Values and Purpose
The Challenges Boys Face
Many young men today are finding themselves confused with no clue on how to become the purposeful and honorable men.
They are depressed, anxious, addicted to escapism, instant gratification, in the form of alcohol, drugs, gaming, social media or porn—many of which are symptomatic of underlying trauma.
And then, as parents, we tend to overcompensate. Do too much for our boys. Expect too little. A lack of boundaries in some homes has led to kids with an overblown sense of entitlement. The result: all too often, young men are lost, feeling broken, manifesting in “failure to launch”– a Peter Pan-like, perpetual adolescence.
In the therapeutic context, we uncover issues and dispel misapprehensions, but it is through experience and being part of the community that the young men come alive, come to see that the things that they believed about themselves are not true, that the world is not the place they thought it was, that they are not the person they thought they were, and they grow up.
Traditionally, clinical psychotherapy is couched in a pathological world view with the assumption that there is a problem that needs to be addressed. For most of the young men at The Carpenter Shed, however, our fundamental approach is non-pathological and more directive. In the course of our work, we find that significant trauma is behind the pain, we are equipped to help. If let unaddressed, trauma can lead to a fountain of destructive thoughts, emotions, and patterns of behavior.
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