If he feels stone-walled and still doesn't want to go, she can encourage him to pursue couples therapy with her. This makes sense and piggy-backs on a conversation I had with Milwaukee psychiatrist William Houghton. Men will leave therapy if they feel too vulnerable before they are fully invested in the process. We therapists discussed society's collusion to cover up male depression. For some reason, it's easier to say our men are afraid of intimacy, addicted to their work or alcoholic, than it is to say a man has depression.
Depression is a disorder that affects chemicals in the brain called neurotransmitters.
There is medication for this. Research shows that combining the medication with talk psychotherapy offers the best prognosis. Difficulty concentrating and making decisions. Loss of libido. Feelings of hopelessness and unhappiness.