Alex MacLeod (he/him)

Techniques I Use

Issues I Treat

Specialties

• Self-Esteem
• Anxiety
• Men's Issues

• Self-Esteem

  From the moment you were born, all the way to the present moment, you've been learning how to treat yourself. Whether you're confused why you can't seem to give yourself a break, or even if you have a pretty good idea of how you got here, there are few wounds more painful than a ceaseless inner critic. In therapy you can find the grounding to step out of alignment with what your critic wants you to believe, and begin to tease apart how the world has treated you from who you really are.

• Anxiety

  I've received training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Somatic Experiencing, both of which I find to be helpful approaches in supporting people with anxious, flighty, fast-paced, and frozen nervous systems. If you feel on-edge more than you'd like to, stuck in well-worn ruts of anxious thinking, or if there's something in particular that is so hard to look at that it's been preferable to avoid it entirely, I am equipped to stand next to you and support you to find your footing.

• Men's Issues

  Even as the primary beneficiaries of patriarchy, men suffer under it. Much of this suffering comes from a disconnection with the self, taught during childhood and reinforced throughout adolescence and adulthood. Most of my clinical experience has been in working with men on a variety of issues including boundary setting, navigating gender roles, accountability, harm and repair, trauma and recovery, loneliness, and slowing down from ‘doing’ to ‘being.’