Periods of change are inevitable. During significant transitions, many people discover issues that they never addressed in the past, or find questions about meaning and direction. I particularly enjoy working with individuals to develop an understanding of themselves, their motivations, and their values so that they can find a path through the following::
It might be odd to think of "men" as a specialty, but "men's issues" only means that I come to this work with focused on how men's experiences throughout life are shaped by societal expectations of them as men. For men, issues like trauma, divorce and separation, parenting, sex, and work can come with feelings of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and anger, because they learn that they should not struggle or need support. I am passionate about helping men work through these challenges, expand their understanding of themselves, and find what is right for them.
I work with those who want to move past dependence or addiction ( to substances, but also porn/sex, risk, and relationships). I help those who feel "recovered" life is missing something (stimulation, meaning, or purpose). My life experience has given me a respect for the many different pathways to recovery and I honor the client's understanding of what addiction and recovery mean in their life. I partner with these clients to shed shame, develop an understanding of what addiction gives/gave them, and find purpose and meaning for themselves to continue in a different way.
Many of my clients begin therapy because they feel relationships have never felt quite right, they lose themselves, fight often, or have difficulty feeling like "enough". I also work with clients navigating new relationship boundaries/forms like ENM, polyamory, marriage, and coparenting. Together, we confront feelings and behaviors around attachment in our therapeutic relationship so clients find genuine, deep ways of connecting beyond the therapy room.
"Therapy isn't curing somebody of something; it is a means of helping a person explore himself, his life, his consciousness." - Rollo May