Growing up as a man in society brings unique gender, gender norms, and gender expression problems. Western culture brings with it sometimes unhelpful messages about masculinity: that men must be tough, not show emotions, enact violence, and gain power and status. Men are less likely to seek out mental health therapists than other genders. Men must recognize seeking treatment for mental health concerns doesn’t make them less masculine or manly. It implies that they acknowledge that their health is vital.
Available Treatment Options
Counselors can help men work through the hesitancy to talk about mental health within therapy sessions. Some men may benefit from seeing a therapist who also identifies as a man, as the shared knowledge of the impact of their gender can facilitate the healing process.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Men's Issues
Life can be complicated and overwhelming at times. In response to difficult situations people often lose sight of themselves, which can create internal conflict, leading to external issues. Integrity Counseling and Wellness provides individual, group, and family counseling to help create awareness and understanding of how to get back to 'Me'. Our approach to the internal conflict includes a...
This defines my view of being a therapist: "One of the greatest privileges of the human being is to become a midwife to the birth of the soul of another person. This is what therapy is about: helping people retrieve what has been lost to them, wakening and bringing home their fundamental wholesomeness” (from Plato's Symposium). John O’Donohue continues: “Therapists are like poets: they draw on ...
I practice a mix of cognitive behavioral as well as trauma focused therapy. My focus is a holistic approach to integrating a wellness model of healthy mind, body and spirit. I am passionate about the benefits of EMDR and working through past trauma and memories to fullfill a better overall wellbeing. I work with individuals with sexuality issues, trauma and issues with self regulation. I work w...
I am expert in and specialize in ADDICTION THERAPY. I offer a very personalized, interactive and non judgmental approach to therapy. Addiction, alcoholism, behavioral addictions, and relapse prevention are my primary areas of expertise. I also treat CO DEPENDENCE and anxiety. I welcome young adults, families, couples,and adult individuals. I also see Clients who have an established recovery...
Are you adjusting well to the restricted environment of the COVID 19 regulations. Is working from home overwhelming. Perhaps you are feeling anxious, stressed with life issues making you feel a lack of energy and drained. Then perhaps you're seeking a Family Consultant to assist with your needs and goal plans to assist you through this pandemic? Look no further because I am a specialist with...
Let's talk about it, and work together towards solutions. I really love assisting people in sorting out sticky points through talk therapy and providing genuineness that allows open communication to take place while we work together to get better....
I have worked in the mental health field for 35 years. During my career I have worked with a variety of patients including adolescents, adults, couples, and families. I have treated trauma exposure, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, mild autism spectrum disorders, and provided support for individuals in recovery. I believe that by focusing on and enhancing...
Life can seem like a barrage of stimuli hurling at us. This makes it difficult to listen quietly and to be led intuitively. How do You respond? We all react differently or sometimes even destructively, manifesting in attempts at control, or feeling insecure and compulsive. If one feels anxious, afraid, and uncertain while trying to do life, the struggle to figure things out can seem even less...
City Gate Life Recovery Center is a private agency with several therapists on staff. We deal primarily in relationship issues, substance/alcohol dependence and sexual addiction. At City Gate, men and women are guided through the stages of change, and can heal from past trauma. Evidence-based practice is utilized in a welcoming, confidential environment. Individual, couple and group counseling i...
Relationship counseling, sex addiction, sexual trauma, open relationships, affairs, betrayal, adult attachment injuries and professionals that want the most from their relationship and truly experience what all the fuss of a secure attachment is all about- have all had a place in my office. Couples therapy that is backed by research that shows success. Emotionally Focused Therapy is a model tha...
My goal is that folks feel hope when they leave my office. I believe that individuals, couples, and families are at times lacking the tools to get back on track after they have been derailed by life. I believe healing starts within the therapeutic relationship and I look forward to connecting with clients! My job is to help them on their journey in working toward a healthy outlook and better...
On parenting: Sometimes a man stands up during supper and walks outdoors, and keeps on walking, because of a church that stands somewhere in the East. And his children say blessings on him as if he were dead. And another man, who remains inside his own house, dies there, inside the dishes and in the glasses, so that his children have to go far out into the world toward that same church, which h...
I have been in private clinical practice for 17 years. I have specifically trained to work with children, adolescents, young adults and older adults. My time is spent fairly equally working with mental health and substance abuse issues. Likewise, I have chosen to not focus on one specific age group, finding it to be more satisfying to see various aged people. I spend the most time with young...
Unprocessed traumatic events produce overwhelming emotions causing distress and impairment to both your personal and professional life. I assist individuals in reprocessing negative core beliefs i.e., (“I don’t matter; I’m not good enough”) proven to decrease anger, anxiety & depression. I assist couples in identifying the problematic root cause of emotional distance by increasing their emotion...
Are you looking for a therapist who is not so quick to tell you what to do with your own life, yet cares enough to hold you accountable for your own success? Are you having sexual desire/performance problems that hinder your abilities to fully satisfy your mate? If yes, J.C. Belizaire is your therapist. I have more than 15 years of experience in the field and hold a Ph.D. in clinical sexology. ...
