Healing does not always
happen one to one.
Sometimes it happens in a room full of women who understand.

Any woman raised by an emotionally unavailable mother who is emotionally stable, ready to be in community, and committed to doing the work — not just talking about it.

You do not have to be a mother to be here. This group is for any woman carrying the mother wound who is ready to heal it in the presence of others who understand it from the inside.

Individual therapy can take you far. But there is something that happens in a room of women who carry the same wound — a kind of recognition that no one-to-one relationship can replicate.

What you could not receive from your mother — being witnessed, held, told you are enough — begins to be repaired in relationship with other women who are doing the same work beside you.

This is a licensed therapy group facilitated by Amelia Mora Mars, LMFT. It is not a support group. It is a therapeutic container for real change.

Raising a child with mental illness, autism, behavioral challenges, or emotional dysregulation is one of the loneliest experiences a mother can have. The grief is real. The exhaustion is real. And the love that keeps you showing up every day is real too.

Moms in the Storm was created because every mother in that situation deserves a room full of women who get it. No explanations needed. No judgment. Just honest conversation, warm community, and the reminder that you are not failing — you are carrying something heavy and doing it with love.

Co-founded with Shaleena Tareen, President and Founder of Childhood Matters, a Ventura County nonprofit supporting the mental health of children and families.