(HS McDaniel 059904 2025) Mother Hunger: Treating Trauma, Grief and Attachment Wounds from Unmet Maternal Needs

Course overview

Do you have clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors and are unable to stop? Clients who struggle with an insatiable need for sex and love, periods of overeating or starving, and painful, unstable relationships? I've seen these traits over and over in clients. As I searched for answers I discovered a common thread -- so many had a deep yearning for a mother's love, attention, and care that was not met during childhood. Hiding in secrecy and shame, this unnamed problem left clients a lifetime legacy of insecure attachment, trauma, addiction, anxiety and so much more. It led me to write my best-selling book Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection and Guidance to help people name what they're missing and begin to heal. And now for the first time ever, you can join me for a complete training, as I tackle this complex problem and give you the clinical tools and solutions you've been looking for... ...so you can help your clients break free from harmful cycles and emptiness resulting from unmet maternal needs. When you join me, I'll share a healing path with powerful therapeutic interventions so you can: Recognize signs and symptoms of unmet maternal needs in clients Destigmatize shame and feelings of inadequacy that accompany undermothering Use attachment-focused interventions to help clients identify unhealthy attachment patterns and work towards building healthier relationships Build greater self-awareness and emotional regulation in clients Help clients create sense of safety and trust within themselves Give clients a toolkit of self-care and self-soothing techniques So many of your peers who have trained with me say this material is "this is the missing piece" in both their treatment approach and personal healing.