Lord knows, there are plenty of good reasons to feel angry these days. What I find problematic isn’t so much that people feel angry, it’s that people frequently behave angrily without recognizing why they feel that way.

Your typical dude may feel less inclined to try therapy, even if he can’t cite the statistics. What many men can “cite,” however, is a litany of beliefs and cultural stigmas about therapy, what to expect from it, and why therapy “isn’t for them.” As a male therapy provider and client, I have a few things to say about these common beliefs men hold about therapy.