Mother-Daughter Relationship Therapy

Because Every Daughter Deserves to Feel Seen, Safe, and Loved.

Whether you're healing together or on your own, this heart-led therapy helps daughters and mothers release emotional pain, reconnect with compassion, and grow into a new way of loving.

💞 Who This Is For

I offer both mother-daughter therapy sessions together, and individual therapy for either mothers or daughters — depending on what best suits your relationship, needs, and emotional readiness.

💞 For Mothers and Daughters Who Want to Reconnect

If your relationship feels distant, tense, or quietly painful — and you’re both ready to show up — we’ll create a safe, supportive space to:

🌱 For Individual Mothers or Daughters:

You want to heal your story — whether or not your mother or daughter is part of the process.

This therapy may be for you if:

You're a daughter carrying guilt, resentment, or emotional pain from your relationship with your mother — and you’re ready to explore and heal the mother wound.
You're a mother who feels unseen, unappreciated, or stuck in the role of the sacrificial caregiver — and you want to reclaim your truth and voice.
You're seeking freedom from old family roles and longing to reconnect with your authentic self.
You want to understand your emotional triggers, set healthy boundaries, and experience deeper self-worth and emotional liberation — with or without your mother/daughter present.

Common Struggles in Mother-Daughter Relationships

Does This Feel Familiar to You?

You might be here because something in your relationship feels emotionally heavy, confusing, or stuck. This therapy is here to help you work through challenges like:

🌀 Recurring tension or emotional conflict

Arguments that spiral or moments of emotional shutdown—leaving you both drained and unheard.

🧊 Feeling distant—even when you still talk

There’s communication… but no real connection. It feels like something’s missing underneath the surface.

💔 Unspoken hurt

Carrying sadness, anger, guilt, or resentment that never really got a voice.

🔇 Struggling to speak your truth

You hold back to avoid conflict—or speak up, but it leads to silence or defensiveness.

🧬 Inherited patterns that won’t break

Repeating painful behaviours across generations—even when you don’t want to.

🪝 Emotional enmeshment

Feeling overly responsible for each other’s emotions and wellbeing.

🛑 Blurry or broken boundaries

Difficulty saying no, prioritising your needs, or holding your ground without guilt.

🎭 Performing a role

Being the “good daughter” or the “self-sacrificing mother” at the expense of your true self.

🌿 You’re not doing it wrong.

These patterns are more common—and more changeable—than you think.

What Is the Mother-Daughter Relationship Therapy About?

Many women feel confused, hurt, or emotionally distant in their relationship with their mother or daughter—but don’t always know why. You might sense that something deeper is going on, yet feel unsure how to begin untangling it.

This therapy is here to help you gently uncover that deeper story—and begin the healing process.

Over ten sessions across ten weeks, I’ll guide you through a trauma-informed, seven-step journey rooted in the Mother-Daughter Attachment Model—developed by my teacher, Rosjke Hasseldine, and shaped by my own professional training and personal transformation with my mother.

This approach is well-structured, compassionate, and deeply healing. Together, we’ll explore the hidden dynamics, unspoken expectations, and generational patterns that shape your bond—often in ways that are invisible, but profoundly impactful.

Through this seven-step journey, you’ll gain a clear and empowering roadmap for healing—one that helps you:

Strengthen emotional connection with your mother or daughter
Reclaim inner freedom and self-worth
Break inherited cycles and create new patterns—rooted in acceptance, clarity, and power

🌿The 7-Step Path to Healing the Mother-Daughter Relationship

A 10-session transformational therapy journey to help you heal the mother-daughter relationship and mother wound, reclaim your voice, and rebuild your connection—with clarity, care, and compassion.

Step 1

Redefining Your Life & Moving Forward with Strength

Session 1: The Mother-Daughter Story

We start with your lived experience. What’s felt painful, confusing, or disconnected? This session creates a safe space to speak honestly—perhaps for the first time.

Step 2

Understand the Past – Trace the Generational Threads

Session 2: Mother-Daughter History Mapping

Explore your family history and inherited emotional patterns. Begin uncovering how unspoken legacies and cultural messages have shaped your bond.

Step 3

Know Your Attachment Style – Build Awareness, Not Blame

Session 3: Attachment Styles & Emotional Needs

Learn how your attachment style and core emotional needs show up in the relationship. This brings clarity, compassion, and a deeper understanding of yourself.

Step 4

Release Emotional Blocks – Work Through Anger, Blame & Guilt

Session 4: Anger & Blame
Session 5: Guilt & “I did it for your own good” (为你好)
We gently unpack unresolved anger, blame, and cultural guilt. You’ll learn to separate love from obligation—and honour the validity of your emotions.

Step 5

Reclaim Your Voice – Own Your Needs & Identity

Session 6: Speaking Up for Yourself

Develop the confidence to express your needs clearly and assertively—without guilt or fear. Begin reconnecting with your own identity beyond family roles.

Step 6

Rebuild the Relationship – Create Boundaries & Connection

Session 7: Healthy Boundaries
Session 8: Communication & Conflict Repair
Strengthen your ability to set boundaries that support connection, not distance. Learn tools for honest dialogue, emotional safety, and conflict repair.

Step 7

Deepen Healing – Forgiveness, Compassion & Integration

Session 9: Self-Compassion & Forgiveness
Session 10: Integration & Closure
These final sessions support reflection, closure, and emotional renewal. We revisit your growth and create space for the new relationship you’re building.

My Mother-Daughter Journey

My mother-daughter journey taught me: real intimacy doesn’t come from avoiding conflict—it comes from courage, honesty, and compassion. Setting boundaries isn’t rejection—it’s an act of self-love.

Jada Xinyi Wang, Mother-Daughter Therapist

From Seeking Approval to Choosing Truth

For many years, my relationship with my mother felt “fine” on the outside—but quietly painful underneath.

Like many daughters of Asian mothers, I carried the invisible weight of unspoken expectations: to achieve, to please, to never disappoint. Beneath my mother’s devotion were layers of unhealed pain—guilt, silence, emotional pressure—passed down through generations.

In our family, feelings weren’t welcomed, boundaries didn’t exist, and being a “good daughter” often meant losing myself.

As I grew older, I knew I couldn’t repeat that pattern. I longed to become a woman who could choose her path with clarity, authenticity, and strength. The healing journey wasn’t easy—marked by guilt, grief, and loneliness—but it also gifted me emotional freedom, depth, and a more compassionate connection to myself and my mother.

Today, our relationship isn’t perfect—but it’s real. We speak more openly. We honour each other’s choices. We’re learning to love—through presence, forgiveness, and truth.

I no longer need to be the “perfect daughter.” And she no longer needs to be the “sacrificial mother.”

We just get to be ourselves.

The Cultural Lens I Bring

If you grew up in an Asian or immigrant family, you may know a kind of love that runs deep — but is expressed through sacrifice, duty, silence, or even food.

It’s a love rooted in devotion, yet often more about serving than feeling. A love that protects — but can also leave you feeling emotionally unseen.

You may carry the unspoken pressure to be a “Good Daughter” — to succeed, to serve, to stay silent about your own needs in the name of loyalty.

Or perhaps you’re a mother who’s given everything, yet still feels unappreciated, distant, or misunderstood by your child.

These are not personal failures — they are cultural inheritances.
Generational legacies passed down in silence.

And they can be gently unlearned — with care, compassion, and courage.

In this work, we don’t reject your roots — we honour them,
while making space for your truth, voice, and emotional freedom.

We may not have chosen what was passed down to us — but we can choose what we pass on.

Jada Wang

More Than Just Insight — A Space to Transform & Be Seen

What You’ll Gain from Your Mother-Daughter Healing Journey

Healing your mother-daughter relationship doesn’t just mend old wounds — it reshapes who you are. It gives you a new identity and a new life.

Jada Wang, Mother-Daughter Relationship Therapist

By the end of this journey, you’ll have the practical tools, clarity, and confidence to make meaningful change in your mother-daughter relationship from the inside out.

Whether you come alone or together, this work will support you to:

✨ Understand the deeper “why” behind your pain — so confusion turns into clarity, and the hurt begins to soften

✨ Heal emotional wounds that may have lived quietly inside you for years

✨ Release the “selfless” role — as a mother or daughter — and reconnect with your true self

✨ Develop communication tools and resilience that help you feel safe, respected, and heard

✨ Set clear, compassionate boundaries — without guilt, fear, or self-doubt

✨ Speak your truth and express your needs without fear of conflict or rejection

✨ Rebuild connection through mutual understanding, empathy, and emotional honesty

✨ Break generational cycles — and begin creating a new, healthier legacy rooted in unconditional acceptance and free will

Most importantly, you’ll learn how to reconnect in a way that feels safe and authentic, without compromising what matters most to your heart.

The Self-Worth Letter — For Women Healing the Mother Line

Gentle, insightful letters to support your emotional healing — with heartfelt reflections, practical tools, and empowering guidance for rebuilding trust, emotional safety, and your true voice.

Whether you’re a daughter breaking cycles or a mother learning to love with freedom, this space is for you.

✨ Receive support, stories, and soulful reminders that you are already enough.

What Healing Looks Like—From Mothers & Daughters Who’ve Been There

Healing a mother-daughter relationship can feel overwhelming—but it’s absolutely possible.

Here’s how some of my clients describe their transformation after working together:

We learned to see each other as individuals.

My relationship with my daughter had been distant and strained for years. We often went months without speaking—and when we did, it usually ended in tension or silence. The program gave us a safe space to open up and truly listen. For the first time, we could speak honestly—with less blame and more care. We’ve learned to respect each other’s boundaries and see one another as individuals. The change has been incredibly healing and grounding. I’m so grateful to Jada for creating the safe space that made this possible.

Laura, 48 & Emily, 24

I feel less guilty for having boundaries with my mum.

As an Asian daughter, I carried so much guilt and pressure to be the ‘good daughter’—always putting my mum first, even when I was struggling. I didn’t know how to set boundaries without feeling selfish. Jada truly understood where I was coming from—both emotionally and culturally. Her support helped me find my voice and set healthier boundaries with my mum in a way that feels more balanced. I highly recommend her to anyone struggling with the same guilt and pressure.

Lina, 31, Birmingham

I’m proud of the progress my mum and I have made.

For most of my adult life, I felt emotionally disconnected from my mother. Every conversation seemed to end in argument or silence. Through the sessions, I was finally able to express things I’d held in for years—and, for the first time, I truly began to hear her story too. Now we communicate with more honesty and care. It’s still a work in progress, but I’m genuinely grateful for how far we’ve come. Having mother-daughter sessions with Jada has been one of the most healing parts of my therapy journey.

Sophie, 34, London

I’ve become more courageous in having honest conversations with my mum.

I used to feel like I had to hide who I really was around my mum—just to avoid conflict. But deep down, I longed for a more authentic connection. This mother-daughter program gave me the tools and emotional safety to speak up about my needs. I’ve started showing up more honestly in our relationship and confronting issues I used to avoid. It hasn’t been easy, but I feel closer to my mum—and to my inner child—than I ever have. If you’re afraid of conflict or struggle with expressing your needs with those closest to you, Jada can guide you through it with deep understanding, care, and wise support.

Xiaoxuan, 29, London

Frequently Asked Questions

Do both mother and daughter need to attend together?

Not necessarily. Many clients begin individually—and experience powerful shifts in how they relate to their mothers simply by doing their own healing work.
For those who wish to attend as a pair, we’ll first explore whether joint sessions feel emotionally safe and supportive for both of you. In our introductory call, I’ll ask a few gentle questions to understand your dynamic and whether it’s the right fit for mother-daughter sessions together. If needed, I may recommend starting individually first.

What if my mother isn’t willing to join—can I still benefit?

Absolutely. This work is deeply transformative even when done on your own. Healing the mother wound, learning to set boundaries, and changing inherited patterns doesn’t require both people to be in the room. You have the power to shift the relationship by changing how you show up within it.

Who is this therapy for?

This work is for any woman who wants to better understand, heal, or transform her relationship with her mother or daughter—whether you’re navigating long-standing conflict, emotional distance, or simply longing for a deeper, more authentic connection.

It’s for daughters who may feel overwhelmed by guilt, emotional responsibility, or the pressure to always be “good.”
And it’s equally for mothers who feel unappreciated, misunderstood, or emotionally shut out—despite having given so much of themselves.

Wherever you are in your journey—as a mother, a daughter, or both—you are welcome here.
This is a space for emotional healing, mutual understanding, and rebuilding connection in a way that honours both of you.

What happens during a session?

Each session offers a safe, confidential space to explore your story, emotional patterns, and generational dynamics. We’ll follow a structured healing roadmap, while tailoring the work to meet your specific needs at each stage. You’ll be supported with care and clarity—never rushed or pushed.

How many sessions will I need, and how often will we meet?

The full program includes 10 sessions structured around 7 healing steps. For meaningful and lasting change, I usually recommend starting with weekly sessions for the first month—this helps build momentum and emotional continuity.

After that, we can move to bi-weekly sessions if that feels more sustainable for you. The pace is always tailored to your needs, your emotional capacity, and what feels supportive for your healing journey.

Will the sessions bring up difficult emotions?

They might—and that’s completely okay.
Healing the mother-daughter relationship can bring up long-held feelings like sadness, anger, guilt, or grief. But you won’t have to face them alone.

You’ll be supported in a warm, non-judgmental, and reflective space—with gentle tools to help you regulate and process whatever arises, at your own pace and in your own time.

Difficult emotions aren’t a setback—they’re often a doorway to deeper healing.

Are you a mother?

I understand this is an important consideration for some clients, especially mothers. While I’ve chosen not to have children, my personal journey, particularly navigating identity and relationships through my mid-40s, has deeply taught me what it means to nurture, care for, and accept oneself. This has cultivated a strong “inner mother” within me, allowing me to connect with others with genuine care, acceptance, and healthy boundaries.

Being an effective therapist is rooted in empathy, training, and understanding, not specific life roles. If you prefer a therapist who is a mother, I fully respect that and will provide referrals to trusted colleagues.

💬 Ready to Begin Your Healing?

Whether you’re a daughter or a mother, if something in your relationship feels challenging—or ready for change—I invite you to take the first step.

Book a free 30-minute consultation to explore how we can work together, and whether this journey is the right fit for you.

Let’s start with a conversation that honours where you are—and where you long to be.

BACP Registered Counsellor
Certified Mother-Daughter Therapist

Serving London (in-person) & Worldwide (online)