New Dads & New Parents
Nobody hands you a manual for who you become.
Support for the identity shift of new parenthood — for dads, and for the two of you together. In-person in Midtown Toronto or virtual across Ontario.
Everyone tells you about the sleep. Almost no one tells you about the rest of it.
The pressure to provide that lands differently once there’s a family depending on you. The resentment that shows up on both sides and neither of you wants to name. The way you can love this new life completely and still miss the one you had before it.
You’re allowed to feel both. Most new parents do.
1 in 10 fathers experience postpartum depression or anxiety — one of the least-screened, least-discussed mental health issues in new-parent care. It’s also highly treatable.
What brings new parents through the door.
It looks different for every family. But there are threads that come up again and again — in individual sessions, and in the room together as a couple.
- Feeling flat, anxious, or disconnected after a baby you wanted and love
- Resentment building between you and your partner that neither of you says out loud
- The provider-pressure that hits differently once there’s a family depending on you
- Grieving the relationship, body, or identity you had before parenthood — while loving what came after
- Not recognizing yourself, or your partner, in this new version of your life
- Wanting to parent differently than you were parented, and not knowing where to start
- The exhaustion that’s stopped being just about sleep
How it works.
Reach out
Send a brief email — either one of you can make the first contact. Mention whether you’re looking for individual or couples support.
We talk
A short, confidential phone chat — a chance to share what’s happening and ask anything about how I work. No charge.
We begin
Individually, as a couple, or both — whichever fits. We schedule your first session and get to work.
My approach
You’re allowed to struggle here.
I’m a husband and father of three daughters. I remember the specific disorientation of the first year — loving my daughters completely and still grieving the person I was before them.
Whether you come in on your own or together as a couple, the work follows what’s actually happening in your life right now — not a script for what new parenthood is supposed to look like.
I draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples work, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and CBT for individual work with anxiety, depression, and the weight of a role that changed everything.
The practical details.
Location
In-person sessions in Midtown Toronto, near Eglinton & Avenue Rd. Virtual sessions available Ontario-wide via secure video.
Sessions
Individually (50 minutes) or as a couple (50–75 minutes), typically weekly to start. Many new parents begin with a joint consult and decide together what fits.
Fees
Fees are discussed during the initial consult. Many extended health benefit plans cover registered social worker and psychotherapy — worth checking before we meet.
You don’t have to have this figured out yet.
The first conversation is free. No commitment — just a chance to see if this feels like the right fit, for you or for the two of you.