It is not the event(s) that makes something traumatic; it’s the ways our bodies respond to it and how it impacts us after that does. CPTSD can result from prolong exposures of trauma, such as a person who has experienced neglectful or abusive parenting.

Anxiety may display itself as that deep pit in your stomach, racing and intrusive thoughts about worst case scenarios, and even emotional numbness, avoidance, or complete shut downs. Anxiety often times interferes with our short and long term goals.

Relationships can exist as a vehicle of communal support, allow for personal growth, and offer a sense of belonging and connection. If your relationships are not as fulfilling as you would like them to be, sessions focusing on discovering your relational patterns and its function can segue into cultivating and deepening healthy reciprocal relationships.

Societal expectations and pressures have both beneficial and harmful impacts on what it means to ‘be a man’. Therapy can be a place to talk about the things a person does not feel they can process in other places. Therapy can be a space to identify issues and disrupt the unfulfilling stereotypes and status quos, allowing one to show up healthier in their life.

Personal growth can look like many things, including deepening a person’s understanding of their perception of themselves, understanding the ways a person shows up in the world, building self confidence and self esteem, and discovering values, creating purpose, and uncovering meaning.

Our strengths can also exist as our roadblocks when it comes to ourselves and/or our relationships. If you relate to any of these: perfectionism, overworking, the caring friend, the fixer friend, constant burnout, hard time saying ‘no’, the therapy space can support you.