Do the stressors of life feel overwhelming?
Are you struggling to navigate challenges or changes in your professional life or your relationships? Entering a new season of life that has changed how you feel about yourself, or trying to gain clarity about who you are and the life you would like to be leading as a man?
Men experience unique challenges in life, including pressure placed on you to meet high standards for your work, your accomplishments, and your relationships. You work hard to live up to them, while also trying to find time for yourself and the activities that bring YOU energy and a sense of fulfillment as a man. It might seem impossible to juggle all of these goals and commitments at once, and you might find yourself feeling anxiety, depression, or grief in response to these life stressors.
Whether you are…
Experiencing heightened levels of stress, anxiety, depression, or grief
Navigating a major life change, such as parenthood
Considering pivotal decisions that will impact your personal or professional life
Struggling with interpersonal relationships
Just need a safe space to process and explore your reactions, or figure out who you are and what you want your life to look like
…We are here to support you.
Therapy for men at Bridgepoint Psychology Center is structured to address the unique ways men experience change and process their reactions to it.
With this support, you can understand what’s contributing to the challenges you’ve been facing and establish effective strategies to address them, improve your communication with your romantic partner, family, friends, or co-workers, and regain your feelings of self-confidence and direction.
We help men in Chicago with:
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+ Identity
- Managing anger
- Creating a healthy sense of yourself as a man
- Discrimination & racial identity
- Trauma
- Affirming support for challenges related to sexual orientation and gender identity
+ Relationships
- Communication and intimacy
- Dating & romantic challenges in same sex/queer or heterosexual relationships
- Strengthening family bonds
- Developing and strengthening friendships with other men
+ Life Changes
- Post-college life
- Parenthood
- Grief & loss
- Physical health changes
- Healing and resilience after trauma
+ Work Challenges
- Job loss or career changes
- On-the-job stressors
- Work/life balance
- Burnout
- Working parent struggles
Our Approach to Therapy for Men
We recognize that reaching out for help can be challenging. At Bridgepoint, we are committed to creating an inviting, confidential environment where you can feel comfortable opening up and talking about what you want and need.
You are the expert on your own life, and your therapist is here to walk with you on your journey. We will help you choose your goals for therapy, which will shape how we work together. We will revisit these often to ensure we’re still on the right track and working toward the changes that are most important to you.
Over the course of therapy, our goal is to help you develop lifelong tools for responding to the challenges and opportunities life sometimes throws your way. We will meet you where you are on your journey to develop a deeper understanding of yourself, explore options and perspectives you may not have considered before, and ultimately, experience the support that can help you achieve the clarity, confidence, and direction you are seeking.
Clinicians Specializing in Therapy for Men
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