Therapy for Dads

Lord knows, there are plenty of good reasons to feel angry these days. What I find problematic isn’t so much that people feel angry, it’s that people frequently behave angrily without recognizing why they feel that way.

Your typical dude may feel less inclined to try therapy, even if he can’t cite the statistics. What many men can “cite,” however, is a litany of beliefs and cultural stigmas about therapy, what to expect from it, and why therapy “isn’t for them.” As a male therapy provider and client, I have a few things to say about these common beliefs men hold about therapy.

Instead of buying your fella something he either doesn’t want or could more easily buy himself, consider giving him a project. Have him spend Father’s Day assembling a new swingset for the kids, or whatever your version of that is. If he falls asleep on Sunday night feeling like he did something good for the family, you will have made it a successful Father’s Day because you will have prioritized his mental health.

My friend’s baby was born a full two months premature after his wife had undergone ten rounds of IVF over eight years. Their son spent the first three months of his life in the NICU, unable to suck, swallow, or breathe on his own. Instead of happily cuddling and bonding with their baby, my friend and his wife spent many sleepless nights in the NICU watching helplessly as he lay in an incubator with tubes down his throat and up his nose and various doctors and nurses standing

Heads up: Mother's Day is two days away. If you're a new dad, your partner is probably a new mom, and she's probably looking forward to her first Mother's Day as a new mom, which means she's probably looking to you to make her feel extra special on her first Mother's Day. She's probably been looking forward to this for a while. No pressure. Since you've never done this before, I thought I'd offer some tips on how to make her first Mother's Day as meaningful as possible. And i

The holidays are supposed to feel joyful, warm, and full of family connection—but for many new dads, the season brings something very different: stress, pressure, overstimulation, and exhaustion . Between coordinating visits, managing the baby’s schedule, packing the entire house into a diaper bag, and navigating everyone’s expectations, it’s no surprise dads feel overwhelmed. If you’ve ever wondered why multiple holiday visits with your infant create so much tension, you’re