It's an interesting proposition that troubled men are helped by face-to-face group emotional "reality checks" without stigma or much prescribed process; something different from text-based...
It's an interesting proposition that troubled men are helped by face-to-face group emotional "reality checks" without stigma or much prescribed process; something different from text-based discussion boards and formal therapeutic environments.
The article doesn't go deeply into the rationale behind Andy's Clubs, whether they're particularly successful or just subjectively "helpful".
So it's ask time - do you think this kind of discussion group would be helpful for you, have you done something like it?
I had this huge sentence-by-sentence rebuttal to this, but I'm just going to summarize it with one point. There are myriad problems with this, not least of which the reenforcing of what they're...
I had this huge sentence-by-sentence rebuttal to this, but I'm just going to summarize it with one point.
Andy's Man Club
There are myriad problems with this, not least of which the reenforcing of what they're trying to address. There's so much irony here you could make steel out of it. They admit they have no qualifications and it shows. This is irresponsible and dangerous. Every so often I feel guilty about not giving The Guardian money, and then they publish stuff like this.
It's an interesting proposition that troubled men are helped by face-to-face group emotional "reality checks" without stigma or much prescribed process; something different from text-based discussion boards and formal therapeutic environments.
The article doesn't go deeply into the rationale behind Andy's Clubs, whether they're particularly successful or just subjectively "helpful".
So it's ask time - do you think this kind of discussion group would be helpful for you, have you done something like it?
I had this huge sentence-by-sentence rebuttal to this, but I'm just going to summarize it with one point.
There are myriad problems with this, not least of which the reenforcing of what they're trying to address. There's so much irony here you could make steel out of it. They admit they have no qualifications and it shows. This is irresponsible and dangerous. Every so often I feel guilty about not giving The Guardian money, and then they publish stuff like this.