THE FUSE

This is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and though I would argue that men’s mental health is worthy of the spotlight every month, I can see the necessity of devoting a month to this topic. In my decade as a practicing psychotherapist, my caseload has become ever more predominantly male—this is not by design, so much as by what I believe to be the facts that for many men, shared lived experience is important and that stigma around male mental health is decreasing (one can hope). This is not to suggest that male therapists are more adept at working with male clients than are females; it simply reflects my experience as a male clinician. Here are some key observations from working with a predominantly male clientele.