Below you'll find feedback from various clients:
Specializing in the design and delivery of transformative, experiential education.
Testimonials
Since January 2013, David Hatfield has facilitated a series of trainings for a group of 7 male Windermere staff to prepare them in developing a “Young Men’s Group” there. The group diverse in role and age includes administrators and student support staff. In these training workshops, we explore our own perspectives and history on masculinity and have created a... read more
Gavin Clark
Community Schools Coordinator, Windermere Secondary, Vancouver.
Manology is a safe place to be real, to discover more about who you are, and to experience other men [and sometimes women] being honest, open, authentic, vulnerable, and mutually respectful and caring. The course has offered an amazing array of experiential activities...breathwork, movement, creative practices, ceremony, games, give-aways, and food sharing! All... read more
Sequoia Thom, MA
The most important thing I’ve learned from this session is how important it is for the genders to be separated in the rites process so that both can be recognized and honored. This training helped me to see how youth create their own rites of passage in the absence of structured/formal ones, and how dangerous that can be.
City of Eugene
Department of Recreation, and Oregon Youth Authority, Oregon, USA
Authentic Facilitation was, for me, a pivotal time and an opportunity to learn and deeply experience possibilities for interacting with others for greater effectiveness in the intention of finding wise decisions, well and enjoyably made. I also experienced important breakthroughs in my practice as a facilitator. David Hatfield’s humanity, experience, systems thinking... read more
Arifin Graham
MA - Leadership, Principal - Alaris Design + Consultation
There’s a great mix of men at Manology: age, race, sexual orientation; it’s all there. And there’s a genuine spirit of welcome and inquiry in the group—no orthodoxy, just a bunch of smart, emotionally open guys exploring issues of maleness.
Colin Thomas
Theatre Critic, The Georgia Straight