Fatherhood Changes You.
You Don’t Have to Navigate It Alone.
Therapy for dads carrying the weight of responsibility, identity shifts, and relationship tension
and for couples ready to deepen their connection.
You’re carrying more than most people see.
You’re showing up every day — providing, supporting, making decisions — while something inside you is shifting.
Fatherhood can bring love and meaning, but also pressure, isolation, and a quiet sense that you’ve lost parts of yourself.
Maybe your relationship feels different.
More functional. Less alive.
Maybe you don’t have space to say out loud what this transition has actually been like for you.
I’m David Redish, a contemplative psychotherapist based in Boulder, Colorado. I work with fathers — and with couples — who want more than survival through parenthood. They want presence, steadiness, and a relationship that feels connected again.
This Might Sound Familiar.
You’re holding it together — but it takes more effort than anyone realizes.
Fatherhood feels meaningful, but also heavier than you expected.
Your relationship has become efficient, not intimate.
You avoid certain conversations because you don’t want more conflict.
You don’t feel lost exactly — just not fully yourself.
You want depth. Not just coping strategies.
Ways We Can Work Together
This is a space to slow down and meet what fatherhood is asking of you.
We work with identity shifts, anxiety beneath competence, relationship strain, emotional numbness, and the pressure to hold everything together. Not with quick fixes — but with depth, steadiness, and real integration.
Parenthood changes your nervous systems, your roles, and your time.
Without intention, connection can quietly erode.
This work helps couples move beyond logistics and recurring conflict toward emotional safety, intimacy, and shared meaning.
Men heal in the presence of other men who are willing to be honest.
These groups offer structure, depth, and accountability — a place to speak openly about fatherhood, responsibility, intimacy, and identity without performance or hierarchy.
Some insights emerge through conversation.
Others arise when the usual defenses soften.
KAP combines preparation, supported experience, and careful integration to help shift patterns that feel stuck.
If something here resonates, we can start with a simple conversation.
You don’t need to have it all figured out.
Location & Telehealth
I work with individuals, couples, and groups in Boulder, CO and across Colorado via telehealth. (I also can work as a coach if you’re a resident outside of CO.)
Whether you're local to Boulder, Lafayette, Louisville, or the Front Range, therapy is available in-person or online.