Therapy for Experienced Moms

Experienced moms may have passed the baby phase, but are still very much in the trenches of parenthood. When your kids are older, the tasks and decisions can feel endless. You might be trying to juggle work (or other responsibilities) along with pick-ups and drop-offs, staying on top of school forms, doctors appointments, and generally serving in an unpaid role of "family manager." The mental load is real!

Parenting with a "gentle" approach is extra hard when you can't look back at your own childhood for a blueprint to follow. Cycle-breakers often don't have that luxury. You might feel about ready to throw your parenting books across the room. Despite loving your kids deeply and feeling committed to offering them a safe, stable, emotionally attuned home base, you might often feel tested to maintain this standard. Real life can get the best of any of us. As a cycle-breaker, you might see yourself or your kids through a lens that is clouded by past trauma. This isn't your fault and certainly isn't something you have chosen, but taking responsibility for your healing allows you to clear off that lens. You begin to see your own strengths and challenges without such a heavy weight of shame. You see your child's needs as distinct from your own. You honor your feelings and theirs, and they never feel responsibility to tend to your emotions. What a gift to offer the next generation.

Maybe you're tired of comparing yourself to others and feeling 'less than.' You're sick of shouldering more than your share of responsibilities and are ready to set boundaries and ask for the support you need. You want to continue your own healing work so you can meet your children more fully, feeling less affected by past wounds.

In therapy, I can help you anchor in your strengths so you can parent from a place of empowerment. Let's work together to cultivate your self-trust and confidence.

I've invite you to see yourself with with compassion instead of judgment. While it makes sense your own childhood has left you with a harsh inner critic, let's help you find a gentler way of relating to your kids and yourself.

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Perhaps you...

Are parenting a child with unique emotional or behavioral needs.
Are trying to navigate a complicated relationship with your own parent.
Are grieving as your child matures and struggling to watch them gain independence.
Are trying to figure out how to be the calm and centered parent you hoped to be, while finding motherhood significantly more challenging than you expected it to be.
Are juggling multiple responsibilities and priorities and feeling exhausted.
Are really wanting to feel connected with a sense of self beyond your mothering role - but you are wondering when? how? Who even is she?
Start each day planning to stay calm and measured, but find yourself yelling and issuing threats by afternoon.
Feel yourself taking it personally when your child pushes for more independence, even though you know this is normal.
Want to feel less alone, but it seems that avenues for support are even more sparse now that you are past the early days of parenting.
Are navigating conflict with a partner or other family members who have different ideas of how to parent.