Conversations on Black Masculinity, Mental Health, and Lived Experience
Black Men on the Couch is a platform centred on conversations about Black men’s mental health, wellbeing, and lived experience.
Developed through years of therapeutic practice and reflection, it creates space for dialogue that is thoughtful, honest, and grounded in lived experience.
Features
Purpose, Potential and Possibility
Insight
It explores how identity, masculinity, and life experience shape emotional wellbeing, through dialogue, storytelling, and shared insight.
Conversation
The platform is grounded in the belief that open and thoughtful conversation can deepen understanding — of ourselves and each other.
Connect with Community Support
Join discussions and share experiences with fellow Black men to foster healing and understanding.
Developed by psychotherapist Rotimi Akinsete, this work draws on over 20 years of experience in counselling, psychotherapy, and community engagement. It reflects a longstanding interest in how Black men in the UK encounter, understand, and access spaces for emotional support and reflection.The platform emerged from the recognition that Black men have historically been underrepresented both in accessing talking therapies and within the profession itself. At the same time, there has been a need to make these spaces more visible, relevant, and accessible.Black Men on the Couch responds to this by creating opportunities for reflection, insight, and dialogue — bringing together lived experience and professional understanding in ways that are engaging and grounded in real-world contexts.This is an evolving body of work, rooted in the belief that personal reflection has the potential to create wider social impact.
