1. 3 Pillars of Effective Men’s Groups Dr Shahieda Jansen
Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA)
Dr. Jansen has a strengths-based, male- friendly approach to maximizing the transformative potential of men’s group participants.
Whether it is a young man learning to relate to his peers; a hurt teenager facing off with his inner pain, or an aggressive man acquiring non-violent interpersonal skills-the point of departure is to work with the manhood code, not against it.
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Emotion Mapping for Men
Contact Details

2. Logistical Information
Men’s Groups
Logistical Information
Selection Procedures
When: Weekly, 17h00 – 18h30. Next intake in 2019, dates to be confirmed (TBC)
Where: UNISA campus, Parow
Cost: Discount / waiver for students on
financial aid
Intake is restricted to 10 participants
Applicants are selected on the basis of particular needs that the group was established for, not on diagnosis or labelling
Members of the group, commit to:
Engage in male-bonding, for collective support of transformation
Benefit from constructive feedback
Emotional work frequently avoided
Purpose
The men’s group is a safe space in which participants bond with each other to
support emotional growth and positive behavior change. The explicit all-male culture inside a men’s group facilitates behavior change without disruption of the male code
Action oriented - learn through doing
Attachment focused - belong & transform
Centralize peer-to-peer learning
Homework tasks in-between sessions
Positive psycho-education
Integration of socio-cultural strengths
2019 Dates
Topic
TBC
Team building
Bonding through play
Moral basis of belonging/ground rules
Introduction to whole self
The seven core emotions
Responsible use of anger
Health, wholeness, mastery & creativity
Giving and receiving positive feedback
Review of program: Verbal and written evaluation
Termination/Celebration
Be a man
Do something
Don't lose face
Exclusion Criteria
Friends and family are discouraged from participating in the same group process
This group is unable to contain those:
who are in acute crisis;
in an acute abusive situation;
consumed with self-harm;
who exhibit suicide tendencies;
with uncontrolled aggression; and
in substance use withdrawal
Course Methodology