Men's wellbeing
We’re all here together – but with different needs.
As therapists, we aren’t here to say that gay, bisexual, or queer men have different emotions and thoughts than everyone else. We’re also not suggesting that one community’s needs are more significant than another’s.
But as gay, bi, or queer men, our cultures can feel different, and sometimes our needs are, too. Just as some therapy practices only work with women or transgender individuals, often men, whether gay, straight, bi, or queer, want to connect and work with someone who can understand their experience as men.
Different Cultures, Different Identities, Different Needs
We all live in different cultures. With differences in culture, there are often differences in identities and needs. Just as people's cultures can differ around ethnicity, race, national background, socioeconomics, or by geography, so can people and cultures differ by sexual orientation and identity. People talk about men like it’s an umbrella term and that everyone who stands under it is the same. But we’ve got different cultures – including cultures of race, ethnicity, nationality, or sexuality.
We have worked with hundreds of men.
In our work, we have discussed the ways in which men process emotions and experience attachment; how men have experiences their relationships; and for some, how they've been through coming out, dating, and sex. We’ve worked with complex parts of people’s past that still hurt, like bullying or abuse. There are often issues with religion or family, or with health difficulties.
Our sessions have focused on navigating life as a single man, or as a partner in a relationship.
Supporting you, where you are.
We have worked with people from different walks of life: our community’s professionals, artists, doctors, students. We’ve worked with older men, daddies, sages, bears, twinks, and the people in between… with people of different abilities. We have worked with people of conservative religious backgrounds (including ex-priests/pastors), and people who do not embrace any particular religion. The unifying factor is that we will respect you and walk with you, no matter your background.
Gay, bi, and queer men’s emotions aren’t different from their straight counterparts, but the lives we live, and cultures we inhabit, very often are. If your life and your experience feel different enough that you want someone who “gets” your culture and what it’s like to live in it, we’re here.