Men’s Mental Health: Transforming Lives for a Better Future | @caroline-cavanagh

2 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker highlights a dramatic increase in men—and increasingly teenage boys—seeking therapy over the past decade, noting that men now represent roughly 20‑25% of his client base compared to virtually none ten years ago. He attributes this change to a cultural shift away from traditional macho, ego‑driven identities toward a desire for self‑improvement, emphasizing that men view therapy as a way to become better fathers, husbands, and employees. The speaker also suggests that this new mindset can be contagious, potentially creating lasting positive effects for future generations.

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Yeah, I mean, what I'm seeing, if I looked at my client base 10 years ago to now, I hardly saw any men therapeutically 10 years ago, but now they're probably, I don't know, 1 in 4, 1 in 5. And what I commonly see is a man or, you know, a teenage boy, which is even better because if you can help them at this age— Yeah, 100%. Wow, what a change in their future you're going to create. But it's people saying, I want to be a better version of me. Mm. It's no longer about the ego or, you know, thumping chests and He-Man. It's all about recognizing I could be a better version of me, and that makes me a better dad, a better husband, a better employee. Yeah, recognizing. And that, I think, is something that really could be contagious.