Healing Outreach to Men Everywhere
H.O.M.E. is a workbook that was originally designed for placement on the tablets of incarcerated survivors. We are pleased to announce that a print version of the book is now available for friends and families, to help them better understand the impact of sexual trauma on the lives of men, and to inspire hope for healing. The book is an invitation for the reader to come HOME to himself and HOME to a community of other men who are healing from sexual trauma. It is beautifully illustrated, and highly accessible. It is interactive both as an eBook and as a print book, containing 21 video and audio files that can directly accessed through the eBook version, and accessed through QR codes built into the pages of the print version.
H.O.M.E. is currently available in 1421 Correctional Facilities in 46 states in the U.S., accessible free of charge on the electronic tables of over 1,000,000 incarcerated individuals. The print version of H.O.M.E. is now available for purchase directly from MenHealing’s portal (below), as well as through other vendors such as Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
Purchase H.O.M.E. Workbook
This self-published edition broadens H.O.M.E.’s reach and will generate a sustainable funding stream—allowing us to support even more men on their healing journeys. The soft cover workbook includes pages for journaling and responding to questionnaires, with access to the online video and audio files.
The H.O.M.E. Workbook is Also Available at: Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
Project History
This initiative began in September of 2021 when an alumnus from the Weekends of Recovery inspired us to provide educational and healing resources to the large population of men who are serving time behind bars and living with an unprocessed history of sexual trauma. We didn’t know at the outset that over 56% of incarcerated men have a history of sexual assault with little to no educational materials or support for healing for the survivors who are living behind bars. This knowledge provided even greater motivation for us to create a workbook that would be full of information about the psychological impact of sexual trauma as well provide many tools for healing.
We created a team of folks with psychological, emotional, and somatic expertise, a graphic artist, community experts who work regularly with incarcerated men, as well as returning citizens who are also survivors.
As a team we wrote, edited, collaborated, and leaned on each other’s experience and perspective to create a workbook that can be useful to men on the inside, friends and family members of incarcerated survivors, returning citizens, and to professionals who work with incarcerated survivors.
This groundbreaking project was four years in the making, developed entirely without government or foundation grants. Instead, MenHealing strategically invested General Operating Funds to support key staff and dedicated volunteers in designing this innovative resource. 100% of these funds come from individual donors like YOU.
Project Goals
- to provide information, insight, and hope for healing to some of our most vulnerable citizens
- to provide the eBook as a course that can be taken by incarcerated men, and a course that can be passed and presented to probation officers and parole boards as evidence of time spent on rehabilitation
- to provide print and electronic versions of the eBook that can be purchased on line by friends and families of incarcerated individuals to expand awareness of the impact of sexual assault on boys and men
- to provide a training tool for case managers, therapists and prison staff to better understand and interact with this large population of incarcerated survivors
- to create a second edition of the book for Mental Health centers, Rape Crisis centers and the general public that can be distributed for learning or as a training manual for staff for the treatment of male sexual trauma
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Clinical Services Manager
PhD, PC
Sandi is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Columbus, Ohio, and has been a facilitator for the Weekends of Recovery for MenHealing since 2006 and Taking Back Ourselves since 2014.
Sandi sees herself as providing a context within which trauma can be understood as part of the landscape of the soul, and healing can lay the foundation for the development and expression of the authentic self. She has worked for many years with victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse and with families who struggle to love and heal both. She is versed in working with the patterns of thinking and behavior that grow out of the effort to cope with abuse, such as depression, dissociation, use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs, etc.
Her interests in archetypal psychology, body awareness, and the healing power of meditation have added breadth and depth to her work with individuals who are seeking to heal from past traumas and who desire new ground for a relationship with the present.
Creative Services Manager
For over 15 years, Jordan has dedicated his career to transforming personal experiences of human trafficking and sexual violence into powerful advocacy for the healing of male survivors. As a trauma-informed trainer, speaker, and consultant, he collaborates with governments, NGOs, law enforcement agencies, researchers, and community service providers worldwide. His work, deeply rooted in lived experience and storytelling, focuses on the impact of the socialization of men and boys on trauma healing. Jordan helps providers understand and address the intersectionality of trauma, masculinity, and the male experience, offering valuable insights for effective intervention and support.
A three-time Weekend of Recovery (WOR) alumnus, Jordan and has been collaborating with MenHealing ever since he attended his first WOR over 15 years ago. He now serves as the Creative Director for MenHealing, where he continues to support and advocate for male survivors.
Commitee Members
“David Juan (he/him/his) is a certified practitioner of Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises, a former substance abuse counselor, and a Weekend of Recovery alumni. For over 25 years, he has worked with men, women and juveniles involved in the criminal justice system. He is dedicated to protecting an individual’s dignity, grace and their right to heal.”
Dave Rini is lawyer specializing in sexual/intimate partner violence prevention, and currently serves as the systems advocacy senior director at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. There, he is responsible for overseeing and maintaining BARCC’s relationships with major local institutions that have a role in supporting survivors of sexual violence in their healing process. Dave has been with BARCC for close to two decades as first a community outreach volunteer and then staff member; he has served as a peer supervisor, part-time staff attorney, and then in 2015, he started BARCC’s Incarcerated Survivor Support Program, one of the first programs of its type in the country to support incarcerated survivors of sexual violence. Dave has served on the boards of local domestic violence agencies and women’s organizations. He has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Boston University and a J.D. from Northeastern University. He lives in the Boston suburbs with his partner, small dog, and toddler.
RSME, RSMT, CTP
Rich is a Registered Somatic Movement Educator, Movement Therapist, Certified Trauma Professional, Somatic & Mindfulness Educator, Body Awareness and Aikido Instructor based in the Chicago area. He’s worked with Somatic (Body Based), Embodiment, and Mindfulness practices for over twenty-five years. Through this experience, he teaches his students to create an open, caring, relaxed, powerful “BodyMind” state.
LCSW
Jim was a co-organizer of one of the earliest conferences (1988) to address concerns of non-offending male survivors. In 1995, he was a founding member of the National Organization Against Sexual Victimization of Males (currently MaleSurvivor.org). He has been a member of the Weekends of Recovery Facilitator Team since 2003. In 2017, Jim was instrumental in the incorporation of MenHealing and has served as Executive Director since that time.
PhD, LICDC-CS
Howard was the first Chairperson of the Weekend of Recovery program, which began in October 2001. In 2010, he became Co-Chair with Jim Struve. Howard has been featured as an expert on Oprah Winfrey’s 200 Men show, Dr. Phil, Katie, Huffington Post TV, and many nationally syndicated and local radio shows. In 2017 Howard retired from the WOR team after overseeing and helping to facilitate over 60 weekends for over 1200 men. In his Emeritus role, Howard continues to offer consultation to the team to help the new organization to thrive even more!