SUPPORT GROUPS
There is power in numbers! If you are looking for an understanding support team, we invite you to contact us about joining one of our online support group’s ‘orientation and welcome’ every third Thursday of the month. Subscribe below if you wish to be sent the Zoom link invitation for the upcoming group session. After your orientation, you can choose to be assigned a support group already in progress or perhaps find yourself in a brand new one made up completely of men new to the site.
Through the power of sharing and with others who are open, honest, and confidential, your shame and hurt will not be barriers to you sharing and listening to other men’s stories. When we tell our stories, we remove some of the stigma, and the impact of our hurt becomes so much less impactful.
The first support group orientation is scheduled for January 26, 2026, at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Please fill out the form below to receive the zoom log-in information a week prior to the orientation. Mention your interest in group orientation. Or, read on and discover 1 on 1 help through Narrative Focused Trauma Care (NFTC)
Narrative Focused Trauma Care: Story Work
Narrative Focused Trauma Care: Story Work
In my work, I’ve discovered men who’ve suffered trauma or have been raised with a toxic mother.They are overwhelmed by the chronic, repeated abuses and pain they have experienced in their lives. In attempting to find relief or healing, they immediately stumble and lose focus trying to share the countless stories. They do not stay in one story, nor do they stay in the same time of history. They bounce from “one time on my birthday…” to “My mom even guilts me today” to “I don’t know why I keep giving myself away hoping others will like me and yet I constantly end up raging at how little I am appreciated. “ Unlike mentoring and not a substitute for therapy, Narrative-Focused Trauma Care (NFTC) is a way to help a traumatized person discover the true effects of trauma on their childhood selves… one story at a time. This way, the struggler learns how trauma freezes them in the moment of that one incident, causing the child to flee, freeze or dissociate. The problem is that children do not have the capacity then or in their adulthood now to reflect on how they have changed their style of relating to avoid the pain, fear, panic, and more. Nor do they understand why they habitually and most of the time unconsciously repeat the same pattern of abuse and reaction over and over both in their head and in their behavior.
NFTC allows people to collect and hold one story of trauma at a time while, with help, safety and kindness, they discover what has held them hostage for so many years. That is, bringing one story to an NFTC session can help people understand how that one incident fits into the story line of their entire life- past, present and future. It is then and only then that healing and freedom can come- from the unwinding of fear, shame, contempt and more. It helps them grieve over the lost childhood stolen by the traumatizer or traumatic event. It brings a trust that they can safely experiment with new, healthier styles of relating. These are just some of the foundations of NFTC. Contact me by filling out the same form above and ask about how you might benefit from trauma-focused narrative therapy.