INDIVIDUAL THERAPY FOR ADULT MEN
Therapy for Men
in North Carolina
Understand what’s getting in the way. Find practical ways to move forward.
Men come to therapy for many different reasons. You may be dealing with stress, relationship problems, anxiety, irritability, fatherhood, separation or divorce, or the feeling that you’re stuck in the same patterns.
You may have a specific problem you want to solve or a goal you want help reaching. Therapy can give you a place to look more closely at what’s happening and decide what you want to do differently.
Virtual therapy throughout North Carolina · In-person therapy in Burlington, NC coming soon
Fees & session detailsWHAT WE MIGHT WORK ON
Some of the reasons men come to therapy
You don’t need to fit into a particular category. These are some of the concerns men commonly bring into therapy with Mike.
Stress, anxiety & irritability
Feeling constantly under pressure, overthinking decisions, having a hard time switching off, or reacting more strongly than you want to when you’re frustrated.
Relationships & communication
Recurring conflict, feeling disconnected from a partner, difficulty saying what you mean, or wanting to communicate more clearly in the relationships that matter to you.
Fatherhood, separation & co-parenting
Adjusting to becoming a father, navigating separation or divorce, shared custody, co-parenting, or figuring out how you want to show up for your children during a difficult transition.
Motivation, habits & follow-through
Knowing something needs to change but struggling to get started, stay consistent, break an old pattern, or follow through on something that matters to you.
Life direction & difficult decisions
Career changes, major decisions, questions about what you want next, or trying to get clearer about what matters to you and how you want to move forward.
THERAPY WITH MIKE
A practical,
collaborative approach.
I’ll listen carefully, ask questions, and help you think through what you want to do differently. I may offer another perspective, point out a pattern you may not have noticed, or help turn a broad problem into something more concrete.
That might mean preparing for a difficult conversation, finding a different way to respond when you’re frustrated, working through a decision, improving communication with a partner or co-parent, or identifying a realistic next step toward a goal.
Therapy doesn’t have to produce a major realization every week. Sometimes progress is noticing what keeps happening, trying something different, and learning from what happens next.
Learn more about MikeStandard individual therapy sessions are 50–55 minutes. Private-pay rate: $165 per session.
See fees, insurance & session detailsREACHING OUT
It takes courage to reach out for support.
You don’t need to have everything figured out before you start. You can come in with a specific problem, a goal you want to work toward, or simply the sense that something in your life could be better.
From there, you and Mike can figure out what deserves attention, what may be getting in the way, and what a useful next step could look like for you.
MEN & MENTAL HEALTH
A few facts worth paying attention to.
U.S. adult men were estimated to have experienced a mental illness in the past year in 2022.
Among U.S. adult men with a mental illness, 41.6% received mental health treatment in 2022.
In 2024, the suicide rate among males was nearly four times the rate among females in the United States.
Sources: National Institute of Mental Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
Virtual therapy throughout North Carolina · In-person therapy in Burlington, NC coming soon