By Mens Resource Center|2024-11-13T22:40:06-05:00November 14th, 2024|
In 2009, while a client at the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, Jim Musial —an avid runner— wrote a guest post about how “running could be hazardous to your emotional health.” He only hints [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2023-11-30T07:57:50-05:00November 30th, 2023|Abusive Relationships, Counseling and Therapy, Male Socialization|
As humans, we often think categorically to create order. Otherwise, all thinking would be novel and laborious. Once categories are solidified, we carry anchor biases and struggle to think of competing truths. For instance, in [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2022-11-03T09:57:13-04:00November 3rd, 2022|
In her more than 30 years working as a therapist in the field of addiction medicine and mental health, Steff Condon says she has seen what she calls the “beautiful fruit” of recovery in [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2021-05-25T11:37:38-04:00May 25th, 2021|
The Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan provides the tools and support men need to better navigate and succeed in today’s world. It offers a wide range of services including counseling, assessment, consultation, evaluation, and [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2022-06-28T13:19:04-04:00March 3rd, 2021|
As a psychotherapist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, Randy Flood can tell you that domestic violence is non-discriminating. It happens regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, social-economic status, culture, or [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2022-06-28T13:20:12-04:00February 11th, 2021|
Trey Sumner is the lead facilitator of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan’s Altogether Boys program. The program works with young men in middle school to help them develop a fuller version of what [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2021-03-26T14:46:35-04:00January 27th, 2021|
The Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan offers in-person and online counseling for men who are abusers and those who have themselves been abused. It’s where Dan Beelen came when he needed to set his [...]
By Mens Resource Center|2020-06-08T12:01:36-04:00June 11th, 2020|
Psychotherapist, Mary Jo Drueke, MA LLP brings a wealth of experience to her individual therapy and group counseling sessions with men. Although she’s trained in meditation and has studied with world-renowned experts such as Alan [...]
By Charlie Donaldson|2017-06-16T14:02:03-04:00March 25th, 2016|Counseling and Therapy, Emotional Health, Male Socialization|
Since starting the Men's Counseling Center of Northern Michigan, I've enjoyed the opportunity to meet and share information with my peers in the community. I recently gave a presentation at the monthly meeting of the [...]
By Charlie Donaldson|2012-01-03T16:28:52-05:00January 3rd, 2012|Counseling and Therapy, Emotional Health|
Paralyzing feelings Like many other therapists, I have concluded that fear, hurt, and shame are three feelings that can be positive, and more often negative, motivators of men’s behavior. As a facilitator who has observed [...]