Local Author Seeks Submissions from Abused Men

Article here. Great to see it in the news, too. Excerpt:

'ANN ARBOR, MI--Therapist and author Ken Land is seeking true, first-person accounts of men who have suffered abuse in relationships with women. The Ann Arbor-based therapist began the project in 2006 as an effort to raise awareness and support for male victims of abuse. Land is the Founder and Clinical Director of The Counseling Center of Ann Arbor, a comprehensive outpatient mental health and substance abuse clinic located in downtown Ann Arbor since 1983.

"Men are often victims of physical, verbal, and emotional abuse in relationships," says Land. "Their stories go untold for a variety of reasons: shame, guilt, feeling 'unmanly' and the justifiable belief that now one will believe them. And the criminal justice system is often either unresponsive, dismissive or biased in the favor of the woman."

The project is a collection of true stories from men all over the world, who will finally have the opportunity to be heard. Mr. Land will annotate these stories, explore psychological underpinnings, find common themes and attempt to explore possible answers to the question, “Why does the man stay attached to the abuser?”'