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Is constant pressure to provide for your family and relationships beginning to weigh on you? Does the idea of exploring your feelings, vulnerabilities, and insecurities seem nerve-wracking?
Men are not taught to pay attention to or value a wide range of human emotions, such as feelings of sadness or disappointment. On the surface, these emotions may manifest as anger, or others may perceive you as being distant.
Bottling up your emotions can have consequences such as experiencing anxiety, panic, and/or physical symptoms such as short of breath, chest palpitations, low energy, low motivation, and changes in your libido.
When it comes to handling your emotions, unhealthy coping mechanisms may have resulted in avoiding your problems instead of facing them head on. Perhaps you look to substance abuse to numb the pain, or you rely on certain outlets as a means for escape, such as sex, video games, or overworking.
As a man, therapy can provide you with the help and validation you’re looking for. There is a place where you can feel safe and supported in exploring your emotions and experiences—and it’s with our team at Healing Springs Wellness Center.
When it comes to matters of mental health and wellness, there remains an ongoing stigma that seeking therapy is a sign of weakness or something that is more appropriate for women to do. As men, we are socially conditioned to not ask for support, which is one of the many consequences of a society that perpetuates unrealistic ideas that we must remain stoic and strong even in moments of distress. Therapy for men can make a significant impact in your life.
These unrealistic expectations are seen in many ways throughout our culture. The false belief that men should be able to deal with both physical and emotional pain—regardless of the circumstances. As a result, it prevents us from feeling safe and secure enough to explore our true emotions.
Moreover, the expectation to remain strong in all circumstances is often linked with the provider role that we play in our families and relationships. For those of us who are raising children or are financially responsible for our families, quality time with loved ones may be sacrificed in exchange for long hours spent working to pay the bills. And this can easily strain our most important relationships, creating cycles of conflict, anger, and withdrawal.
For men, seeking help and finding relief is a sign of strength and not weakness.
Counseling for men provides you with an opportunity to explore your feelings, challenge unrealistic expectations, and develop the emotional muscle required to lead a happy, healthy life.
It doesn’t make you weak to experience challenges and life stressors—it makes you human. And as a human, you have a wide range of emotions that will be welcomed and validated in therapy.
Attending to your mental health is just as important as attending to your physical health, and counseling at Healing Springs Wellness Center will help you to develop both your emotional physical well-being.
After an initial phone screening to determine which of our clinicians is a good fit, you will be matched with a therapist who is best suited to coach you through the process of navigating and understanding your emotions. Our team includes both male and female therapists, and we are happy to try and accommodate any preferences you have for counseling.
Once a relationship with one of our clinicians is established, you will collaborate with your therapist to develop treatment goals and to work toward individually tailored solutions for the challenges getting in your way. You will also be encouraged to explore and identify any underlying sources of anxiety, depression, and stress that have caused problems in your life.
Moving at your pace, your therapist will work with you to understand how family dynamics, significant events, and any instances of unresolved trauma may be currently affecting you and preventing you from moving forward in life.
And because we take a holistic approach to counseling men, we will help you understand both the emotional and physical symptoms that are impacting your daily life so that you can have a better grasp of the relationship between your mind and body. In addition to holistic methods and mindfulness techniques, we will use a variety of evidence-based approaches that include behavioral, narrative, and solution-focused therapies to identify and reprocess the negative thought patterns that may be the result of internalized gender expectations.
At Healing Springs, we are committed to helping you find and cultivate the wellness model that meets your needs and allows you to feel like your strongest self, both in mind and body. Seeking help is that first step in finding the healing and strength that you will tap into, and soon, you will be empowered to challenge the narrative and self-beliefs that have been holding you back.
When you work toward healing and commit to counseling, you engage in becoming a better version of yourself—a better man, father, son, spouse, colleague, and friend.
With therapy, you can learn to understand your emotions and the emotions of those around you, ultimately becoming a model for others simply because you chose to strive for something better.
If you’re a man struggling with emotional reactivity and distress, therapy for men at Healing Springs Wellness Center gives you a safe space to explore and process your feelings. Let us help you develop emotional strength and resilience.
By nature, therapy is not designed to make you more emotional but rather to provide you with a safe space to release bottled-up feelings, look at things more objectively, and cultivate the necessary skills to cope in all areas of your life. Dealing with the many stressors and challenges associated with your work life, relationships, and overall health will help you free up mental energy and become less emotionally reactive.
The culturally competent clinicians at Healing Springs Wellness Center create a safe, nonjudgmental atmosphere for clients to explore a wide range of emotions. We are not here to make you feel ashamed; we’re here to empower you to voice your experiences and face your life’s challenges head-on. And because we serve a diverse clientele and maintain familiarity with men’s issues, our professional training and personal experience help us to customize our approach to therapy so that you can feel comfortable, secure, and validated throughout the counseling process.
All of our therapists are qualified and able to offer help and perspective to clients even if they’re ambivalent about going to therapy. We encourage you to introduce the idea of counseling for men to your significant other, assuring him that we will move at his pace and according to his comfort level. If you can convince the man in your life that giving therapy a try is in his best interest, we are confident that the immediate relief and support he encounters at Healing Springs Wellness Center will keep him coming back for future sessions.
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1006 S Main Street Suite 4 Plantsville, CT 06479
Tel: 860-385-1472
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