Therapy for Mothers Who Feel Like They’re Failing (But Aren’t)
Somatic, depth-oriented therapy for mothers who are trying to break cycles, heal their inner child, and long to feel more grounded, confident, and connected in motherhood.
This work is for mothers who want to break cycles — not become perfect
I work with mothers who are:
Trying to parent differently than they were raised
Healing from perfectionism, parentification, emotional neglect, criticism, or shame
Carrying the weight of “I have to get this right”
Emotionally exhausted from overthinking every interaction
Longing to enjoy motherhood instead of constantly evaluating themselves
Wanting to heal their own inner child alongside their parenting journey
You don’t need to become a “better” mother.
You deserve to become a more supported, resourced, and connected one.
When gentle parenting turns into self-abandonment
Many of the mothers I work with are deeply thoughtful and conscientious. You’ve read the books, followed the accounts, saved the scripts. You care deeply about being emotionally attuned, respectful, and safe parents.
And sometimes, that care starts to turn inward in painful ways.
You might notice yourself:
Tiptoeing around your child’s emotions
Avoiding conflict or big feelings at all costs
Struggling to hold boundaries because you’re afraid of upsetting them
Letting your child lead when you long to feel more steady
Walking away from interactions feeling small, resentful, or ashamed
Feeling like your needs disappear in the relationship
Often, this isn’t a parenting skills issue.
It’s a nervous system pattern rooted in your own history.
If you learned early on that conflict wasn’t safe, that your needs didn’t matter, or that you had to manage others’ emotions to stay connected, parenting can quietly reactivate those old survival strategies.
Our work gently explores this with compassion — not to blame you, but to help you build more internal safety, self-trust, and steadiness, so boundaries begin to feel supportive rather than scary.
Not rigid rules.
Not performance.
But embodied leadership that grows from within.
You care deeply about how your child experiences you.
You’re intentional. Reflective. Trying so hard to do things differently.
And still, some days feel heavy.
You might notice yourself snapping when you don’t want to.
Freezing or shutting down when emotions run high.
Feeling flooded with guilt after moments that didn’t go how you hoped.
Thinking, “I know better… so why does this keep happening?”
If that sounds familiar, it doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It means your nervous system learned certain patterns long before you became a parent — and those patterns deserve care, not criticism.
I offer virtual therapy for mothers in Missouri and Utah
Pricing
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(excludes EMDR and extended somatic sessions.)
50 minutes - $165
A space for you to reconnect with yourself, explore attachment wounds, and gently work with what you’ve been carrying
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90 minutes - $250
Best practice for EMDR, so you are more likely to feel relief faster, is 90 minutes. Sometimes your body needs more time to feel safe, to process, and to reconnect. These longer sessions create space for EMDR reprocessing, trauma-conscious yoga, and deeper somatic work—without the rush.
When we’re doing EMDR or extended somatic work, your nervous system needs enough space to safely open up, process, and settle again. A standard 50-minute session often isn’t long enough—we might just be getting into the deeper work when it’s time to stop. That can leave things feeling incomplete.
With 90 minutes, we have time to fully move through a piece of what’s coming up for you (in EMDR this is called a “target,” like a memory, belief, or body experience that holds pain). This extra space gives your system time to process and release what it’s been carrying—without rushing—and to come back to a place of calm and safety before we close.
Simply put: extended sessions allow us to go deeper and leave you feeling grounded at the end, rather than opened up and unfinished.
