationship is important because it is within this ‘attachment relationship’ that a boy evolves into an emotionally healthy, empathic man.

The topics covered during the program are:

• The male attachment experience;
• Exploring gender similarities and differences;
• Understanding emotions;
• Fathers and sons: exploring masculinity;
• Loneliness and depression: the male experience;
• Male identity: rescuer, protector, warrior;
• Mother and sons: closeness without fusion;
• Forgiveness: cultivating compassion;
• Mindfulness.

Cost: $395 includes book and hand-outs
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• March 12, 2012 - April 30, 2012
  Mondays, 7:30 pm - 9 pm in Concordville, PA
  Course Leaders: Nancy DePaul, MSW, LMFT and Thomas Wood, LSW, MEd

For more information or to register for a class, please contact a course leader.