Working Clinically with Mom Burnout
A 3-hour live training for therapists through a psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Feminist lens
This training is for therapists who want to move beyond surface-level conversations about self-care and learn how to work more deeply with mothers experiencing burnout.
Mom burnout is often presented as a time-management issue, a lack of support issue, or a self-care issue. And while those pieces matter, they are often only part of the picture.
In clinical work, mom burnout can also reveal deeper themes: guilt, resentment, identity loss, perfectionism, self-abandonment, invisible labour, early relational patterns, internalized expectations, and difficulty prioritizing the self.
This training will help therapists understand how to assess, conceptualize, and support mothers experiencing burnout using a Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Feminist lens.
Who This Training Is For
This training is for:
Therapists, counsellors, and psychotherapists who work with mothers.
Clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of mom burnout beyond basic self-care strategies.
Therapists interested in psychodynamic, Gestalt, relational, and feminist approaches.
Clinicians who want to feel more confident conceptualizing and supporting clients who feel overwhelmed, resentful, guilty, disconnected from themselves, or emotionally depleted by motherhood.
What You’ll Learn
In this training, therapists will learn how to:
Understand mom burnout through a Psychodynamic, Gestalt, and Feminist lens.
Identify common clinical themes, including guilt, resentment, perfectionism, invisible labour, self-abandonment, identity loss, and emotional overwhelm.
Develop a psychodynamic case conceptualization for mothers experiencing burnout.
Understand the progression of therapy with this population, from assessment and formulation to awareness, emotional processing, agency, boundaries, and integration.
Work with transference and countertransference in the therapeutic relationship.
Help clients identify the “pieces of the puzzle” and make meaning of their experiences.
Support clients in identifying where they have agency, including communication, boundaries, emotional regulation, self-care, and prioritizing their own needs.
Integrate Gestalt-informed interventions, including chair work and younger-self dialogue.
The Shift That Changed Everything
I asked myself: “What if being a good mother isn’t about doing more, but about slowing down and actually being here?”
I stopped chasing perfect routines and impossible expectations.
I built simple rhythms, soft boundaries, and grounding practices that supported me—and my family.
Now:
I’m not perfect, but I’m peaceful
I’m not hustling, but I’m still moving forward
My child gets a mom who’s present, not just productive
And I want to help you do the same.
Training Details
Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Length: 3 hours
Format: Live online training
Time: Afternoon/Evening ET, with West Coast attendees in mind
Replay: Available within 24 hours after the live training
Replay Access: Available for 3 months after the training
Investment: $127 CAD, approximately $92 USD
Space: Limited number of participants to allow for a more intimate and reflective learning experience
Why This Training Matters
Many mothers are not just tired. They are carrying emotional, relational, and cultural loads that have often gone unnamed for years.
As therapists, we need a way to understand what is happening beneath the surface. Not just “she needs better boundaries,” but why those boundaries feel so hard to set. Not just “she needs more self-care,” but why prioritizing herself feels unsafe, selfish, or impossible.
This training will give therapists a clinical framework for understanding mom burnout as something shaped by personal history, relational patterns, gendered expectations, motherhood culture, and the client’s evolving sense of self.