Groups
Every mother has unique, innate wisdom. We honor and cultivate this intuition, helping you trust yourself and your instincts.
Mother Hunger
Group
Build Connection and Understanding around attachment wounding from mom.
For adult daughters who feel lonely, disconnected and long to feel seen, heard, and understood around the pain of their relationship or lack thereof with mom.
When you have experienced Mother Hunger® you may struggle with relationships, addictions, and/or difficulties with food.
Mother Hunger is a term coined by Kelly McDaniel, author of Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance.
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Mother Hunger® describes what it feels like to grow up with a mother who insufficiently meets the needs of you as the daughter. It leaves you struggling to feel secure in relationships and sure about yourself.
As an adult, it can feel like a craving for romantic love, but in reality, it is a craving for the love you didn’t receive as a young child.
If you have experienced Mother Hunger, you did not receive the nurturance, protection, and/or guidance you needed growing up.
Mother Hunger can start in infancy and may have carried on throughout your childhood years. You may still experience difficulties in your current relationship with your mom where you long for her to apologize (“apology ache”) or you struggle with “pathological hope” where you endlessly hope your mom will change despite evidence that she is not likely to.
Adult daughters with Mother Hunger deal with “frozen grief” and shame. Once we have a name for our pain, Mother Hunger, we can begin to unfreeze the grief that’s been stored for years and begin to heal.
Read more about Mother Hunger HERE.
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Adult daughters with a strained relationship with mom
Adult daughters with an enmeshed relationship with mom
Adult daughters with no relationship with mom
Adult daughters who were adopted and have mixed feelings about their birth or adoptive mom
Adult daughters who have children of their own now
The common thread is unresolved feelings toward your mom that might including things like grief, anger, shame, sadness, resentment, numbness, etc.
This group will guide you through 8-10 weeks of psychoeducation to build insight into why you feel the way that you do. Mother Hunger helps us to make sense of the past so we can begin to heal today.
This group is best for those who have done a good amount of individual therapy, have strong coping skills, and are ready and able to face the pain of the past.
Grounding, orienting, containment, and self-soothing will be incorporated throughout this group.
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Time: Tuesdays at 5pm
Location: Telehealth
Duration: 8-10 weeks
Cost: $100 per session
This group will be 90 minutes in length, every Tuesday from 5-6:30pm for 8-10 weeks.
Mother Hunger Support
Group
After completing the Mother Hunger® Psychoeducational Group, you may crave continued community with other women who understand the pain of Mother Hunger. Having a community to hold and contain your experiences can be a beneficial addition to doing some kind of individual work with a provider. We cannot heal in isolation and often need the support of others.
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This group will provide continued support for those struggling and recovering from Mother Hunger. This is not a process group or a therapy group. We find ways to joke and laugh together in the midst of a very challenging topic.
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This group is for women who have previously taken a Mother Hunger Psychoeducational Group. You may not join this group without first attending the psychoeducational group.
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Time: Every other Wednesdays 6-7pm CT
Location: Telehealth
Duration: ongoing
Cost: $75 per session
Pregnancy
dialogues
Group
For expecting parents who feel excited, nervous, and a bit overwhelmed about adjusting to having a new baby at home. Feel more prepared, relaxed, and connected to your baby prior to their arrival.
As you expect a new baby at home, there can be a lot of doubts, worries, and concerns. You may worry about postpartum depression, anxiety, or other postpartum challenges. Additionally, you may lack the support you need as you get ready to welcome your new baby into the world.
Pregnancy Dialogues is a supportive group for expecting parents. You don’t need anything “wrong” to participate. It is meant to set you up for the best outcomes for your family. It is a nonclinical group for pregnant mamas and partners to explore topics around family, partner and infant relationships before, during, and after a new baby enters the family.
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Connecting to this pregnancy and this baby
Practicing relaxation and breathing exercises to reduce stress
Having a dialogue with your baby in the womb and feel the baby’s reactions
Balancing self-care with new family dynamics and life after birth
A primary focus is to foster safety, trust, and support within a group of expecting parents going through a similar phase of life.
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This group is a great fit for you if you’re 20 weeks pregnant or more and you’re seeking to establish a healthy bond with your baby to promote secure attachment. Secure attachment in childhood is linked to many positive outcomes throughout childhood and life, including success academically and socially. Having a secure bond and attachment between parent and child often leads to a more healthy, successful, independent adult.
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Group is 90 minutes for 6 weeks, a 7th group will be held 2-3 months postpartum
