Mark Sichel is the author of the best-selling "Healing From Family Rifts,"(McGraw Hill 2004) Mark's Ten Step Program for coming to terms with even the most dysfunctional family has helped people all over the world contend with family rifts. Mark has been a psychotherapist in New York City since 1980 & works with individuals, groups and families. He is the Founder and Editorial Director of the award winning mental health website Psybersquare.com,which was awarded the WWW Health Award for Excellence in Patient Education Information. Mark is a widely sought after media commentator and presenter for both professional and lay groups.
Ideas about what constitutes a strong man are often framed in the negative. Real men, it is thought, are not obedient, needy, effeminate or acquiescent. Men who are perceived to have success in seducing women are seen as masculine and men who have relationships with other men that are overly intimate or sexual are definitely not seen as masculine. For many of us with distorted understanding of strength, the very qualities that make a relationship work make us fear that we are being wimpy and submissive, when in reality we're being strong in our ability to accommodate, be flexible and gener...
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