Therapy for the stuff we don’t talk about
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.
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.
Therapy for Grief
Grief can be one of the most painful experiences in life, often coming in unexpected ways and changing our lives forever. Often in grief, we find it hard to open up to our friends or family because they simply don’t get it or don’t know what to say.
Therapy can provide you with a space to say things out loud you might not be able to say with others, and to find support, encouragement, and constructive feedback to learn how to life your life without the person, place, or thing you loved.
Grief will never be “okay” and will likely never not hurt, but it doesn’t have to be so heavy and overwhelming. You don’t have to carry it alone.
“there’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for.”
J.R.R. Tolkein