The next season starts on Sunday October 4th and runs weekly* until November 22nd. Sign up below.
Our offering to you
For The Men is a trauma-informed online space for men to come together in a group setting and do the work of taking responsibility for their emotional experience in the world.
We offer you:
- An opportunity to practise connecting with other men as we normalise opening up, sharing feelings and recognising our common ground (breaking news: we’re not alone in our experiences) – with a real chance to forming lasting friendships
- An expertly facilitated, therapeutic group experience – informed by the work of Gabor Maté
- How to approach your wounds from a compassionate, healing stance – digging deep into the past and starting to understand why it all just makes so much sense
- The opportunity to learn, practise and experience relating to yourself and others from a place of safety and authenticity
- An invitation to step into the freedom of a life unconstrained by the conditioning of the past and into a life of connection and possibility
You can expect
- Seven weekly* (apart from a one week break Nov 1st) 90min group sessions
- Between-session pair work
- A group size of 4 to 12 men
We will explore these themes
- Who are we as men?
- Why did I become the man I am?
- Who am I really, in my Essence?
- What are my fears that keep me from connecting deeply with others?
- How have I harmed myself and others?
- Celebrating our connection & authenticity
Each meeting will follow this structure
- A grounding (a short meditation)
- Group check-in
- Main activity with focus on this week’s theme – could be individual, small group or whole group work
- Closing sharing + takeaways
The facilitators
Bret Hunt
Bret Hunt is a board-certified emergency medicine physician who is trained in Compassionate Inquiry, Gabor Mate’s psychotherapeutic approach.
As a practicing physician and therapist, Bret has worked with thousands of people struggling with mental health issues, addiction, and illness. Perhaps even more importantly, he has done extensive personal work on healing those very issues in himself.
He lives in the Upper Midwest of the United States with his wife and three daughters.
Joe Baldock
Joe is a Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner and mainly works one to one with clients around the world on Zoom. He is also an experienced facilitator and works in the UK homelessness sector as a trainer and consultant.
Having trained with Gabor Maté and Sat Dharam Kaur (Beyond Addiction & Compassionate Inquiry), he’s now training with Bruce Springsteen’s therapist, Terry Real – a couples therapist with a specialism in male depression, grandiosity & shame.
In his spare time, Joe loves playing progressive metal riffs on his guitar and drums!
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Dates & times
Group meetings:
Always Sundays at 10-11:30am ET / 3-4:30pm UK*
- Oct 4th
- Oct 11th
- Oct 18th
- Oct 25th* (10-11:30am ET but 2-3:30pm UK due to time difference)
- (Nov 1st – no meeting)
- Nov 8th
- Nov 15th
- Nov 22nd
Money
Pricing is simple: the whole thing costs $300 USD.
We’ll ask you to make a payment via PayPal, Wise, Venmo or Zelle to secure your place in the group.
Applications are now open!
Applications close on Sunday September 27th at 5pm ET/10pm UK.
Please complete the form below and we will reply to you within a few days with confirmation of your place as well as payment info – we must receive your payment prior to the first meet on Sunday October 4th for you to be able to join.
More about the Between-session pair work
As part of your commitment to the group, you will be paired up with another man for the week between meetings and encouraged to check-in with each other – updating each other how you are doing emotionally, sharing what you want to share.
Maybe some weeks you’ll click with the other man, some weeks not so much. This is all part of the relational practice, understanding what you feel comfortable to share (or not) and with whom.
We include this pair work as part of the experience as it has been fundamental to the forming of our own friendship. We are confident you will benefit from this too!
Group safety & connection
Our commitment to you is that we will show up for you each session as our authentic selves, doing our best to facilitate an open, curious and compassionate space.
We will do our best to create and maintain a space of safety, honouring some basic rules (nothing that you will find controversial). We will challenge any abuse and if necessary ask people to leave if they continue to be abusive to other members of the group.
It goes without saying, this is a welcoming space for any and all men, regardless of your background.
During our time together, we will continue with our own practices of self-care which include meeting with our own therapists, supervisors and all the other bits and pieces we do to keep ourselves well to hold the space for you all.
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