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MENtal Health: How are the Men in Your Life Doing?

Oct 13, 2023Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tipsaddiction, awareness, behavior, boyfriend, breaking the cycle, breaking the stigma, communication, community, counseling, counselor, cycle, family, friend, help, honesty, husband, love, melissa cluff, men, Men’s mental health, mental health, recovery, relationship, relationships, self-harm, stigma, suicide, support, therapist, therapy

This is a topic that has been on my mind for quite awhile now. As a therapist, I see many male clients in my office, most working through addictions and/or trauma. The majority of these clients have or have had mental health struggles AND have never sought support for their mental health. So, this post is directed towards the men in my readership, as well as, their partners, who may be wondering how to start the conversation to address men’s mental health.

Self-Harm: More than Just Cutting

Feb 24, 2023Addiction, Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tips, Traumaacceptance, attention, awareness, cluff counseling, coping skills, counseling, counselor, crisis, cutting, education, family, friends, harm, help, hotline, hurting, love, melissa cluff, mental health, mental illness, notice, pain, poor coping skills, prevention, self-harm, self-loathing, stay, suicide, therapist, therapy, you matter

“People say things / meant to rip you in half / but you hold the power to not / turn their words into a knife / and cut yourself.” ― Rupi Kaur Trigger Warning: This post contains explicit descriptions of self-harming behavior and may be triggering to some. Educating my clients has become an important […]

The Power of Self-talk

Aug 7, 2022Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Self-Care, Therapy Tipsawareness, cluff counseling, counseling, counselor, inner dialogue, kindness, melissa cluff, mental health, self-care, self-help, self-talk, therapist, therapy, thought work, thoughts

“The words you speak become the house you live in.” ~ Hafiz We all have voices talking to us in our heads. Each is competing for our attention. Some of them are louder than others, some are more quiet. Some more convincing, others less believable. Learning to harness and amplify the positive voice(s) is an […]

Dear Adult Survivor of Sexual Abuse, I See & Hear You

Apr 24, 2021Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tips, Trauma#SAAPM, acquaintance rape, alochol, April, assault, awareness, Cluff Counseling., consent, counseling, counselor, date rape, drugs, force, forced sex, melissa cluff, rape, safety, sex, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, therapist, therapy

“Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you.” ~ C. Kennedy, Ómorphi Did you know that every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted? One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Females 16-19 are four times more likely to be victims, and women […]

It’s Not Your Fault: Date Rape

Apr 9, 2021Addiction, Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tips, Trauma#SAAPM, acquaintance rape, alochol, April, assault, awareness, cluff counseling, Cluff Counseling., consent, counseling, counselor, date rape, drugs, force, forced sex, melissa cluff, rape, safety, sex, sexual assault, Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, therapist, therapy

Every 73 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted. One in six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Females 16-19 are four times more likely to be victims, and women aged 18-24 are three times more likely to experience sexual violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness and […]

MENtal Health: How are the Men in Your Life Doing?

Self-Harm: More than Just Cutting

The Power of Self-talk

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