Postpartum & Birth Trauma Therapy for Fathers and Couples in Fort Collins, Colorado

This might sound familiar:

Postpartum Depression

• “Sometimes I feel invisible, like everyone assumes postpartum struggles are only for moms.”

• "I feel like I’m performing the role of a 'happy dad' for everyone else, while inside I’m secretly drowning."

• "I feel like there is no room or time for my emotions—like my job is to be the 'rock' while my own fear, exhaustion, and trauma have to be shoved down to keep going."

• "I feel like a stranger in my own home; I’m physically present, but I’ve never felt more disconnected from my partner and my baby."

• "I’m snapping at the people I love and I don't know who I've become or what to do."

• "I feel the crushing pressure to provide, but the constant worry makes me feel like a failure who can't just 'snap out of it.' "

• "I want to bond with my baby, but I'm paralyzed by the feeling that I'm doing everything wrong."

Postpartum Anxiety and OCD

• "I can’t stop these intrusive, terrifying images of something bad happening to my child. I am scared what this says about my character."

• "I feel like I have to stay awake and on guard 24/7, because if I stop worrying for even a second, that’s when the disaster will happen."

• "I feel like I can’t trust myself to hold my baby anymore, and the shame of that is eating me alive."

• "I feel like my brain is stuck in a loop of 'What if?' and no matter how many times I check the locks or the monitor, the fear doesn't go away."

Postpartum Grief and PTSD

• “Even though my baby is here and healthy, I can’t stop reliving the birth and the fear that I felt.”

• "I feel a deep sense of failure because I couldn't protect my partner from the pain or the trauma of that room."

• "I feel like I’m still standing in that hospital even though we’ve been home for months."

• “I wake up in the night and zone out during the day thinking about how things could have gone differently. If there is more that myself or the staff could have done.”

• "I feel the physical coldness and the smell of the hospital every time I close my eyes to sleep, as if the trauma is waiting for me the moment I relax."

• "I feel an overwhelming emptiness where my future was supposed to be, and I don’t know how to talk about the silence in our home."

Don’t allow yourself to face this alone.