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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 […]

Bulimia Nervosa at a Glance

Oct 18, 2019Mental Healthbinge and purge, binging and purging, body, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, cluff counseling, counseling, counselor, distorted self-image, eating, eating disorders, fitness, food, habits, happiness, health, joy, lifestyle, melissa cluff, mental illness, recovery, self image, self-harm, therapist, therapy, unhealthy habits

“For me, the bulimia was about stuffing my emotions. So I stopped suppressing my feelings.” ~Cheryl James My friend’s dad is a dentist; within the first minute of looking into someone’s mouth, he can tell if the person struggles with bulimia nervosa. This is because bulimia–the binging and purging of food–wreaks havoc on a person’s teeth. […]

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

Self-Harm: More than Just Cutting

Bulimia Nervosa at a Glance

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