Santa Cruz, CA
Mom Parts Salon

Want to make friends with your Mom Parts in community with other moms? Come to an in-person salon!

Mom Parts Salons are group gatherings, where moms are guided through a 5-step process of exploring parts, sparking new insights and uncovering self-compassion, within a supportive community of other moms.

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What it's all About

In our one hour therapeutic salon, you will be guided through a simple process that increases self-compassion and personal insight.

Why do moms need Mom Parts Salons?

Moms are highly triggered (inadequate sleep, intense demands, lack of external support, intense Inner Critics).
Moms are the most significant influencers of our human species.
Motherhood is a (long) phase of life where moms are highly motivated to heal themselves.

Important Information about Mom Parts Sessions

When participating in a Mom Parts salon or session, it’s important to understand that the service being provided is psychoeducational, not psychotherapy. This means that the focus of our work together is to explore and teach you a concept that can help you understand and work with various aspects of your identity as a mother. However, we are not entering into a therapeutic relationship.

Since Mom Parts is an educational experience, it is not psychotherapy and does not involve personalized therapeutic intervention. Please note that there is no therapeutic privilege in this context, and any information you share may not be confidential in the same way as it would be in a therapy session. While I will do my best to maintain confidentiality, what you share could potentially be subject to legal discovery in some situations. If you feel you require psychotherapy or mental health support, I strongly recommend reaching out to a licensed healthcare provider who can offer you the appropriate care.

How Does It Work?

Salons are warm, intimate gatherings of moms, all of whom participate in a guided visualization to help us get in touch with the parts of us that are activated and unsettled. Together, we move in and out of a process that helps us validate the hopes and fears of our protective parts and better understand what it is we're trying to protect. The process moves us toward designing a remedy for our pain, and helps us make contact with that remedy as a healing resource we can return to. All participants map their parts and some choose to share about their process. Mom Parts cards allow for a creative, spontaneous exploration and every Salon takes its own shape to fit the needs of participants.

Mom Parts Salons are a good fit for you if any of the following apply:

You're a mom at any stage of motherhood, from pregnancy to moms of fully launched adults, including bereaved moms
You feel challenged by motherhood
You like IFS (Internal Family Systems)
You want to be part of a supportive community of mothers

** No knowledge or experience with IFS is needed to participate.