Our counselling page gives you the opportunity to find a counsellor in your area. It’s free and easy to use.
We have approached the whole subject of offering this service with the usual sense of reticence that most men feel when the subject of counselling is mentioned. But the truth is, many lone fathers have benefited from some help in this area, and many have confirmed to us just how difficult it is to find a counsellor who really understood the issues the come with the territory of being a single dad.
Steven M, from Manchester summed up the “feelings” really well. He told us…“My wife left me and my boy about two years ago. Life for me seemed to move between the daily challenges of bringing up a young boy, through to excitement at the prospect of being able to rediscover who I was, through to a vague and underlying sadness and at other times anger that things had not worked out with my ex as I had planned…
…As we all know, when we become single dads, our time to go out with friends and chat over a pint tend to disappear, the single mums who we meet sort of understand – but then sort of don’t! If you are anything like me, most of my other friends and family start and end conversations with the old cliché about “how could any woman leave her child?”
It was a friend who suggested counselling might help me get my daily routine on a more even footing. In my case it all came as a surprise. I didn’t know what to expect, but I found my counsellor did little more in the first few sessions than listen to me…But it began to help. I found just being able to tell someone independent all the stuff that used to eat away at me helpful. With friends and family I felt bound to tell them everything was OK. With my counsellor, I could just tell her the truth. What an amazing relief!...”
The Counsellors who have submitted their details will have expressed a real desire to help lone parents. You will be able to see from their entries on our directory what experience they have and what qualifications they hold. If you know of counsellors through your own experience that might be able to help other lone dads, please do let us have their details, or put them in touch with us directly.
If you can’t find a counsellor in your area, e-mail us, and we will do what we can to help.
