We Need to Talk
Luke Ambler knows better than most. He’s the co-founder of Andy’s Man Club, a peer support service created in 2016 following the death by suicide of his brother-in-law. Now with 55 groups across the UK, Ambler is at the forefront of a revolution in how men deal with mental ill-health.
“To walk into a counsellor’s office takes real courage. For most guys, once they’ve got through that door, the weight is lifted”
However, while men being open, honest and willingly talking about their feelings has at least started to be normalised, major obstacles are still preventing many from receiving the care they need, especially when it comes to talking therapy. A recent study in the American Journal of Men’s Health, based on data from Australia, found that 44 per cent of men who accessed therapy dropped out prematurely, with
