| Preface |
| Safety Net |
| Form your own Group |
| Introduction |
| Statement of Principles for Men's Group Work |
| Structure of this Handbook |
| The Parable of the Two Travellers |
| Level 1 - Getting to Know You |
| 1-1 | Listening and speaking from the heart |
| 1-2 | Mission Statement - attempting to define what the group is all about |
| 1-3 | Initial Guidelines - starting to create the 'container' |
| 1-4 | Speaking your Truth |
| 1-5 | Naming the group, Initial Commitment Period, Working Guidelines |
| 1-6 | Statement of Group Agreements |
| Level 2 | Exploring Issues |
| 2-1 | What it means to be a man… |
| 2-2 | Fathers |
| 2-3 | Intimacy |
| 2-4 | Noticing the Energy |
| 2-5 | Trust |
| 2-6 | Shaming |
| 2-7 | Anger |
| Level 3 | Whose Rules Are We Using and Why? |
| 3-1 | Working Rules - Establishing basic ground rules for the group |
| 3-2 | Confidentiality - What is, what isn't confidential? |
| 3-3 | Consensus Decision Making - Exploring mutuality through consensus |
| 3-4 | Conscious Agreements - Making a strong container |
| 3-5 | When Agreements are Broken - Exploring 'whys - hows -responses' |
| 3-6 | Statement on Non-Violence - Are we committed? |
| 3-7 | Leaving the Group - What issues come up here? |
| 3-8 | Inviting a new man into Group - Are we ready? Is he? |
| Level 4 | Celebrating |
| 4-1 | Playing! - Finding ways to have fun together |
| 4-2 | Planning a trip together - Quality time with each other, and more! |
| 4-3 | Life Stories - Honouring and celebrating our journeys |
| 4-4 | Community - Acting in the community |
| 4-5 | Relationships - What I'm learning |
| Level 5 | Conflict |
| 5-1 | Conflict and Me |
| 5-2 | Projections and Dumping |
| 5-3 | Denial |
| 5-4 | Resolving Conflict |
| 5-5 | When it all craps out… |
| Level 6 | Stuckness |
| Level 7 | Taking A Dive |
| Level 8 | Renewed Commitment |
| Appendices |
| Appendix 1 | Taking Care of Yourself |
| Appendix 2 | Why is Men's Work About Non-Judgement and not about Advising, Changing, Fixing or Challenging another man? |
| Appendix 3 | Poetry section |
| Last Word |