Men’s Issues help in Brighton
- Relationship matters;
- Anger and other emotional issues;
- Stresses with work and career;
- Business and financial concerns;
- Self esteem and self-worth;
- Mid-life worries and behaviours;
- Loneliness and isolation;
- Confidence;
- Commitment;
- Remaining faithful to a partner;
- Stresses around father role and parenting;
- Sustaining emotional intimacy;
- Sex including erectile dysfunction;
- Preoccupations with the internet – porn, on-line gambling, alternative persona profiles;
- Alcohol and substance misuse;
- Gambling;
- Secrets and secrecy;
- Trust and mistrust;
- Suspicious thinking;
- Honesty and dishonesty;
- Controlling behaviours;
- Remaining assertive, and not passive, aggressive nor passive-aggressive;
- Extrovert/introvert related issues;
- Sexuality (bi-sexual and gay feelings);
- Trans issues;
- Private & personal matters, and compulsions;
Frank discussion
Resolution or easing of these concerns occurs through the counselling process which involves the building up of trust and the frank discussion of what is and might be happening looking for links between supposedly unrelated behaviours. Recognising and unpicking hidden emotions. These discussions will allow for the dispelling and discharging of old feelings in a safe and boundaried environment where matters begin to make sense and answers to dilemmas can start to seem clear and pressure lift effortlessly.
The strong silent type
Men are thought to need to be the strong silent ones when in fact they can be hurting at times. Men want to be loved but they might not know how to get through to a partner or themselves. Men also get depressed, but might have been told that was weak. Some researchers believe that men can be influenced by social taboos about males talking about their feeling and worries, or just expressing themselves. Men, for example, may feel depressed for years without going to talk to anyone about it. Not talking about how you are really feeling can be problematic because it makes it more likely that issues like depression and anxiety may manifest themselves in other, less appropriate ways, such as alcohol misuse and aggressive or moody behaviour.