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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.

Breaking the Cycle of Shame

May 20, 2023Addiction, Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tips, Traumaaddiction, addiction recovery, addictive behaviors, Brene, Brene Brown, care, cluff counseling, communication, counseling, counselor, empathy, lie, lies, love, melissa cluff, mental health, patience, porn, pornography, relationships, secrecy, secret, self-care, self-love, self-respect, shame, Ted Talk, therapist, therapy, work

“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can’t survive.” ~ Brené Brown Recently, I was out to eat with a friend when her teenage daughter called several times in a row. My friend knew it was important or her daughter would not call repeatedly. She stepped away […]

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 […]

An Optimist’s Guide To Navigating Life

Oct 8, 2022Blog, Mental Health, Productivity, Relationships, Self-Care, Therapy Tipscluff counseling, counseling, counselor, happier, happy, health, healthy, inner voice, melissa cluff, mental health, mental wellness, optimism, optimist, optimistic, self talk, self-love, self-respect, therapist, therapy

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~ Winston Churchill Do you believe that good things will happen in the future? Do you expect things to work out for the best? Do you think that even good things can come from negative events–that challenges or obstacles […]

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 […]

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

Breaking the Cycle of Shame

Self-Harm: More than Just Cutting

An Optimist’s Guide To Navigating Life

The Power of Self-talk

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