Workshops & Support Groups for Mothers
We know that as parents and grandparents, we love our children. We also know that being a Mom is different from being a Dad. Moms typically seek out support far more often than Dads. So, to address this difference, we have a group just for Moms to share, encourage, listen, learn, grow and be stronger together.
Workshops
Workshops for estranged mothers offer growth-enhancement, support and education to help understand and manage this complex and painful experience. What to expect:
- Meet other estranged mothers and understand “YOU ARE NOT ALONE”.
- Hear from other mothers. Learn from each other.
- Create a toolbox of coping skills and effective strategies designed to create connections, heal and mend relationships.
- Learn about the various pathways to estrangement
- Learn what common mistakes mothers make how to avoid them and practical alternatives.
- Be introduced to valuable resources on family estrangement.
- Practical suggestions on how to move toward acceptance, forgiveness, and mending.
- Expectable consequences to estranged mothers and familes about estrangement, a previously unthinkable experience
- Discussions on the generational divide existing between the generations.
- Address feelings of shame and guilt, and how to overcome them.
- Learn practical ways to manage and respond to challenging situations, loneliness and your emotional pain.
Support Groups
As this is a mutual self-help group, not a therapy group, professional support may be helpful in addition to other forms of growth-enhancement, support, and coping. The goal of this group is to help individuals cope with the separation from their families. What to expect:
- Support from other mothers estranged from their adult children;
- Guided, open and meaningful discussions around your shared experience of parental estrangement;
- Confidential exchange and respectful behavior towards each and every participant;
- Psychological, emotional and moral support;
Opportunity for self-reflection; - Opportunity for compassion and empathy from other estranged mothers;
- Developing a growth mindset within this painful experience of loss;
- Developing an ability to view this personal experience from differing perspectives;
- Opportunity for self-expression in a safe space;
- Connection and sense of community to know and feel, “I AM NOT ALONE.”
What My Clients Say
Hear what clients had to say about their own experiences.
