Men's Issues
My Approach to Therapy
I honor the courage that it takes to begin therapy. If we were to work together, our therapy would involve focusing on how to relate to yourself differently, learning new skills, and learning ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Our first few sessions are spent getting to know each other to make sure that I am the right fit to help you meet your goals and needs. We will collaboratively work together to best make an individualized plan for treatment.
We all receive messages from our culture, our family, from media, and society at large regarding gender and gender roles that strongly impact our development. Men in particular may receive somewhat rigid messages regarding what it means to be a man that heavily influence their development, relationships, sexuality, self-esteem, self-efficacy, career development and emotional life.
Some men receive a message that something must be "wrong" with them if they seek help, support or pursue counseling. If you feel this way, its so important to know that you are not alone. In my view, seeking support is a sign of courage, health and strength. Many, many men pursue therapy and through therapy find ways to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. Therapy is your opportunity to focus on you!
Having worked at the Fort Worth Veteran Affairs Outpatient clinic, I have had the privilege to work extensively with a variety of men in therapy.
Issues I have worked on with men in therapy include:
I honor the courage that it takes to begin therapy. If we were to work together, our therapy would involve focusing on how to relate to yourself differently, learning new skills, and learning ways to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. Our first few sessions are spent getting to know each other to make sure that I am the right fit to help you meet your goals and needs. We will collaboratively work together to best make an individualized plan for treatment.
We all receive messages from our culture, our family, from media, and society at large regarding gender and gender roles that strongly impact our development. Men in particular may receive somewhat rigid messages regarding what it means to be a man that heavily influence their development, relationships, sexuality, self-esteem, self-efficacy, career development and emotional life.
Some men receive a message that something must be "wrong" with them if they seek help, support or pursue counseling. If you feel this way, its so important to know that you are not alone. In my view, seeking support is a sign of courage, health and strength. Many, many men pursue therapy and through therapy find ways to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives. Therapy is your opportunity to focus on you!
Having worked at the Fort Worth Veteran Affairs Outpatient clinic, I have had the privilege to work extensively with a variety of men in therapy.
Issues I have worked on with men in therapy include:
- depression
- anxiety
- coping with perfectionism
- managing inner critics
- expressing anger in a healthy way
- stress management
- relationship issues and family issues
- sexuality issues
- parenting and life stage issues
- transitioning through career changes and transitioning to retirement
- grief/loss
- divorce or marital separation
- coping with chronic medical and/or health issues
- trauma (e.g. sexual abuse, racial trauma, combat trauma, military sexual trauma, rape, trauma experienced in the context of religion among others).