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Are you having a tough time navigating life as a man? We guarantee that you’re not the only one - many men struggle with social ideas of masculinity. Your preconceived notions about male gender roles and social norms can drive you to think and act in ways that don’t serve you. They can lead to uncomfortable interactions, destructive behaviour, and even mental issues - also known as toxic masculinity.

A licensed therapist who specializes in working with men and masculinity can help you explore yourself so you can express your masculinity in a healthy, authentic way. Whether you are located in downtown Elmhurst, the suburbs of Elmhurst, other nearby places such as Oak Park, Lombard, or anywhere else in Illinois, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Signs You Should Consider Toxic Masculinity Therapy

Here are some signs that you should consider therapy for toxic masculinity:

  • You act in ways you think society wants, rather than what feels authentic.
  • You are aggressive and stoic, even when you don’t want to be.
  • You ignore or repress your emotions in ways that feel harmful.
  • You have difficult relationships or feel like you can’t get along with partners of another gender.
  • You simply want to explore your masculine side.

If any of the above describes you, we recommend seeking out a therapist trained to work with men and masculinity. The concept of toxic masculinity may be difficult to understand. To learn more about it, read licensed therapist Miranda Campbell’s article on getting help for toxic masculinity.

Change Your Life with Male-Focused Therapy!

A masculinity therapist will not only help you break away from arbitrary male gender roles, but they’ll give you the tools you need to be the man you want to be. With Mental Health Match, finding a qualified masculinity therapist is easy! Start by browsing male-focused experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Jane Perkins
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Counseling themes include how feelings affect thoughts and behaviors, grief and loss, personality, change in interests, communication skills, coping strategies, problem-solving, and how to address feelings of fear, sadness, anxiety, and panic.


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Counseling themes include how feelings affect thoughts and behaviors, grief and loss, personality, change in interests, communication skills, coping strategies, problem-solving, and how to address feelings of fear, sadness, anxiety, and panic.

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Therapy with Jane is more than talking things out. The therapeutic relationship examines different avenues her clients may not have explored and may need to change. The client plays a large role in their healing. After each session, homework is given

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abortion
  • Addictions
  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Alcohol
  • Anger
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Attachment Issues
  • Attention Problems
  • Authenticity
  • Behavior Change
  • Betting and Gambling
  • Breakups
  • Codependency
  • COVID-Related Stress and Anxiety
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Divorce and Separation
  • Drug Use
  • Empty Nest
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Fatherhood
  • Fears and Phobias
  • Feeling Lost
  • Finding Meaning or Purpose
  • Friendships
  • Goals/Accountability
  • Grief
  • Happiness
  • Healing From Relationships
  • Health Anxiety
  • Identity
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Intrusive Thoughts
  • Life Adjustment
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Miscarriage
  • Motherhood
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Parent
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Overachievers
  • Overwhelm
  • Panic Attacks
  • Panic Disorders
  • Relationships
  • Religious Identity
  • Self-Understanding
  • Shame
  • Shopping and Spending
  • Situational Stress
  • Social Skills
  • Stress
  • Thinking Disorders
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Edward Alderson
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I create a safe space to allow client to discuss any issue they feel is important or pressing to the client. My approach is that clients are the experts in their lives and I want clients to set the tone/topics for sessions.


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I create a safe space to allow client to discuss any issue they feel is important or pressing to the client. My approach is that clients are the experts in their lives and I want clients to set the tone/topics for sessions.

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I work from an integrative approach, utilizing CBT, DBT, humanistic, trauma-informed, and strengths based approach to help clients explore, examine, and process thoughts and feelings and increase strengths to increase mental wellness.

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  • Adjustment Issues
  • Adult ADHD
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Couples
  • Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Major Depressive Disorder
  • Persistant Depressive Disorder
  • Sexual Health
  • Social Anxiety
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Carolyn Alter
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Work towards deepening your self-awareness, enhancing your relationships, and unraveling the complexities of your past. My goal is to empower you to fully realize your capabilities and dismantling obstacles to becoming your most authentic self.


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Work towards deepening your self-awareness, enhancing your relationships, and unraveling the complexities of your past. My goal is to empower you to fully realize your capabilities and dismantling obstacles to becoming your most authentic self.

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I'm dedicated to truly hearing you and providing a safe space to openly share your innermost concerns. I'll guide you in better understanding the roots of your challenges and, using this knowledge, create a life that is fulfilling and authentic.

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  • Attachment Issues
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Depression
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Life Transitions
  • Parent-Adult Child Relationship
  • Relationships
  • Reparenting Yourself
  • Self-Awareness
  • Shame
  • Stress
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Celeste Ballard
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Create a path for new ways of being in your life and solving issues that have felt stuck. Equally important is learning to have joy and success in life, learning how to access love and care while deepening in your understanding of yourself.


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Create a path for new ways of being in your life and solving issues that have felt stuck. Equally important is learning to have joy and success in life, learning how to access love and care while deepening in your understanding of yourself.

Something to know about my approach is:

Meditation and somatic work help you to focus and retrain past thinking and traumas that you react to without knowing it. We go beyond understanding to actual retraining the bodies response to triggers. The mind and body can finally relax.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Biracial Men
  • Biracial Women
  • Black and African American Issues
  • Buddhist Meditation and Spirituality
  • Cancer
  • Christian Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Couples
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • East Asian Cultural Issues
  • Failure to Launch
  • Faith and Spirituality
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Grief
  • Latinos
  • Marriage
  • Meditation
  • Menopause
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Mindfulness
  • Mixed Race
  • Parent-Child Relationship
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Relationships
  • Religious Trauma
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Social Anxiety
  • South Asians
  • Spirituality
  • Spiritual Trauma
  • Stress
  • Trauma
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Celeste Ballard remote and phone therapy in Georgia, Illinois, Tennessee, Wisconsin
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Phillip Stepka, PsyD
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Explore the interaction between your history, emotional style, relationships, and current circumstances as they affect and concern you. Together we collaborate on pathways to recovery and/or greater wellbeing, sense of self, and resiliency.


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Explore the interaction between your history, emotional style, relationships, and current circumstances as they affect and concern you. Together we collaborate on pathways to recovery and/or greater wellbeing, sense of self, and resiliency.

Something to know about my approach is:

I am trained in and utilize state-of-the-art approaches to address impacts of stress, self-image, and overwhelming emotions. However, each therapeutic relationship and approach is different and collaboratively based on your unique needs and pace.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Abuse
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety-Driven Anger
  • Attachment Issues
  • Behavior Change
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Feelings of Not Being Good Enough
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Impulsive Behavior
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
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Phillip Stepka, PsyD remote and phone therapy in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, No...