Motherless Daughters of Los Angeles

One of the most important things I do in individual and group therapy with Motherless Daughters, is help them to feel “normal”. When you grow up without your Mom, that is not a normal experience. As a result, we tend to develop differently than women and girls who have their mothers. What is normal for us isn’t for them. I invite you to spend some time on this site, read the reflections, and this piece I wrote for The Huffington Post. You are not alone. If you experienced early mother loss, and you were 23 years old or younger, we are here for you. Hope Edelman wrote the first book to address what it’s like to grow up motherless. That book, Motherless Daughters, The Legacy of Loss, came out in 1994. Before that, there was nothing written that tied it all that together for us. Finally we had a name, “Motherless Daughters”, and a framework in which to understand ourselves. As a motherless daughter myself, and already a licensed psychotherapist, I saw the need to have a group for motherless women in Los Angeles. Since 1996 I have been providing specialized individual psychotherapy, support groups and events for motherless daughters in the Los Angeles area. If you, or someone you know, is in Los Angeles and would like more information about Motherless Daughters, please feel free to make contact with me. While there is nothing that can heal this type of a loss, I want you to know that you are not alone. We understand and perhaps we can ease the pain just a little.