After centuries of toxic masculinity and the notion that manliness means boys can’t cry and grown men don’t talk about their feelings, a therapist’s client list has taken a giant gendered swing.
around mental health, getting support and that it’s OK not to be OK, and that’s definitely driven an increase in men going to therapy,” Stella Ladikos, therapist and founder of Meraki Mental Health Training, told news.com.au.
“They want to know what they can try to change in terms of their own behaviour or communication dynamics to avoid actually needing to see me in the capacity as a family lawyer.”So, with all these signs pointing society in the right direction at last, why are men dropping out of therapy at a rate of 45 per cent, according to anTo start with, we can blame the very environment that stops many men from seeing a therapist in the first place.
“At the time, I was a bit embarrassed,” he told news.com.au. “I didn’t want to go to therapy because that was admitting that I’m the problem, but realising that once you change yourself, everything around you changes was absolutely amazing.” For many men, once something big or difficult comes up in therapy, it can send them running away from it.
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