In addition to individual and group counseling and therapy, the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan offers professional consultation and workshops to community groups, teachers and schools, clergy and churches, human service agencies, therapists, counselors, businesses, and other organizations.
We have created more than a dozen specialized programs that address issues such as parenting techniques, gender sensitivity and harassment, new treatment for men in counseling, how to prevent bullying at school, Internet Pornography and sex addiction, the dynamics of sexual orientation, and new tools for ending domestic violence. All are designed to provide professional growth and to increase awareness on important and sensitive issues.
Formats range from one-hour professional consultations or presentations, to half-day or full-day workshops. Please see the list below and then contact the Men’s Resource Center for our fee schedule and more information about how we can tailor our programs to fit your organization’s needs.
Education and skill-building that enables therapists and other professionals to help men recognize and manage their anger.
Coaching strategies for teaching boys to reach their athletic potential to pursue team goals and survive in a competitive workplace while also training them to become successful partners, fathers, and citizens.
Technology has created unprecedented access and mediums for sexual acting out among young people. Examine these issues, their impact on male development, prevention strategies, and treatment options.
Learn about the philosophy, mission, services, and history of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan and how we might be able to help your agency or organization.
Intended to complement rather than displace existing faith-based programs, this program helps men develop mutual respect and intimacy in relationships, self-awareness, empathy for others, and spiritual growth.
Equipping individuals and organizations with the knowledge and tools to work more effectively in the challenging and complex field of domestic violence.
Helping organizations and individuals learn to appreciate and respect gender differences through a compassionate examination and thoughtful discussion of gender socialization dynamics.
Learn how to prevent bullying at school through the development of innovative administrative polices, effective student curricula, and assertive intervention and prevention strategies.
Participants become more mindful in their quest to develop loving, evolved, and joyful relationships with their intimate partners.
This workshop provides participants with a more holistic definition of masculinity so they can help men experience greater intimacy, real strength, and wholeness.
Explore the range, expanding causes, and treatment of sex addiction, examining factors such as male socialization, social networking, non-relational sexuality, and the Internet porn industry.
Understanding men’s issues in the context of divorce, custody, and parenting-time disputes.
Examine the standard models of batterer intervention work and explore how to better design and deliver treatment for men who abuse women.
Helping men become better fathers by developing a new understanding of fatherhood. Parenting techniques included.
How to better socialize boys to embrace their full humanity and prepare for the diverse challenges of the 21st century.
Identify ways to educate, equip, and mobilize men to be accountable for their own behavior as well as how to intervene in others’ behavior.
Understand how where a person identifies himself on the sexual continuum can affect how he expresses himself on the job, at home, and in other aspects of his life.
A new type of therapy that allows human service professionals to re-think our diagnoses and treatment plans, and re-vision the goals for our clients.
