11/04/2025
I’m still buzzing from this 🤩— I had the honor of presenting my STRONG Model at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy’s Systemic Family Therapy Conference — and was given a two-hour featured session to speak with clinicians all over the country!!
I introduced my STRONG Model, a trauma-informed, attachment-based framework designed to engage men in therapy — especially those often labeled “therapy-resistant.” The model helps clinicians identify masculine trauma presentations, create structured therapeutic contracts, and implement goal-oriented interventions while maintaining a strong relational focus.
Why this matters: Too many men feel like therapy wasn’t built for them. When they disengage, entire family systems lose access to the stability, emotional regulation, and intimacy that ripple outward when men are truly involved. When therapy meets men where they are, families heal faster, and relationships thrive.
Over those two hours, I connected with clinicians eager for practical, skills-based tools to reach men, first responders, veterans, and high-achievers — clients who want action, structure, and practice. The STRONG Model gives them exactly that: a framework that helps men and couples build safety, trust, and connection from the very first session.
It was incredible to share this work on a national stage and to feel the growing curiosity around the intersection of masculinity, attachment, and trauma-informed care.
Seeing how deeply this resonated reminded me why I built STRONG in the first place: to make therapy more accessible, effective, and empowering for men, their partners, and the clinicians supporting them.
I’m excited to keep expanding the conversation and reimagining therapy for modern relationships so it’s stronger, more inclusive, and more human.
