IN-PERSON AND ONLINE IN COLORADO
Therapy for Parents in Colorado Springs
Support for the messy, beautiful job of mothering. You don't have to figure it out alone.
You always believed you were made for motherhood. So why does it sometimes feel more like a never-ending marathon than a blessing?
Scrolling through social media feeds, you see smiling, put-together moms who delight in carpools and athleisure. They share happy, healthy birth stories and document their kids reaching vital milestones on schedule. But you cannot figure out why your experience is so different.
You might be someone who always wanted a big family, but you struggle to keep up with the one you have. Sometimes you fantasize about leaving and letting everyone else deal with it all, and that thought fills you with so much relief and grief it gives you whiplash.
Maybe you…
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Some moments, you look at your beautiful children and feel something close to resentment. The smallest things make you lose your patience and snap at them, and it catches you off guard. You can’t even consider what other moms would think if they knew, and you wonder if you'll be the reason your child ends up in therapy one day.
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You empty the dishwasher, buy groceries, remember birthdays and permission slips, and replace the toilet paper. You are always on top of things, but this is all getting to be too much. Your family laughs when you accidentally call your kids the dog’s name. Maybe you laugh along, but all you really want is for someone to help.
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Your oldest keeps getting into trouble and you’re terrified it's something you did or didn't do and that you messed your kids up for life. Or you have kids with behavioral or medical needs you weren’t prepared to handle. Every choice is hard and you stay awake at night replaying them all, wondering how a mother who tries this hard can still feel like she's failing.
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You planned everything perfectly, but it feels like it all went wrong. Maybe you had a surprise emergency C-section. Maybe your baby was rushed to the NICU, leaving you alone instead of holding her head to your chest. Everyone calls it a happy ending now that it’s over, but you're still not okay, and you return to that moment every time you look at your child.
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You watch other grandparents show up to help while your parents leave you to figure it out alone. Maybe yours show up too much, with opinions on everything or behaviors you don’t want around your kids. You can see yourself slowly turning into them sometimes, even though you vowed to be a different kind of parent.
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You can't even go to the bathroom alone these days, and you rush through bedtime to get some peace and quiet. You miss work, nights out with friends, and having anything in your life that is simply yours. You feel guilty about it, as if wanting more than motherhood means you're ungrateful.
Parenting can feel overwhelming and isolating. But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
OUR APPROACH
Your beliefs about what makes a "good mother" came from somewhere. That’s where we start.
This space is wholly and completely about you. We want to hear your story, starting with what you’re going through now. Then we’ll explore how you got here.
In session, we look at how you connect with your kids and your partner (and maybe your parents) and where those experiences play out in your motherhood journey today. If it helps, you can invite your partner to a session to work on communication or practice asking for what you need.
We offer creative modalities like art, music, movement, or walk-and-talk sessions. We can also incorporate faith-based therapies if you would like to.
The goal isn't temporary relief. We are committed to understanding what is under the surface, working through it, and helping you change patterns and behaviors that are not serving you any longer.
Nothing you share will surprise us or be too much. We’re honored to sit with it all.
With the right person in your corner, you can make lasting shifts…
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"I keep losing my patience and yelling."
"Gosh, I don't even like my child right now."
"I said I'd never parent like my mom, but here I am."
"This household would fall apart if I didn’t hold it together."
"I feel like I'm failing at this."
"I can't wait for bedtime so the house is finally quiet."
"What is even my purpose anymore?"
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"I can feel the frustration rising now, and I know what to do before it boils over."
"I'm starting to enjoy my child again, even on the hard days."
"I see how my parents impacted me, and I get to choose something different now."
"I stopped carrying it all alone, and my partner has become an equal contributor."
"I practice compassion and have adjusted my expectations."
"I carve out time for myself, and I don't feel guilty for it."
"I know who I am outside of being a mom, and I like her."
IN-PERSON AND ONLINE IN COLORADO
The mother you always wanted to be for your kids (and for yourself) is on the other side of this work.
FAQs
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No, and honestly, the fact that you're asking says the opposite. Mothers who come to us are those who care deeply about doing this well and are willing to look at the hard stuff for their family. Struggling doesn't make you a failing mother; it makes you a human one. The patterns underneath the struggle usually make sense when you understand where they started.
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Many women we work with have tried therapy. That earlier work often helped them feel heard, but it stopped at coping strategies. Our focus is different. We trace what you are feeling to where it began and then work through it at the root to make sure the change holds. Understanding is just the start.
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We can when it fits. EMDR is most helpful when a specific memory or experience drives the reactions you're struggling with, such as something from your childhood that keeps surfacing in how you respond to your kids or a birth experience that hasn't fully settled.
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Yes, when it would help. Some of the hardest parts of parenting live inside the partnership. This is not couples therapy, but sometimes practicing conversations with your partner, with support, can move things that months of talking about them alone cannot.
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If you'd like it to be, absolutely. Your faith, your beliefs, and whatever gives your life meaning are welcome in session. You set how much faith is part of the work. We follow your lead on this, always.
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Our clinicians are trained in approaches this work calls for, including EMDR, attachment-focused therapy, and trauma-informed care. We have specialized training in perinatal mental health. Beyond these credentials, we sit with mothers working through anger, birth trauma, loss, and patterns they inherited from their upbringing. Many of us are also mothers. We know how hard this can be and we are here to help you navigate it all.
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We want you to get help as quickly as possible. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of harming yourself or your child, do not wait for an appointment. Call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which is available around the clock. Or go to your nearest emergency room. Our practice is not set up to provide emergency or crisis services, but when you are safe and supported, we are here and would be honored to walk with you through what comes next.