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Jennifer Kogan, MSW, RSW, LICSW

Compassion Focused Counseling and Consultation in Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada

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Here are some helpful posts I have written for new dads.

How To Get What You Need

August 20, 2016 by Jennifer Kogan

It’s 9 PM and you’re exhausted after a busy work and parenting day. Lately, it’s been getting harder to get the kids to sleep on time and you feel like your partner isn’t helping you the way you’d like. You’re feeling stressed, unsupported and angry. It can be tough to shift our way of communicating because […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: bedtime, compassionate communication, conflict, empathy, feelings, Marshall Rosenberg, mirroring, needs, Nonviolent communication, request, strategy

Should is a word to let go of

April 24, 2015 by Jennifer Kogan

Should is a word to let go of It’s a thread winding between expectation and identity it adds to the fear of being found out as it watches us spin in our own heads dividing us from heart and spirit How did we learn to layer upon layer, the heft of guilt, responsibility and should? Years of  self-talk […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents, Postpartum Depression Tagged With: expectations, guilt, responsibility, Shame, should

There’s no “right” way to feel when you’re a new dad

August 12, 2013 by Jennifer Kogan

There has been a lot written about new moms but this post by new dad, David Sternberg, LICSW does a wonderful job of identifying the many different ways you can feel as a new father.

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: bonding, exhausted, fatherhood, guilt, new dads, new moms, wife

Mindfulness & Moments of Transitions

July 13, 2012 by Jennifer Kogan

Transitions happen all the time. Schools out. Summer’s here. Vacations, camp, back-to-school, moving, sleep schedules, birthdays, illness. All of these shifts can throw a person off kilter. Trying to get back to center where equanimity reigns can feel like an uphill battle. So many of us instinctively push away our strong feelings because they seem […]

Filed Under: Couples, Families, Individuals, New Dads, New Moms, New Parents, Parents Tagged With: awareness, emotions, feelings, jon kabat-zinn, mindfulnes, tara brach, transitions

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