You know how to handle things. What happens when handling everything is no longer working?

• You are often the capable or dependable person, but rarely feel supported yourself.
• Anger, defensiveness, withdrawal, or emotional distance keeps showing up in your relationships.
• You understand the argument after it happens but struggle to stay present while it is happening.
• You feel shame after conflict, mistakes, or losing control.
• You have difficulty recognizing or asking for what you need.
• Work, productivity, sex, substances, distraction, or isolation sometimes become ways to avoid what you are feeling.
• You want more meaningful connection but vulnerability feels unsafe, unfamiliar, or forced.
• You want to take greater responsibility without destroying yourself with shame.
• You are interested in understanding yourself alongside other men who may recognize parts of the experience.

You do not need a particular diagnosis, and you will not be required to disclose detailed trauma experiences to participate.

More Than “Fine” is an eight-week virtual relational process group for adults 21 and older who identify as men, including cisgender and transgender men. Participants across sexual orientations, racial and cultural identities, spiritual backgrounds, disabilities, neurotypes, and consensual relationship structures are welcome.

There is no single right way to be a man here. You will not be asked to perform vulnerability, share before you are ready, or agree with one particular idea of masculinity.

You will not be required to tell the group everything that has happened to you, disclose details before you are ready, or prove that you are willing to “go deep.”

The group may include facilitated conversation, body-based awareness, reflection, writing, relational practice, grounding, and experiential exercises. The work is informed by trauma therapy, parts-informed approaches, relational therapy, EMDR resourcing, Brainspotting principles, and restorative body-based practices.

An invitation is not a command. You can ask questions, name that something does not fit, decline to share personal details, or request that we slow down.

At the same time, this is a process group rather than a class or drop-in support group. Meaningful participation, regular attendance, respect for other members, and a willingness to examine your impact are expected.

This is not about becoming less strong. It is about having more room to choose what strength looks like.

These approaches inform Sasha’s facilitation, but the group is not a substitute for individualized trauma processing.

Each meeting will follow a predictable rhythm so participants know what to expect, while leaving enough room to attend to what is happening within the group.

1. Arrival and grounding
2. Brief individual check-in
3. A frame for the week’s focus
4. Reflection or experiential practice
5. Facilitated group process
6. Closing and reorientation

Depending on the session, participants may be invited to notice sensations, reflect in writing, practice language for a difficult conversation, explore a protective response, or consider what is happening between group members in the present moment.

• Attend from a private location in Texas, Oregon, Washington, or Colorado.
• Provide your physical location at the beginning of each virtual meeting when requested.
• Notify Sasha in advance about planned travel that could affect eligibility to attend.
• Do not participate while physically located in a state where Sasha is not authorized to provide psychotherapy.
• Do not participate while driving, working, intoxicated, or supervising children.
• Use headphones when needed to protect other members’ privacy.
• Do not record, photograph, screenshot, transcribe, or use AI meeting tools during the group.
• Do not allow another person to remain in the room or listen outside the camera’s view.
• Protect the identities and personal information of other group members.
• Understand that Sasha is legally and ethically responsible for maintaining confidentiality, but another participant’s confidentiality cannot be absolutely guaranteed.
• Provide an emergency contact as required for virtual psychotherapy.

What is shared in the room is expected to stay in the room, and every participant commits to that agreement before we begin. That commitment is an expectation we agree to together, not a guarantee I can enforce on someone else’s behalf.