For Divorced Dads: Redefining Your Role and Responding to Fear After Divorce
Tue Feb 03 2026
Divorce can leave dads questioning their role, their influence, and their place in their children’s lives. In this episode, Michael Flores, LPC-S, and Armando Martinez, LPC speak directly to the fears and frustrations many divorced dads experience during and after divorce.
They explore the identity shift from married dad to single dad, common complaints and fears dads carry, and how fear often shows up as defensiveness, withdrawal, or rigidity. Michael and Armando also discuss practical ways dads can respond with clarity and steadiness—helping them stay engaged, build trust with their kids, and reduce unnecessary conflict.
This episode references Episode 32: Trust Issues? The Trust Formula Explained for listeners who want a deeper understanding of how trust is built and repaired in co-parenting relationships.
👉 https://shows.async.com/beyond-divorce-embracing-change-eKisiArX/trust-issues-the-trust-formula-explained-8vdTz43a
🎓 Countering Alienation Course
Registration is open for Countering Alienation, a course designed to help parents understand alienation dynamics and respond with clarity, consistency, and strategy—without escalating conflict.
👉 https://www.beyonddivorcecourses.com/offers/LoSnQoUH/checkout
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Divorce can leave dads questioning their role, their influence, and their place in their children’s lives. In this episode, Michael Flores, LPC-S, and Armando Martinez, LPC speak directly to the fears and frustrations many divorced dads experience during and after divorce. They explore the identity shift from married dad to single dad, common complaints and fears dads carry, and how fear often shows up as defensiveness, withdrawal, or rigidity. Michael and Armando also discuss practical ways dads can respond with clarity and steadiness—helping them stay engaged, build trust with their kids, and reduce unnecessary conflict. This episode references Episode 32: Trust Issues? The Trust Formula Explained for listeners who want a deeper understanding of how trust is built and repaired in co-parenting relationships. 👉 https://shows.async.com/beyond-divorce-embracing-change-eKisiArX/trust-issues-the-trust-formula-explained-8vdTz43a 🎓 Countering Alienation Course Registration is open for Countering Alienation, a course designed to help parents understand alienation dynamics and respond with clarity, consistency, and strategy—without escalating conflict. 👉 https://www.beyonddivorcecourses.com/offers/LoSnQoUH/checkout ⭐ If this episode was helpful, please consider leaving a rating and review. Your feedback helps other parents find support when they need it most.