Folsom has become one of the most accomplished communities in the Sacramento region. The men who have built their lives here have built what they set out to build. And something is shifting.
The identity that was built around building
In the work I do with men in Folsom and the surrounding Sacramento region, the presenting concern is often some version of the same story: a man who has built what he set out to build and found that the building did not produce what he expected it to produce.
The physician who held everyone else together
The second pattern I see consistently in men from Folsom is the physician, the attorney, or the senior professional who has spent a career holding everyone else together and has never been given the permission or the language to put the weight down.
What is shifting in 2026
The men reaching out to me from Folsom in 2026 are different from the men who reached out five years ago. Not in their wounds. The wounds are consistent across generations and geographies. But in their willingness to name what they are carrying.
The men reaching out to me from Folsom in 2026 are different from the men who reached out five years ago.
What the work looks like
The approach I use with men in Folsom is Life Telling Processing, a depth-oriented, narrative approach that treats the man's story as the primary clinical material. I offer virtual sessions to men throughout Folsom and the surrounding Sacramento region, and in-person sessions at my Fair Oaks office, which is a short drive from Folsom.