by Father Figures | Dec 4, 2025 | Men's Issues, Therapy, Women's Issues
“I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life – that is to say, over 35 – there has not been one whose problem in the last resort was not that of finding a religious outlook on life.” ― C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul...
by Father Figures | Nov 1, 2025 | Family, Father Figures, Men's Issues, Relationships
In Finding our Fathers, Sam Osherson cites a broad study indicating that only 17 percent of American men had a positive relationship with their fathers. In most cases the father was dead, divorced and missing, chemically impaired, or emotionally absent. If this...
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...
