by Father Figures | Oct 10, 2025 | Addiction, Featured, Recovery, Relationships, Therapy
Addiction is a kind of runaway train that leaves the station when we stop dealing with our emotions, stop living our fullest lives, and stop wanting to cope with whatever life throws at us. Addiction is a kind of vacation from life that eventually becomes the Vacation...
by Father Figures | Sep 30, 2025 | Featured, General, Therapy
Life seems to get more complicated by the hour these days. Modern life, plugged as it is into a 24/7 news cycle, calls (more like demands) us to respond and in doing so to choose between one version of ourselves or another at a moment’s notice. Even in home life, we...
by Father Figures | Sep 17, 2025 | Family, Father Figures, Featured, LGBT, Men's Issues
Many men have issues with their fathers. Dozens of books have been written on the way that mid-century North American male culture de-emphasized emotional relationships between fathers and sons, and instead focused on competition, stoicism, and independence. As a...
by Father Figures | Aug 4, 2025 | Father Figures, Men's Issues
Over the years, I have seen many male clients, of all sexualities, and it has become obvious to me that the majority of them had absent fathers (or father figures), that is, absent in one way or another. While many grew up with physically absent fathers, others had...
by Father Figures | Aug 1, 2025 | Father Figures, Men's Issues
Father Figures for Gay Men: A Journey of Reparenting and Self-Discovery If you’ve ever felt the absence of a nurturing father figure in your life, you know the emotional gaps it can create. The Father Figures course is a transformative, self-directed journey designed...
