Mother Daughter Therapy

I have enormous respect for a mother and daughter who are willing to sit together and talk openly about their relationship. I believe the attention you are willing to give this relationship will undoubtedly grow each of you as individuals.

How I help:

• I help you both really hear each other. This will require creating more safety and lowering defensiveness at times.

• I help you both identify where feelings are coming from. Sometimes mothers can sense distance or anger but not understand why it is there. Sometimes daughters pick up on parts of their mother that are triggering for them. We begin to unpack and talk about the anxieties that arise in each other’s company.

• Processing of old wounds - not for the sake of blaming or attacking or making anyone feel shame - but to give the relationship an opportunity to repair and reconnect, to build back that trust again. Hearing what our mother or our daughter has to say is not about taking the long walk of shame. It’s about really coming to know our mothers, and really coming to know our daughters: how they think, how they feel, and what they need.

• Help both of you feel seen - as the whole, separate people that you are. This means unpacking projections, rewriting old narratives, and increasing a sense of intimacy between you both.

• Identify boundaries that might feel new and hard - but very important - in the relationship.

• Understand where each of you get activated or triggered from old hurts or sensitive places.

• Co-create the kind of relationship you are available for at this time in your life.