Virtual Men's Group
This Virtual Men's Group is a safe space to gather, share and heal. A place where we can learn that our vulnerabilities are also our strengths. As men, we often struggle to share our vulnerabilities and shortcomings, we seek connection but feel apprehensive. In this group we will focus on commonalities in our need to heal, connect and share, here you will find a community of men like you.
Virtual Groups Run Mondays at 515-645PM or Wednesdays at 6-730PM
Cost: 180/Month
Trauma
When we say "trauma", we are talking about how you remember an experience. Not only mentally, but also how you feel in your body when you recall it. Traumatic memories often feel stuck in us, unresolved and or overwhelming. We can continue to be impacted by experiences that happened long ago (including childhood). Trauma is very subjective. What is traumatic for one person may not be for another. Individual and Group Counseling can be very helpful in healing trauma.
Grief
Grief is the process of reconciling with loss. Some examples of when a person may grieve include: death of a loved one, loss of a relationship, loss of a job, or a significant change in one's life. Sometimes we try to push things down, because we "should" be over it, or it "shouldn't" be that big of a deal. But often, the only way out is through. Which means taking the time to acknowledge the loss, what it meant to us, and how we feel about it. Grief takes time, and won't be hurried. Even if we really want it to!
Compulsivity
Compulsivity is about doing a behavior more than one would want to or is good for them. Often it is an attempt to relieve pain, anxiety or other difficult feelings. And it can become a harmful self coping strategy that is difficult to break over time. Compulsive behaviors can include: using substances, eating, being sexual, self harm or checking or re-checking something (i.e that the door is locked) and others. It is common that a person is ashamed of their compulsive behaviors, and keeps them secret often for prolonged periods of time.
Sexuality
Sexuality is how we experience ourselves as sexual beings. It is common for people to experience shame around their sexuality. Often body shame, shame from family, cultural shame, sometimes religious shame. An important goal in any kind of healing work is reducing shame. There are different ways of doing this regarding sexuality. However exploring and sharing one's story, owning and feeling one's feelings about their sexual experiences and identity are important to this process.
Marital Conflicts
Conflict is a part of marriage. Conflict is actually a part of most relationships. This is not bad. It is a normal part of people being together, negotiating their lives together, and growing as a couple and individually. But it can become difficult when there is no language or willingness in the marriage to address conflict or differences. Many effective conflict resolution practices are incredibly basic, but not always easy to implement. Becoming more skilled at reducing the marital conflict takes two, and each of you need to do your part.
Childhood Dynamics
How can something that happened so long ago, still impact me? People are heavily influenced by their environments, and especially in our infancy and childhoods. This is why there are often ways that we feel, believe and are today that relate to when we were very young. At times this is incredibly good and positive. But it can also be not so good. This depends on a number of things including how we experienced our childhood environment, how safe we felt and if we believed there were people who cared for us. These and other factors have a large bearing on how we show up in our relationships today.