Male Loneliness and Fulfilling Friendships
Male loneliness is very common. How many healthy, emotionally-fulfilling friendships do you have with other men? Do you have a true best friend, another male companion who you feel comfortable enough…
EMDR Approved Consultation
Individual and Group EMDR Consultation Obtain Your EMDRIA Consultation Hours • Enhance and deepen your EMDR therapy skills • Keep up to date on the latest advances in EMDR therapy…
Fathers Who Have Survived Childhood Sex Abuse
Childhood Sexual Abuse, Masculinity, and the Struggles of Fatherhood Unique Childhood Experience and Fear of Repeating Abuse An often overlooked group is male survivors of childhood sex abuse. A quick…
PTSD and Male Gender Role Stress
PTSD from gender role stress. We're expected to maintain a certain type of temperament and to withhold expressing emotion. Men can suffer silently from this, always questioning if they are…
Suffering in Silence: Why It’s Hard for Men to Talk About Their Mental Health
Have you thought about why it's hard for men to talk about their mental health still in modern times? We all face different challenges in our lives. Whether these struggles…
EMDR and Depression: For Clinicians
What is EMDR Therapy? EMDR Therapy ("Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing") is a form of psychotherapy developed by Francine Shapiro, which was originally designed to alleviate symptoms associated with traumatic…
Pets Can Help You With Mindfulness (And Loneliness)
You might be saying, “duh” right now that pets can help you with mindfulness and loneliness. Or, maybe the connection isn’t as clear to you yet. Have you owned a pet before? (more…)
Attachment Styles: The Key to Forming Healthy Relationships
In our previous blog “Attachment Styles and How We Relate to Others” we talked about four main ways in which we tend to form our relationships and try to satisfy our emotional needs
- secure
- preoccupied
- fearful-avoidant
- dismissing-avoidant
