Motherless Daughters is a therapy group for women who want a steady, compassionate space to process mother loss with others who truly understand. This is not a place to “move on” or minimize what happened. It’s a place to speak honestly, feel supported, and learn practical ways to carry your grief with less isolation and more self-trust.

In group, we make room for the whole range of emotions mother loss can bring, sadness, anger, guilt, relief, longing, numbness, confusion, and love. You don’t have to explain it here. You don’t have to be “strong” here. You can just be real.

I lost my mom when I was 7, and that loss reshaped everything, my sense of security, my family dynamics, and the way I learned to move through the world. Mother loss isn’t something you simply “get over.” It becomes something you learn to live with, and it can show up in surprising ways at every stage of life.

For many years, I carried parts of my grief without language for what I was experiencing. Hope Edelman’s Motherless Daughters helped me name what I’d carried for so long and made me feel understood in a way I didn’t expect (hopeedelman.com). Claire Bidwell Smith’s work deepened that support with compassionate, practical insight into how grief evolves over time (clairebidwellsmith.com). Their writing brought me solace and support in ways I never imagined, even after all these years, which is a big reason I’m passionate about creating a space where other motherless women don’t have to carry this alone.

I’m a Certified Mother Loss Practitioner trained through Hope Edelman and Claire Bidwell Smith (see their directories at hopeedelman.com/mother-loss-practitioners and clairebidwellsmith.com/grief-resource-directory). My approach is grounded in attachment and family systems, because mother loss doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it impacts how we connect, how we cope, and how we experience ourselves in relationships.

In group, we’ll honor your story while also building tools for regulation, self-compassion, and meaningful connection.