Men's Group: What's Next For You?

Emotional Regulation Self Worth Relationships Men's Group Masculinity

A space for men to talk honestly about what’s working (and what’s not) in their relationships, habits, and sense of self.

Ongoing in-person Therapy Group Series in Costa Mesa, CA

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Tue @ 3:00 - 4:00 am

Next meeting: Wed, Dec 3, 2025

Costa Mesa, CA

Meets every week

$30 per session

Pay per session

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Who this group is for

This group is for men who care about their relationships and their impact on others, but feel stuck in patterns they can’t quite shift on their own. Many are partners, husbands, boyfriends, sons, or close friends who are thoughtful and self-aware in some areas of life, but feel clumsy, shut down, or explosive when it comes to conflict, intimacy, and expressing what they really feel or need.

Before joining a group like this, a lot of guys describe feeling alone with their struggles. They might keep hearing that they’re “emotionally unavailable,” “too reactive,” or “hard to talk to,” but they don’t have many places where they can actually practice something different. They may bounce between shame (“I’m the problem”) and defensiveness (“I’m not that bad”), or feel like they’re always either overdoing it (people-pleasing, fixing, apologizing) or checking out completely. Underneath all of that, there’s usually a real desire: to be a better partner or friend, to feel more at home in their own skin, to stop repeating the same fights, and to have honest conversations with other men who are trying to figure it out too.

This group offers a place to bring those realities into the room and to experiment with more vulnerable, connected ways of being in real time, with real people.

What to expect

In this group, you can expect a consistent, facilitated space to slow down and really look at your relationships, habits, and sense of self, with other men who are doing the same. My role is to guide conversation, ask questions that deepen insight, and help the group notice what’s happening between us in the moment so you can practice new ways of relating in real time.

You can expect:

Regular meetings with a small, stable group of men

A mix of open conversation and gently structured exercises

Space to talk honestly about anger, shutdown, shame, intimacy, and expectations of masculinity

Feedback and support from others who are also trying to show up differently in their lives

A therapist who is active, transparent, and attentive to dynamics of power, culture, and gender

This group is a good fit if you’re willing to show up regularly, be curious about your own patterns, and offer others the same respect you’re hoping to receive. It’s not meant to be emergency or crisis care, and it won’t “fix” everything in a few sessions. What it can offer is a steady place to practice honesty, vulnerability, and accountability with support so that change feels possible outside the room, too.

Jonathan MirandaAMFT Associate Marriage and Family Therapist

I think what stands out about me in this space is that I’m not interested in either extreme: I’m not running a “toughen up and man up” bootcamp, and I’m also not offering a bland, de-politicized version of “just communicate better.” My background in Narrative Therapy and my own life experience have me paying attention to how masculinity, culture, class, race, and power all shape what men are allowed to feel, say, and need. I hold men accountable with care, but I never collapse a person into “the problem.”

I’m very comfortable sitting with anger, defensiveness, and shame without getting scared off by it or joining in on it. I tend to be direct, a little irreverent, and very curious. In group, I’m active: I name patterns I see, invite people into vulnerability at a pace that feels doable, and help the group stay grounded in the bigger question of who they want to become in their relationships and communities. My hope is that men experience me as someone who can hold both their responsibility and their humanity at the same time.

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