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Therapy For men

Being a man often means being strong, stable, and stoic. It also tends to mean guys don’t have a safe place to fall apart when life becomes unmanageable.

Masculinity is at its best when a guy knows and accepts all parts of himself, even the parts that hold big feelings of anger, fear, pain, guilt, and shame. But, very few guys are raised with the skills it takes to be authentic with themselves, much less with the people in their lives. This often leads to issues in friendships, in marriage, and in parenting.

Therapy can help men develop language and skills to be more authentic, to be more healthy in their masculinity, and to be the positive influence in the lives of their loved ones that they were always meant to be.

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Therapy for growth

Life changes, especially the unexpected and unwanted changes, can be traumatic. Trauma is defined not by what happened to us, but by how our hearts, minds, and bodies respond to what happened to us. Whether you have experienced "big" or "little" traumas, you have had experiences which have changed the way you see yourself and the world around you.

Therapy can help you turn post-traumatic stress into post-traumatic growth. You can reclaim the life you want to live and make peace with the parts of your story that hurt you. As you learn to trust your heart, mind, and body again, you will also learn to trust in safe relationships and in your own intuition and strength.

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Therapy for ladies

Just because I specialize in male psychology doesn’t mean I don’t also work with women - a specialty is not an exclusion!

While gender differences exist, many women also grow up feeling they are the stable foundation of their home and family. The pressure to maintain relationships and appear “put together” can also make vulnerability difficult.

Therapy can help women learn to express their emotions more effectively, to accept all parts of themselves, and to be the best wife, mother, friend, sister, and daughter they can be.

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“there’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for.”

J.R.R. Tolkein