Mother-Daughter Relationships

Like mother, like daughter?

You look in the mirror and see that you look just like your mother! A phrase comes out of your mouth, one you didn’t even know was in you, and is exactly what your mother would say!

You want to be different from her, but you find so many things that are the same.

It’s complicated!

Your relationship with your mother is complicated. You either get into overt fights over differing opinions, or you get secretly hurt by her well-intentioned but critical comments.

You know this relationship needs healing, but you don’t know how to get there. You’d like to challenge her, but you keep relating in the same way, getting nowhere. You know these patterns are destructive, but you feel stuck. You keep wanting her to change!

Finding a new relationship

I see mothers and daughters individually or as a couple in my practice. I focus entirely on you and what’s going on in your life and relationships.

You need to be heard, respected, honored, and supported by your mother. You no longer want to feel guilty or responsible for her happiness.

I understand. Based on my experience, it is possible to speak your emotional truth, set boundaries, and be entitled to be different from your mother.

Time to begin

Let me help you explore the issues between the two of you. Together, let’s identify the themes that keep coming up over and over.

While we talk through the silences, the withdrawals, the hurts, and pain that have shaped you, let’s explore this too-close or too-distant relationship.

Do you feel ready to heal this relationship, its problems, and conflicts? Breathe freely and finally move on.

While this is your journey to take, you don’t have to take it alone. Let’s start this journey together.

Call me at (516) 621-1898 for a free 15-minute telephone consultation.