When Salvation Army facilitator Mike Donovan launches Tauranga's men-only Positive Lifestyle Programme next week he believes his biggest hurdle will be getting them to talk.
The counsellor was looking forward to discussing self awareness and exploring topics including anger, depression, stress, loneliness, grief and loss but said he would take one session at a time to see where they led.
"I am hoping the guys will talk for the start and that will be a big challenge. I think this programme is really trying to meet a need for guys ... they like to achieve life by themselves but this is a way for guys to get together and I hope they will be able to talk about some of those things that may be impacting on them.
I am hoping the guys will talk for the start and that will be a big challenge.
"We may provide a counselling service for some guys who want to take it a bit further and journey a bit deeper with some of the topics that may be significant to them."