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Motherhood can feel especially difficult when you did not have an emotionally available mother to learn from.
When your own mother was emotionally absent, it left gaps and insecurities that still shape how you show up for yourself and for your children.
The impact of an unmothered childhood can run deep. It may appear in your thoughts, your body, your relationships, and the automatic reactions that surface during stressful parenting moments.
But healing is possible.
A mother's healing can become a gift to the next generation. As you understand and change inherited patterns, you gain more freedom to mother with steadiness, compassion, and connection.
If you are healing your own mother wound, the Unmothered Circle may be exactly what you need.
Learn About the Unmothered Circle
Therapy that helps you understand
what lives beneath the reaction.
Early relational wounds are not always experienced as clear memories. They may appear through body sensations, automatic reactions, protective habits, and relationship patterns. Our work helps you recognize these responses and develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and your children.
Attachment Focused, Trauma Informed Therapy
Every session begins with safety. We move at your pace, building the trust and regulation your nervous system needs before going deeper into old wounds.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS helps you understand the parts of you that developed to survive your childhood. The perfectionist, the people pleaser, the one who shuts down. We heal them rather than fight them.
Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
When clinically appropriate, KAP may help some clients approach emotions and patterns that have been difficult to access through talk therapy alone. Medical screening and prescribing are handled separately by a qualified medical provider. Have questions? Visit the KAP FAQ.
Faith Informed Integration
For women whose spirituality is central to their healing, I offer faith informed therapy that honors your beliefs as a source of strength rather than something to set aside at the door. All backgrounds and beliefs are welcome here.
Questions you may be asking before reaching out
Therapy for moms can provide a private place to understand why certain parenting moments feel so intense, how your own childhood may be influencing your reactions, and what a healthier response can look like.
Who do you work with?
I work with mothers across many stages of life, including pregnancy, early motherhood, the school years, adolescence, and the empty nest. Many were raised by emotionally unavailable mothers and want to understand how those experiences affect their parenting today.
What can therapy for moms help with?
Therapy may help with anxiety, perfectionism, guilt, emotional reactivity, shutdown, people pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, relationship strain, and fear of repeating painful family patterns.
Do you offer online therapy?
Yes. In-person therapy is available in Westlake Village, California, and secure telehealth sessions are available to clients located throughout California.
Do you accept insurance?
I am in network with Gold Coast Health Plan and Optum/UnitedHealthcare for talk therapy. Private pay, HSA, and FSA are also accepted. Contact me to confirm current eligibility and benefits.
Does healing the mother wound mean blaming my mother?
Healing begins with telling the truth. In therapy, there is room to speak honestly about what happened, what you needed and did not receive, and how those experiences affected you. You will not be asked to minimize the harm, excuse your mother’s behavior, or rush toward forgiveness.
Understanding your mother’s history may eventually help explain some of her limitations, but it does not erase your experience. The work is learning to hold both: compassion for what shaped her and tenderness toward the daughter in you who was hurt. From that honest foundation, healing can move toward self-trust, freedom, and healthier relationships.