about the authors of

David Coates

David Coates saw men like those featured in Be Less Dickish while practicing psychotherapy in San Francisco and has worked very hard to be less dickish himself. He has led mens groups, couples retreats, been an adjunct faculty member at the California Institute of Integral Studies, John F. Kennedy University, and taught internationally.

He currently resides in places warmer than San Francisco and continues to travel, write, teach, and support men, women, and couples in figuring things out.