Al Heystek, therapist with the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan has appeared on several Revealing Men podcast segments. He’s spoken about sex addiction, men’s relationship with anger, and helping men recover from trauma.  In this segment, Heystek and Randy Flood, psychotherapist, and Director of the Men’s Resource Center discuss how men’s support groups can [...]

Trey Sumner, lead facilitator for the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan’s Altogether Boys program returns to the Revealing Men podcast to talk about his experience in the armed services and how he developed into a pro-feminist male while serving in the military. Sumner served for 26 years and four deployments. His military duties included [...]

As a psychotherapist and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan, Randy Flood can tell you that domestic violence is non-discriminating. It happens regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, social-economic status, culture, or occupation. Flood has counseled men who perpetrate domestic violence and claim to be victims as a means of avoiding accountability [...]

Trey Sumner is the lead facilitator of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan’s Altogether Boys program. The program works with young men in middle school to help them develop a fuller version of what it means to be a man. Sumner talks about Altogether Boys and his involvement in an earlier Revealing Men segment. [...]

The Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan offers in-person and online counseling for men who are abusers and those who have themselves been abused. It’s where Dan Beelen came when he needed to set his life aright. And, it’s where he learned to manage his fear and anger. For this Revealing Men podcast, Beelen returns [...]

Jim Padilla DeBorst grew up in a tight-knit, conservative community in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From there, he traveled to locations around the globe, including the African continent and Latin America, where he’s made his home for 30 years. Padilla DeBorst belongs to Casa Adobe, an intentional Christian community in Costa Rica, is a missionary with [...]

Ken Porter is a Hakomi-trained somatic therapist. Somatic therapy focuses on integrating the mind, body, and emotion. A somatic perspective helps individuals access their emotions and understand how those emotions are kept under control. Porter provides individual therapy at the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan and co-facilitates men’s support groups there. A while ago, [...]

The Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan provides a comprehensive selection of specialized programs offering individual and group counseling services for men of all ages, and programs designed for boys and the adults who care for them. An uptick among young adults in the phenomenon known as “failure to launch” led the Center to establish [...]

Randy Flood, psychotherapist, and Director of the Men’s Resource Center of West Michigan assists men and boys to move beyond the limits placed on masculinity by outdated stereotypes and notions. Much of his work involves equipping them with the insight and tools they need to more fully develop their strengths and positive masculine energy in [...]

Zach Flood entered college thinking he would follow in his father’s footsteps: providing counseling and therapy services to boys and men. When those plans changed, Zach entered the world of professional sales and management. But despite his success, he felt something was missing. In this conversation, Zach and his father, Randy Flood, psychotherapist, and Director [...]