MisterHealth Training Institute

Clinical education for the conversations most training programs still avoid

Build the confidence to recognize male distress, talk about sexual health without shame, and work more effectively with the men you serve.

Because recognizing a diagnosis is not the same as knowing how to start the conversation.

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Self-paced learning · Practical clinical tools · Real-world conversations

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Missed

What Gets Missed

Men are not necessarily unwilling to talk. They may not have the language, trust, safety, or previous experience needed to talk honestly.

And many of the professionals trying to help them were never given enough training to navigate these conversations. That is the gap the Institute was created to close.

Men do not always tell us they are struggling.

Sometimes depression looks like irritability.

Sometimes anxiety looks like control.

Sometimes shame sounds like a joke.

Or two words: “I’m fine.”

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How It Actually Shows Up

What it looks like, and what it may actually be

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The Read

“I’m fine” is a performance. Learn to hear what it is covering.

Whole

The Whole Man

Mental health and sexual health do not live in separate boxes

Traditional professional education separates mental health, physical health, relationships, and sexuality into different categories. Real people do not work that way.

If we only address the most visible symptom, we can miss the person underneath it.

The Institute helps professionals see the whole man, and respond with greater confidence, curiosity, clinical precision, and respect.

Outcomes

Training Outcomes

Training that changes what you do next

The real question is whether it changes what happens when you get back to your office.

This is education built for real work with real people, not sanitized conversations that only sound good in a classroom.

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Free — 1 CE

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Beyond “Man Up”: An Introduction to Men’s Mental Health

The course every helping professional should take before assuming a man who says “I’m fine” is actually fine.

This free, self-paced introductory course explores how male distress can present differently, why many men delay asking for help, and what professionals can do to create more productive conversations.

Get Free Access and Earn 1 CE

Currently approved for 1 continuing-education credit through NASW Connecticut. Even if you do not need the CE credit, you will leave with practical ideas you can begin using immediately.

Inside the training, you will learn how to

Six Objectives

For social workers, counselors, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, sex therapists, medical professionals, social-service providers, educators, graduate students, supervisors, and other helping professionals.

Library

The Training Library

Go deeper than the free course

A growing library of education for conversations you were expected to handle but never taught to navigate.

Two courses live Three almost ready NASW/CT approved CE Self-paced, web-based

01 $49 — Live

The PORN Model™: From Autopilot to Intention

2 NASW/CT CE CreditsWeb-BasedLifetime Access

Move beyond polarized conversations about pornography. The PORN Model™ provides a practical, sex-positive, non-shaming framework for understanding pornography use within the context of patterns, function, agency, relationships, values, and sexual wellbeing.

Professionals learn how to address concerns without automatically dismissing the behavior or labeling every use pattern as an addiction.

Downloadable WorkbookAssessment FrameworkTreatment Planning GuideSlide Deck

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6-CE comprehensive edition in development

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Areas

Additional Training Areas

The curriculum keeps expanding

Education in development across the areas professionals ask about most, including the clinical frameworks Dr. Stokes built: the MISTER Method™, the PORN Model™, and the CONNECT Model™.

Continuing education requirements vary by profession, licensing board, and jurisdiction. Each course page states its format, credit hours, approving body, and completion requirements. Participants are responsible for confirming acceptance with their own licensing authority before registering.

Reach

Who It Is For

Created for professionals across systems

These concerns do not only appear in therapy offices.

They appear in primary-care appointments, emergency departments, schools, colleges, community agencies, employee-assistance programs, social-service organizations, medical-specialty practices, faith communities, and family-support programs.

A provider in conversation with a male client — Outpatient & primary care

A man in a telehealth session — Telehealth

A man taking a break at work — Workplace & EAP

A man at a window — Community & agencies

You do not have to be a sex therapist to talk responsibly about sexual health.

You do not have to specialize in men to become more effective at reaching them.

You need the right language, a strong framework, and a willingness to have the conversations others avoid.

Direct

Our Educational Philosophy

Practical. Direct. Sex-positive. Shame-aware.

We do not teach professionals to treat every behavior as a disorder. We also do not minimize distress, relationship harm, loss of control, or legitimate clinical concerns. We teach professionals how to remain curious long enough to understand what is actually happening.

Staying Curious Long Enough

What that actually looks like in the room

What’s Inside

Dr. Michael Stokes

LMHC • LPC • AASECT Certified Sex Therapist
Educator, Speaker, Founder of MisterHealth®

His work sits at the intersection of men’s mental health, sexual health, relationships, intimacy, identity, shame, and the cultural pressures that influence how men understand themselves.

Dr. Stokes created the Training Institute because too many professionals are expected to address complex concerns involving sexuality and male distress without being given enough practical education to do so confidently.

His teaching style is direct, approachable, sex-positive, shame-aware, culturally responsive, and grounded in the realities of professional practice.

Curiosity opens clinical doors that judgment quickly closes.

Learn With Dr. Stokes

A man at his desk, lost in thought — At his desk

A man taking a moment after a meeting — After the meeting

A couple in conversation — With his partner

A clinician with a male client — In the room

A man leaving an office — On the way out

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Speaking & In-House Training

Bring the Institute to your organization

Your organization does not need another generic presentation that employees forget the following week.

Training may be delivered through live workshops, virtual presentations, customized programs, continuing-education events, or organizational partnerships. Topics can be selected from the existing library or built around the needs of your team and the populations you serve.

Who We Train

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Talks Built for Professional Audiences

Answers

Questions, answered

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One Last Thing

The men you serve may not ask for help in the way you expect

But they are still communicating. Through anger. Through avoidance. Through overworking. Through sexual concerns. Through relationship conflict. Through substance use. Through shutdown. Through the pressure to handle everything alone.

Professionals who understand these patterns can begin conversations that other systems miss.

Better conversations can change the direction of a man’s life.

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MisterHealth Training Institute provides professional education for men’s mental health, sexual health, relationships, intimacy, and the conversations that matter. Continuing education approval, eligibility, and acceptance may vary by profession, licensing board, and jurisdiction. Participants are responsible for reviewing individual course details and confirming acceptance with their applicable licensing authority. Professionals should apply course material within the boundaries of their training, role, licensure, and scope of practice.