Support for Fathers

Dads matter a great deal in the health and well-being of their children and families. Often dads feel alone and unable to voice their needs or where they are struggling. Sometimes fathers feel they are ‘gate kept’ from fully participating in decisions regarding parenting choices and they may struggle to bond with their infants or children. Sometimes tensions arise when dads feel left out or unimportant. Therapy for fathers may help with depressive symptoms, anxiety, confidence, emotional regulation, and understanding child development. Teva has significant experience supporting California dads reach their goals. She provides a welcoming environment for all parents and respects the strengths and contributions of fathers.

Trauma Healing & Emotional Regulation

Fatherhood can bring up happy and upsetting memories from your own childhood. Dads with histories of abuse or neglect may find they feel triggered by certain behaviors their child exhibits or certain interactions with their child. They may react to their children with out-of-proportion harshness, or they may freeze, or they may retreat, collapse, and avoid their children altogether.

Understanding yourself and your history is the strongest predictor in promoting secure attachment in your child. In other words, how you take care of yourself and strive to process your childhood story, influences your child’s psychosocial development and quality of future relationships.

I can help you build the capacity to reflect and work through your triggers. I can teach mindful parenting skills, which don’t require you or your child to be perfect. Working on yourself can benefit not only your child, but their children and their children’s children. This is what it means to “break the cycle.”

Understanding your history and vulnerabilities while learning new ways to manage your emotions and approach challenges, allows you to give your child better than you had.

Therapy for yourself is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children.

Partner with a Licensed Therapist

If you would like professional help learning new ways to be in relationship with yourself and children, I would be honored to partner with you. With skilled support you can grow into an attuned parent while promoting your child’s positive sense of self and increasing the likelihood they will seek and maintain healthy future relationships.

Investing in yourself is an investment in your whole family. Therapy can help you move forward in health and resilience.

I offer therapy to all parents, caregivers, and families.