Anthony Joyce

Men may be best left alone for therapy

New research confirms what most women have probably known all along: most men aren't really good at sharing their feelings. The findings come from a study of the differences between men's and women's responses to short-term group psychotherapy. The results, which have been published in the latest edition of Psychotherapy Research, indicate that women generally had better outcomes in both supportive and interpretive short-term group therapy relative to men. The research also showed that men were less committed to their therapy groups and were perceived by other group members to be less compatible than women.