Motherhood: Support at Every Stage
Support at Every Stage
Motherhood doesn't stop being disorienting once the postpartum period ends. Whether your kids are toddlers, tweens, or teenagers, the identity shift of becoming and being a mother keeps evolving, and so do the challenges that come with it.
Losing Yourself
Losing your sense of self in the day-to-day demands of raising children, and wanting to feel like you again. The ongoing mental load, guilt, resentment, or exhaustion that can build up over years of caregiving.
Changing Relationships
Navigating your relationship with your children as they grow and change, including the harder stages. Reworking your relationship with your own mother or your own upbringing as it shows up in how you parent.
Grief for Who You Were
Grief for the life or identity you had before becoming a mother, even years later. That grief is real, and it doesn't mean you don't love the life you have now.
EMDR for the Motherhood Journey
EMDR is my primary tool here too. Whether we're processing years of built-up resentment, a specific hard moment with your child, or grief for a version of yourself you feel you've lost, EMDR helps your nervous system actually move through it, not just manage around it.
You don't have to be in crisis to benefit from this work. You just have to be ready to feel like yourself again. Book a consultation.