Male Abuse Awareness Week 2015
As always, Dec 1-8 is Male Abuse Awareness Week on the Help4guys.org website. Here’s this year’s promotional video, talking about male victims of abuse:
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Link – 1in6 and RAINN Launch Peer SupportGroup to Help Male Survivors
The first Peer SupportGroup session took place in early October 2015, with positive reviews from both users and moderators. The service functions similar to a group chat, where male survivors of childhood sexual abuse can support other men in their journey of trauma recovery. Men from all over the country can chat back and forth…
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Reading – Ottawa psych student’s app to help ‘thousands’ with anxiety, depression
“Then, frustrated by a lack of accessible services for depression and anxiety patients and spurred by years’ worth of existing research in web-based education in cognitive behavioural therapy, Perron started working on an app called TruReach Health — now set for release on Apple and Android devices on Sept. 9 — which gives patients a…
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Website For Male Survivors 1 in 6 to Offer Online Group Therapy
According to their latest newsletter, the site will be offering group sessions online starting in September. Men will be able to remain anonymous and participate in the group through this chat-based service. Each group can accommodate up to 8 participants, who will sign in using a screen name of their choosing. Once signed in, they…
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Changing The Way We Share
If you’ve been around here for long, you likely know that sometimes, I just like to change things up and see how it works out. As a techie kind of guy, part of hosting my own websites has been to dabble, so occasionally, I’ll dabble in a new direction. While over in Australia last week,…
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New Feature – Submit a Guest Review
If you’re subscribed to the mailing list, you knew about this over the weekend, but for the rest of you, we have an announcement! Recently, I’ve come to the realization that Ken and I have had less and less time available for reading and reviewing books, or watching movies and documentaries and writing reviews for…