Heavy M.E.T.A.L (Men's Education Towards Anger & Life) Group

Heavy M.E.T.A.L (Men’s Education Towards Anger & Life) Group delivers Mental Health Programs focused on men’s behavioural change and anger management, founded in Victoria in 2004 by David Nugent.

• The program is built around structured Assessment Interviews to confirm a participant’s motivation before he joins, followed by group facilitation addressing physical, coercive, financial, social, verbal, emotional and sexual abuse rather than anger alone.
• The founder holds a Graduate Certificate in Social Science for Male Family Violence from Swinburne University of Technology and a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling from La Trobe University, and is a member of the Australian Counselling Association.
• He previously facilitated men’s groups at Dandenong Community Health, Box Hill Community Health and Relationships Australia for over five years before establishing his own program.
• A senior facilitator has worked with hundreds of men in the field of men’s behavioural change for close to a decade, and the organisation describes itself as active in this field for over 20 years.

Best for: men, or their partners on their behalf, seeking a structured behavioural change program to address anger, abuse or controlling behaviour before it escalates to separation, police or court involvement.

Heavy M.E.T.A.L (Men’s Education Towards Anger & Life) Group also offers Counselling and Psychotherapy alongside its group program, supporting both participants and their families.

• Enquiries are handled directly by the founder, who is available by phone to speak with either partner and explain how the program works before a participant commits.
• A team counsellor holds Level 4 registered membership of the Australian Counselling Association and is a member of the College of Clinical Supervisors, providing an interagency service for the women and children of program participants.
• Individual counselling sits alongside the group behavioural change work, aimed at helping men take responsibility for past behaviour and rebuild safer family relationships.

Best for: families of program participants who need a separate point of counselling support while a partner completes the behavioural change program.