Women are more likely to request counseling, but when men do seek help, they tend to have difficulty with the process
Dr. Wray Pascoe, a family therapist and human systems consultant from Manitoba, says research has found that women request counseling on a five to one ratio over men and that practitioners say men are more difficult to engage and more likely to terminate treatment early. Men, in general, have difficulty with the psychotherapeutic process, he says.
Wray Pascoe will be in Nanaimo later this month at the invitation of Nanaimo Men’s Resource Centre. Workshops will be offered on November 24, 25 and 26, 2011, on the topics of “Counseling Men Effectively” and “Exploring Male Sexuality.”
We speak with Wray Pascoe about counseling men and the needs men have in the area of therapeutic relationships.
