I Don't Have a Mother Wound, But I Help Women Heal Theirs: My Story [Ep. 59]

About this episode

Brittney Scott shares her journey into becoming a mother-daughter therapist and discusses the importance of understanding attachment and intergenerational trauma in healing relationships.

My Story - How I Became a Mother-Daughter Therapist (And Why I Almost Didn't Share This) In this vulnerable episode, I share something I've kept hidden for years: I don't do mother-daughter work because I have a painful mother-daughter relationship. From wanting to be a doctor at Johns Hopkins to falling into clinical psychology almost by accident, I walk you through my unexpected journey into this field. I reveal how working with teen girls led me to discover that mom was always at the center of their struggles - and how frustrating it was to reach that point with clients but not know what to do next. Most importantly, I explain why I've been afraid to share that I have a good relationship with my mom, my belief that this work isn't about centering my story, and how understanding attachment and intergenerational trauma became my framework for helping mothers and daughters heal, reconnect, or break cycles. With this episode you'll be able to: Understand that therapists don't need personal pain to do meaningful healing work See how clinical psychology can integrate science, people, and art into one field Recognize that all behavior makes sense when you understand the context and…

People in this episode

Host: Brittney Scott

Topics covered

• mother-daughter relationships
• clinical psychology
• intergenerational trauma
• healing
• attachment theory

Keywords

• mother wound
• therapist
• healing work
• teen struggles
• clinical psychology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Johns Hopkins

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