The best resource I have discovered as a male survivor of sexual abuse. I have nothing but glowing things to say about their therapists, leadership, staff, and volunteers.
I am so glad this organization exists. My relationships, anxiety, depression, and overall wellbeing is much stronger because of them. I hear from countless other men who have been through their programs that they quite literally would not be alive if it weren't for MenHealing and the community of support they found there.
MenHealing is dedicated to providing programs and resources that are meaningful to men who are survivors of sexual harm. They also recognize the importance of providing support and resources to the spouses, partners and families of survivors and therefore are continually updating their programming to meet the needs of the individuals they serve. In addition to Weekend of Recovery events and peer support groups, they have created a monthly Pod Cast Series, as well as an ongoing video series that highlights the healing journeys of male survivors. The majority of MenHealing programming is offered on a "pay what you can" basis so that it is accessible to all. Clinical and administrative staff members are caring and go out of their way to provide support.
Community, connection, and compassion drive MenHealing in its mission to supporting male survivors & their loved ones. Their work, including the Weekends of Recovery, the H.O.M.E. Project, Just Healing podcast, and Peer Support Groups, is truly innovative and transformational when it comes to helping one's recovery journey. I recommend not just any male-identifying survivor, but also allies, partners, educators, and service providers, to check out MenHealing's resources to heal in community.
Their workshops for male survivor are profoundly impactful, and no other organization offers anything like them. Everyone in this organization that I have come in contact with has been professional, knowledgeable, compassionate, and accessible.
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After keeping my childhood sexual abuse a secret for 40 years, MenHealing's Weekend of Recovery healing retreat helped me break my silence. One WOR was as beneficial to me as ten years of therapy. It was the single most liberating experience of my recovery process. I have gone back three more times and cannot recommend these programs enough.
MenHealing is such a progressive organization that not only breaks through the boundaries and challenges so many men face when healing from sexual abuse/assault but uses techniques and modalities that tap into unique opportunities for healing, reflection, and transformation. Immersive experiences like Weekends of Recovery to storytelling projects to providing information about healing to men in detention... it all makes a profound difference to transforming the lives of the men receiving support, but also changes our world, by creating a more just, safe, kind place to live.
I have watched, and donated time and money to this organization for many years. Not only do their weekends of recovery change men's lives in very significant ways, but they have a unique capacity to pivot in response to the needs of the survivor community. They have recently developed peer support groups for survivors, spouses, and family members, providing training and supervision for the group facilitators, and just in January of 2025 released an interactive eBook to nearly a million closed computer tablets for incarcerated men and women. The book is written with the intent of sharing facts and coping strategies for a very isolated group of sexually harmed folks, and all in response to one of their alums who brought the idea to them. Most of the work was done on a volunteer basis and the book eBook is free to people who are living behind bars. The values and transparency of the leaders is unparalleled.
All the men I know who have been helped by the various programs MenHealing offers have nothing but good to say about them.
MenHealing is offering wonderful and innovative services. Their resources are so engaging. They allow survivors and their loved ones to move beyond isolation. People they serve feel seen and heard. A model organization for employerment.
MenHealing saved my life. Period. Full stop. Being a part of this community, healing in this community alongside all the incredible survivors, staff, volunteers, and allies has truly been the honor of my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The work MenHealing does is so unique, so innovative, and so needed.
My experience with MenHealing has always been authentic, caring, and powerfully healing. The focus is on safely processing what has been too overwhelming before alone, while creating connections and building community.
The thing that always gets me at the end of the events, be it a Weekend of Recovery, peer group, or the Story Project, is how different the men look after. They come in with heads down, so much heaviness, feeling alone, and when it's over they seem lighter, their chins are held high, and they have built a community. MenHealing and its staff provide a much needed space for transformation and community building for men survivors and their loved ones.
There is nothing else like MenHealing for male survivors of sexual abuse and assault. Their programming and staff are astounding. Men leave their events with profound healing that is difficult to quantify. It's a perfect adjunct to ongoing therapy.
18 years. That's how long I have been involved with MenHealing.org. MH is an organization that provides weekends of recovery for men and male identified individuals who have a history of sexual victimization in childhood or as an adult.
My first weekend of facilitating such an event was shocking.....nearly 40 men registered and I helped check them in as they arrived....all ages, all walks of life; one could have passed anyone of them on the street and have no idea that they carried a history of trauma and abuse. And when the weekend unfolded, the courage each man showed as they worked through their trauma, as they revealed themselves to themself and to each other was life changing for them, and for ME!!
I have helped to facilitate nearly half of the 100 weekends the organization has held. I have watched tears and laughter, and the emergence of both power and tenderness in the men who attend; I have watched tight constricted bodies learn to soften, open, and even dance, and I have watched lives open up into joy and connection where there was none before.
The core values of the organization of integrity, relationship, self care, transparency and intentionality has created a beating heart at the center of MH that resonates through the board, the facilitator team, and the volunteers, and is transmitted to the men who join us as a safe place to come for healing.
MH has forever changed me and the lives of several thousand men. My affiliation with MH has deepened my capacity as a Psychologist in profound ways. I can not say enough.....
MenHealing does superb and innovative work to help men heal from sexual trauma. Many men's lives have been profoundly changed after attending hearing events by MenHealing
MenHealing is an amazing resource for male survivors of sexual abuse and violence. Their website is a great resource, and their events are always top notch. Thank goodness for MenHealing!
MenHealing provides an amazing service for male identified survivors of sexual harm. The weekends of recovery are powerful, healing and transformative for all who attend. MenHealing is doing groundbreaking work in the area of sexual victimization.
I am not a client but my brother was. I have seen the positive changes in his life since attending a Weekend of Recovery. Highly recommend for any of your male family members who may have experienced sexual abuse. And they have financial assistance available for those who need it.
MenHealing is doing incredible work to help people heal! I have attended several in-person and virtual events with them and have unlocked a whole new world of healing, joy, and abundance. Further, thanks to MenHealing’s pay-what-you-can financial structure, I have been able to access healing that I wouldn’t otherwise have the funds to access.
MenHealing is doing innovative work to help men and masculine-identified individuals to heal from sexual victimization
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MenHealing is a pioneer in providing services for males who have experienced sexual victimization. Attention to social justice considerations makes them unique in their approach to working with healing from trauma. Inclusion of male survivors as volunteers and support staff contributes to building a community of male survivors and creates the energy of a movement for social change.
I was invited to watch their online Story Project last year by a friend who is a survivor and was one of the speakers. It was an amazing experience to hear the stories of healing from survivors of all ages. The work that this organization is doing to help a population that has been largely overlooked until now.
My sister's husband is a survivor. They attended an online partners event. My sister has had nothing but good to say about it. Not just the event itself, but the positive changes in her husband and in their relationship. They plan to attend an in person event next year.
I participated in a Weekend of Recovery with MenHealing. It was a transformative experience. I can't fully capture what I have taken away from it, or the value of the relationships that I established with other survivors. I wholeheartedly recommend this organization to potential participants, staff members, and funders.
MenHealing is a remarkable nonprofit. Its commitment to male survivors and to social justice is apparent in every aspect of the organization. The staff, facilitators, board, and volunteers are united in these efforts, with the leadership of Jim Struve, executive director. Check out the website, www.menhealing.org…and explore the many offerings and projects of the MenHealing team. They are making a difference in so many lives. Inspiring!
MenHealing has an established reputation for offering creative and survivor-centered interventions to its participants. It has modeled what it means to be an organization that is consistently responsive and adaptive when engaging in difficult (and necessary) conversations regarding what it means to be committed to social justice issues as an organization and service provider.
Men Healing is an incredible organization. Being a survivor myself, I went most of my life promising myself I would never tell my truth to anyone. Men Healing Weekends of Recovery changed every aspect of my life. I now realize that Hope, Healing and Growth is possible especially when fellow survivors embark on this journey of healing together.
I have never been part of another organization that has its priorities as focused as MenHealing....survivors and healing first and foremost, backed by an incredible team of folks who have experience, talent and integrity. Down to the last person, the staff and the men who have been supported in their healing are a united front in brining healing and hope to others. Bravo MenHealing!!