A map, drawn from thirty years of listening.

Founder · Author of the Emotional Growth Map

Stephen L. Cervantes

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) · Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) · M.M.F.T.

Stephen is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist with more than 25 years of counseling experience. He holds a Master’s in Marriage & Family Studies, is the founder of Hope Counseling in San Antonio, where he counsels men, women and couples, and the founder of the Doctor Marriage ministry.

“I’ve spent my entire career studying people’s emotional systems. I’ve learned how to help someone listen to their own dialog and figure out what’s wrong in terms of their thought process.” His message to every man who walks in: you are not broken. You are running a broken emotional system you built unintentionally as you grew up, and it can be fixed or replaced.

He has personally counseled hundreds of men and couples and led more than forty men’s intensive weekends with over 250 men; out of those rooms came the Emotional Growth Map. He is the author of five workbooks, including The Growth Map Workbook, hosts a podcast with roughly 30,000 subscribers, and has been married for more than thirty years.

Chief Technology Officer · Co-author · Publisher

Owen Eskew

M.S. Artificial Intelligence (UTSA) · MBA · USAF veteran

Owen is the Chief Technology Officer of Mapping Manhood and the Doctor Marriage ministry, where he integrates technology, faith-driven insight and digital innovation to support healing and stronger relationships. He builds the platform you are reading, the courses, and the AI tools behind them.

He co-authors the Mapping Manhood material with Stephen and Timothy, adapted The Growth Map for publication, and runs ONSQ Enterprise Press, the series’ publisher. He is the author of the Malachi Man book series, focused on helping men become better husbands and fathers, and of The Vigilant Spirit Dream Journal. He writes from personal experience, as a man who has walked the journey from emotional disconnection toward genuine presence in his own marriage.

Owen holds a master’s in artificial intelligence from UTSA and an MBA, serves U.S. Air Force programs as a contractor, and writes Image in the Machine on Substack. He lives in New Braunfels, Texas, with his wife and four sons.

Co-author · Curriculum & training design

Timothy Bergkvist

18+ years in training and education

Timothy co-authors the Mapping Manhood courses and The Growth Map with Stephen. He has over 18 years of experience in training and education, and has delivered professional and technical training, performed training analysis, development and evaluation for corporate, government and contract settings.

He turns the map into something a group of men can actually walk through: session structure, facilitator guides, the workbook sequence and the way the 12-week program is taught.