A gender-responsive, trauma-informed guide to help men create and maintain healthy relationships with their spouse/primary partner, friends, children and parents, in the face of shifting expectations in male roles. This book provides practical advice and inspiration for men to define their own sense of masculinity and thus heighten their potential for a lifetime of recovery-oriented relationships. It offers specific tools for men to address those key areas in which they commonly struggle in their relationships. The author has worked in the mental health and addiction field for two decades and is recognised as a leading expert on gender-responsive treatment services for men. He is in long-term recovery.

Author Biography

Dan Griffin, MA, is the author of A Man's Way through the Twelve Steps (Hazelden, 2009) and co-author of Helping Men Recover (Jossey-Bass, 2011), the first gender-responsive and trauma-informed treatment curriculum for men written with renowned expert on gender-responsive services, Dr. Stephanie Covington. With two decades of experience in the mental health and addiction field, he is a highly sought after international speaker and trainer, training treatment programs, drug courts, and other programs on implementing Helping Men Recover and how to improve their men's services in general. Griffin is in long-term recovery and leads men's retreats throughout the country for treatment programs and in the twelve-step community. He resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.