Healing Men's Pain Curriculum helps male-identified participants create a vision of the men they want to be and provides them with the awareness, tools, and confidence to achieve that vision. Each of the 18 two-hour, cofacilitated sessions includes activities, exercises, and experiential opportunities enabling each participant to connect with the content on a personal level. The program is wide-ranging and encompasses a variety of topics to help participants develop increased self-awareness to enhance their relationships. Participants explore their childhood, adolescent, and adult trauma; relational struggles, particularly issues of healthy attachment; and other issues that male-identified individuals often experience.
The material in Healing Men’s Pain Curriculum will stretch both participants and facilitators alike. The sessions are designed to take a deep and comprehensive look at everything that blocks men from being the best men they can be. The curriculum speaks to all learning styles through the use of art, physical movement, and roleplays.Participants are given additional learning opportunities in the form of assignments to complete between sessions.
These assignments build upon the roleplays and in-session practice to help participants translate the material directly into their own lives.
- Help men address their traumas, develop self-awareness, and build healthier relationships in recovery programs, mental health groups, or other settings
- Pick and choose from 18 intentionally designed lessons- or use the entire curriculum in order
- Access engaging activities that get participants moving and talking despite diverse learning styles and backgrounds
- Focus on male socialization, narrative therapy, and interactive learning to help participants develop understanding of themselves and others
Table of Contents
About the Healing Men’s Pain Program vii
About This Workbook ix
Session 1: Grounding and Safety 1
Session 2: The Man Rules 11
Session 3: Toxic Waters 17
Session 4: Creating Healthy Relationships 23
Session 5: Trauma: Facing Our Wounds 27
Session 6: All In The Family 33
Session 7: Beneath The Surface 37
Session 8: The Man Rules, Intimacy, and Attachment 45
Session 9: The Man Rules, Intimacy, and Safety 51
Session 10: The Man Rules, Intimacy, and Violence 57
Session 11: The Man Rules, Intimacy, and Sex 63
Session 12: Growth Through Grief and Loss 67
Session 13: Post- traumatic Growth and Resilience 71
Session 14: Breathing Underwater 77
Session 15: Writing Our Story 83
Session 16: Deconstructing Our Story 93
Session 17: Reframing The Narrative: From Boys to Men 97
Session 18: Framing a Healing Journey 101
References 113
