No one can prepare you for how tender and overwhelming it can feel to become a mother and not just logistically but emotionally, relationally, and existentially. You might feel disoriented, stretched thin or like you're grieving the version of you that existed before all this. You might be exhausted from the pressure to do it all with grace and gratitude. You might be wondering who you are now or what your needs even are anymore.
Therapy for Moms in Los Angeles
Individual therapy for Moms in Hermosa Beach and Los Angeles
Becoming a Mother Changes Everything
Therapy can be the one place where you don’t have to perform, hold it all together or convince anyone you’re fine when you’re not. It’s a space where you can finally let the mask slip, sink into the chair, and feel the weight you’ve been carrying without judgment, without pressure. Here, we slow down enough to hear what your mind and body have been trying to say beneath the noise of daily life.
We talk about this part of motherhood... The part where your identity feels blurred around the edges, your emotions feel bigger than they used to, and even small acts like taking a shower or drinking coffee while it’s still hot seem like rare, precious luxuries. You’re not failing. You’re not broken. And you’re definitely not the only one who feels this way.
Becoming a mother can be beautiful, yes, but it’s also disorienting, lonely, and overwhelming. Your relationships may feel different, your patience may feel thin, and the version of yourself you used to know might feel far away. You’re trying to find her again in the middle of one of life’s most profound transitions.
Therapy gives you a chance to pause, exhale, and begin that reconnection to the parts of you that are still here: wise, tender, strong, and deeply deserving of care. Together, we’ll make room for your grief and your joy, your fear and your love, so you can navigate this chapter with more steadiness and self-compassion.
Let’s start there.
We might be a good fit If...
You’ve been asking yourself, “I don’t feel like myself lately; what’s going on?” You’re not sure if this is just a phase or something deeper, but it’s starting to feel like it deserves your attention.
Individual therapy for Moms in Hermosa Beach and Los Angeles
We might be a good fit If...
You feel touched-out, overstimulated, and like you’re never fully alone... yet also deeply lonely in ways that are hard to put into words.
We might be a good fit If...
You’re trying so hard to be a “good mom,” but underneath the effort is a quiet current of guilt, shame or fear that you’re somehow falling short.
We might be a good fit If...
You’re tired of chasing some idealized version of motherhood and are ready to create something more honest, more sustainable that actually honors your whole self.
We might be a good fit If...
You catch yourself thinking: Why do I feel guilty when I need space? Why is asking for help so hard? Why do I feel both grateful and resentful at the same time? And you're craving a space to actually unpack those questions.
We might be a good fit If...
You love your partner, but you feel disconnected. You don’t know how to ask for more support without sounding ungrateful or like you’re failing.
We might be a good fit If...
You’re carrying emotional weight that feels too big, too overwhelming or too shameful to say out loud. Maybe you’re battling intrusive thoughts, anxiety or irritability and feel scared to admit how hard it really is.
We might be a good fit If...
You’re starting to notice how your own upbringing is showing up in how you parent and how you treat yourself, and you want to respond with more intention not just reaction.
We might be a good fit If...
You’re not just looking to cope. You’re looking to heal, to make sense of what’s coming up, and to grow into this new version of yourself with more self-trust and compassion.
What we’ll work on together in therapy
Individual therapy for Moms in Hermosa Beach and Los Angeles
reconnecting with yourself
We'll make space for your inner voice- the parts that have gone quiet under the weight of “being everything for everyone.” We'll explore your identity now, in this chapter of your life, and gently question the stories you've been told about what a “good mother” should be. You weren’t meant to vanish in motherhood. Together, we’ll figure out where you went missing, and what it looks like to reclaim the pieces of your identity that matter. The creative one, the sexual one, the ambitious one, the one who rests. They all still live in you.
What do you need, that you haven’t said out loud yet?
What would it feel like and what would look like to take up just a little more space in your own life?
redefining what means to be a "good mom"
If you’re constantly measuring yourself against impossible standards, it’s no wonder you feel like you’re falling short. We’ll explore where those expectations come from: your family, culture or internalized beliefs, and begin replacing them with something more self-compassionate, more human, and more you.
Tending to emotional overwhelm and making space for your full experience without guilt
You don’t need to perform gratitude or pretend you're okay just because you're "lucky to have a kid." Therapy is a place to be honest about what this season is really like: yes the gratitude and the joy, but also the rage, the confusion, the grief. We’ll create room for it all because when you’re allowed to feel, you begin to heal.
What are messy and unmanageable feelings that you are holding in? Is it rage, sadness, resentment, guilt or grief?
Exploring your relational patterns and how your own childhood shows up in motherhood
We'll look at how your early relationships and attachment experiences are impacting how you show up for your child, your partner, and yourself. Maybe becoming a mom stirred up things you didn’t expect: old wounds, unmet needs or memories you haven’t thought about in years. We’ll gently unpack how your early relationships shaped the way in how you soothe, how you connect, how you expect to be treated, and we will begin to rewire what no longer fits.
Did anyone teach you how to be cared for without guilt or conditions?
What did love require of you growing up?
Tending to the invisible labor of motherhood
So much of what you do isn’t seen, named or appreciated, and that takes a toll. In therapy, we’ll name the emotional weight you carry, look at how resentment and burnout build, and practice new ways of asking for help that don’t leave you feeling like a burden.
practice new ways of being
Maybe that’s saying no without guilt, asking for help, showing up more authentically in your relationships, or simply resting. Therapy becomes a place where new patterns get rehearsed and embodied, not just talked about.
What’s one small way you could start mothering yourself, too?
