A 16-Week Attachment Repair Cohort for Men

What This Is

A structured group process for men who are competent, responsible, and exhausted by how hard it is to stay that way.

You function well professionally. You're dependable. People count on you. But relationships feel harder than they should. You withdraw when conflict arises. You solve problems instead of staying present. You feel more comfortable alone than vulnerable.

This isn't about becoming a "better man." It's about repairing the attachment patterns that keep you from being fully present, connected, and alive in your relationships.

Who This Is For

You're a good fit if you:

  • Are 30-60 years old

  • Are professionally successful but relationally struggling

  • Are a father who wants to break generational patterns

  • Are in a relationship strained by emotional unavailability

  • Are willing to be vulnerable in a group of men

  • Can commit to 16 weeks without missing sessions

This is specifically for men who:

  • Withdraw or shut down during conflict

  • Over-function at work, under-function at home

  • Feel more comfortable solving problems than feeling feelings

  • Were raised with dismissive or anxious attachment

  • Want their kids to have better than they got

  • Are tired of performing competence while feeling empty

You're not a good fit if you:

  • Are in active addiction or acute mental health crisis

  • Are looking for networking or a social group

  • Want advice rather than deep work

  • Aren't willing to practice vulnerability

What Happens in 16 Weeks

Phase 1: Foundation (Weeks 1-2)

  • Attachment assessment and mapping

  • Understanding your protective strategies

  • Group safety and agreements

  • Introduction to Ideal Parent Figure Protocol

Phase 2: Developmental Repair (Weeks 3-10)

Guided visualization through developmental stages:

  • Infancy: learning "I matter, my needs are valid"

  • Early childhood: "I can explore and return safely"

  • Play age: "I'm delightful, I'm wanted"

  • School age: "I'm capable, I'm supported"

  • Adolescence: "I can be myself and still belong"

Phase 3: Integration (Weeks 11-14)

  • Applying secure attachment to current relationships

  • Practicing staying present when activated

  • Repair work with partners, kids, colleagues

  • Differentiating from actual parents

Phase 4: Consolidation (Weeks 15-16)

  • Deepening internalization

  • Sustainable daily practice

  • Group completion and alumni network

The Format

16 consecutive weeks
90 minutes per session
8-10 men per cohort
Tuesdays 7-8:30pm PST

Each session includes:

  • Brief check-in

  • Short teaching on attachment and development

  • Guided Ideal Parent Figure visualization (20-30 minutes)

  • Group integration and reflection

  • Practice assignment for the week

Between sessions:

  • Daily 10-minute IPF practice

  • Optional peer accountability partnerships

  • Access to guided audio recordings

What Makes This Different

Not Therapy-In-A-Group
This isn't individual therapy with an audience. The group itself is the therapeutic agent. Men witnessing each other's vulnerability creates the safety to go deeper.

Not A Men's Social Circle
This isn't networking or brotherhood-building (though those happen). It's clinical attachment repair using a structured protocol. There's homework, commitment, and real work.

Not Performance-Based
You're not learning how to "be a secure man." You're repairing the nervous system patterns that prevent security from emerging naturally. There's no ideal to perform—only capacity to develop.

Research-Backed Method
The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol has evidence backing its effectiveness for attachment repair. This isn't men's weekend retreat mysticism—it's neurobiology.

Investment

$5,500 for 16 weeks

This includes:

  • 16 guided group sessions (24 hours total)

  • Guided IPF audio recordings for home practice

  • Written materials and developmental frameworks

  • Email support between sessions

  • Alumni group access after completion

Payment plans available (3 monthly installments)

Why this investment? This is specialized clinical work using a rare protocol facilitated by IAT-certified clinicians. You're not paying for generic coaching—you're paying for neurobiological attachment repair that changes the foundation of how you relate.

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Bi-Weekly Men’s Group Therapy

  • A bi-weekly psychotherapy space where men of all ages can come together in a safe, judgment-free environment to talk, feel, reflect, and connect. Process is the key word here—because most of us were never taught how to name our emotions, let alone feel supported while doing so.

In this group, you’ll:

  • Talk honestly about whatever’s on your mind

  • Receive and offer support

  • Explore how others experience you

  • Identify patterns in your life—both helpful and harmful

  • Build more intention and meaning in how you live and relate

We believe that growth happens in connection. As social beings, one of our greatest untapped powers is collaboration. Together, we explore what it means to be a man in a rapidly evolving world—and who we want to become within it.

Meets bi-weekly in Los Feliz

Email chris@losfelizpsychotherapy.com with questions or to join.