Weekend of Recovery Facilitator Team
MenHealing E.D. & Facilitator Team Manager
Jim is a lifelong social justice activist. He created one of the earliest Peace Studies Programs in the country at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the late 1960s. He began to work with male survivors in 1976 and has experience working in a wide range of clinical settings: child protective services, residential treatment, in-patient hospitals, community agencies, and private practice.
Jim was a co-organizer of one of the earliest conferences (1988) to address concerns of non-offending male survivors. In 1995, he was a founding member of the National Organization Against Sexual Victimization of Males (currently MaleSurvivor.org). He has been a member of the Weekends of Recovery Facilitator Team since 2003. In 2017, Jim was instrumental in the incorporation of MenHealing and has served as Executive Director since that time.
He is a nationally known Conference presenter and frequently conducts clinical workshops and trainings. His has a wide range of clinical expertise, including trauma, conflict resolution, mindfulness, dissociation, and resilience. In 2010 he was the recipient of the Richard Gartner Outstanding Services Award.
Publications for Jim include: “Dancing With the Patriarchy: The Politics of Sexual Abuse” (1990); “The Ethical Use of Touch in Psychotherapy” (co-author: 1997); “Beyond the Gay/Straight Binary: Gender and/or Sexually Diverse Male Survivors” (co-author: 2018); “Empowering Male Survivors to Heal Through Community and Peer Connections” (co-author: 2018) and “Clinical Perspectives About Male Sexual Victimization: The Cultural and Historical Context of Gender” (co-author, 2020).
Jim is primarily based in Bellingham, WA while working and living part-time in Salt Lake City. In addition to his work with social justice concerns, he is an avid outdoor adventurer, including skiing, biking, and hiking.
Website: jimstruve.com
