Under Pressure: Articles for Men Navigating Emotional Disconnection at Home

Why Couples Therapy Fails So Many Men

by: Alyssa Stines, LCSW, CSATPublished on: 04/03/2026

Many men enter couples therapy willing to try, and leave feeling misunderstood, outpaced, or shut down. This is not a failure of effort. It is a capacity problem, and it is fixable.