My name is Sean Mortenson. I’m a licensed therapist and the founder of Union Lodge. I sit with men (and their partners) everyday. I see the stress and the wounds they’re carrying. I see the problems they bring on themselves and their lack of tools to understand their own inner worlds, let alone share them with someone else. I see the tragic visions of masculinity capturing imaginations. I see therapy being reduced to absurd tropes. And I see men trying to navigate it all in isolation, partly because they’ve been told that’s what men do.

I’ve worked to create honest, healthy community for decades, as a pastor (in my former life) and now as a therapist. I’ve gained some hard earned wisdom in that time, challenging norms and navigating unhealthy systems. Union Lodge is an application of the lessons I’ve learned in response to a need I can’t ignore. There is already a beautiful, in-person community forming around the vision. I’d love your support to help bring that vision to its full potential.