Month: August 2019

Men and the Armed Forces

By: Lauren Ward The rising number of military personnel suffering ‘emotional trauma’ has been well documented (NAMI, 2011). This, as well as the number of service men and women committing or attempting suicide has been a source of both professional…

Fatherhood: The Journey of Four New Dads

By: Sarah Jane Griffiths and Luke Sullivan Mark (37), East Sussex, Builder, Twin boys (11 months) How are you finding being a dad? It’s harder than I ever imagined. You can’t believe how much it changes things. When my mates started having kids years…

Childlessness For Men

By: Robin Hadley Rather than me bang on academically about why the myth that fatherhood doesn’t mean much to men. I thought it would be better to share the men experiences. The following extracts are from men I’ve interviewed and…

Intimacy and Men: A Psychodynamic Theory

By: Dr Luke Sullivan Psychodynamic theories of male development have focused on the early years of men’s lives (Chodorow, 1978; Diamond, 2004; Fast, 1990; Greenson, 1968; Ogden, 1989; Pollack, 1995; Stoller, 1964, 1965, 1968) and have led to the hypothesis…