Motherless Daughters Support Groups
Domestic
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Support Groups In Arizona |
Phoenix, Arizona
The Motherless Daughters Group is a meet-up to support, give experience, strength and hope to local girls and women who have lost their mothers.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/178/
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Support Groups In California |
Los Angeles, California
Irene Rubaum-Keller, who's been leading Motherless Daughters groups for nearly ten years, has a website devoted to the concerns of motherless daughters. She also sees individual clients and organizes an annual May luncheon for Motherless Daughters Day. Contact her directly for information about joining.
For more info:
Contact: Irene Rubaum-Keller
Tel: (310) 474-2208
Email: ilililil@roadrunner.com
Web: www.motherlessdaughtersbiz.com
Los Angeles, California
A motherless daughter herself, Diane Rowe offers peer support and communication specifically for women who have experienced early childhood mother-loss.
For more info:
Contact: Diane Rowe
Email: accordiane920@yahoo.com
Marin County, California
Colleen Russell, MFT, a motherless daughter since age 15, facilitates ongoing psychodynamic/educational support groups at her Mill Valley office, focusing on motherless loss and how it affects a woman's life. The fee is $40 per session.
For more info:
Contact: Colleen Russell
Tel: (415) 383-7721
Email: crussellmft@earthlink.net
Web: www.Colleenrussellmft.com
Orange County, California
The women of Motherless Daughters of Orange County hold several annual events (luncheons, a picnic, a garage sale fundraiser) as well as social and support groups for college-age women and adults.
For more info:
Contact: Juanita Driskell, president
Email: jdriskell@finewoodnthings.com
Web: motherlessdaughtersoforangecounty.org/index.html
San Francisco, California
This group is for women of all ages who have lost their mothers and are looking for supportive environment where they can share their experiences, hearts and hopes.
For more info:
www.meetup.com/sfmotherlessdaughters/
Santa Clara County, California
A large group of motherless daughters meet informally for luncheons and social events in the San Jose area. New members welcome.
For more info:
Contact: Felice Moreno
Email: felice_333@sbcglobal.net
Web: motherlessdaug.meetup.com/13/
Torrance, California
Sydell Weiner, MFT, a motherless daughter herself, facilitates a support group for women who lost their mothers in childhood or adolescence.
For more info:
Contact: Sydell Weiner
Tel: (310) 243-3534
Email: sweiner@csudh.edu
Web: www.sydellweiner.com
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Support Groups In Colorado |
Denver, Colorado
A group of motherless daughters meet informally every other month in the Denver area.
For more info:
www.motherlessdaug.meetup.com/3/
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Support Groups In District of Columbia |
Washington, District of Columbia
The goal of this group is to provide support to women OF ANY AGE who lost their mothers during their developmental years, i.e. up to age 25. While not diminishing the pain and devastating loss experienced by people who lose their mothers after age 25, there are unique challenges and barriers to personal growth common to women who lost their primary role model during their childhood/ adolescent years.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/6/
Washington, District of Columbia
DC Urban Moms has an online message board for motherless mothers in the DC metro area. Some of the women there are interested in expanding to an in-person group.
For more info:
www.dcurbanmom.com
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Support Groups In Florida |
Tallahassee, Florida
Cana Zacharias-Miller, EFT-CC, offers emotional and spiritual healing through the Emotional Freedom Technique. She specializes in women with "missing mother syndrome." Those whose mothers were emotionally or physically absent during their childhoods.
For more info:
Contact: Carna Zacharias-Miller
Tel: (850) 878-5690
Email: carnazm@msn.com
Web: www.missingmother.com
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Support Groups In Georgia |
Atlanta, Georgia
The Mamma Mia Sisterhood (aka Atlanta Motherless Daughters) is an out-of-the-ordinary support group for women who have lost their mothers. Their mission is to provide a community for motherless women through shared feelings, experiences and humor.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/11/
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Support Groups In Illinois |
Chicago, Illinois
Women in and around Chicago hold an annual Motherless Daughters Day luncheon and have an active e-mail list. The group has been in existence for 10 years now. Contact Ruta Grigola (Chicago) at 773-233-5460; rutavg@ameritech.net or Dawn Klancic (western suburbs) at 630-424-8081; tdklan@sbcglobal.net
For more info:
Contact: Ruta Grigola
Tel: (773) 233-5460
Email: rutavg@ameritech.net
Chicago, Illinois
Loyola Hospital has run a Motherless Daughters grief support group and workshops in the past. For information about possible upcoming events, contact Nancy Kiel, the hospital's bereavement coordinator.
For more info:
Contact: Nancy Kiel
Tel: (708) 216-1646
Email: Nkiel@lumc.edu
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Support Groups In Indiana |
Indianapolis, Indiana
Meetup with other local women who have lost their mothers at any age. Discussion topics include overcoming grief, loss, and stress.
For more info:
www.meetup.com/Indianapolis-Motherless-Daughters/
Lowell, Maine
Meetup to support, give our experience, strength and hope to local girls and women who have lost their mothers.
For more info:
Contact: Sara Hotaling
Email: saramhotaling@mac.com
Web: motherlessdaug.meetup.com/229/
Portland, Maine
A biweekly support group for motherless daughters, led by a counselor, costs $25 per session.
For more info:
Contact: Sharman L. West, LCSW
Tel: (207) 772-3474
Email: slwest@mainerr.com
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Support Groups In Massachusetts |
Boston, Massachusetts
Motherless Daughters of New England offers an online support group, as well as local brunches, a Motherless Daughters Day luncheon, an eBook club, and a memory workshop for women and girls who lost a mother at a young age (up to early 20s).
For more info:
www.motherlessdaughtersofnewengland.intranets.com
Brookline, Massachusetts
A meeting space which will allow girls and women of all ages to discuss their feelings and experiences after the loss of a mother. This is a place for motherless mothers to support one another and no longer feel alone in their grief.
For more info:
Tel: (781) 693-5667
Web: motherlessdaug.meetup.com/183/
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Support Groups In Michigan |
Lansing, Michigan
Mid-Michigan Motherless Daughters is a peer run support group, organized and run by motherless daughters. We meet once a month and occasionally more often as interest arises. We strive to provide an environment where women can find some peace and comfort in order to lighten the feeling of misfortune and to be able to share memories and honor those women that have gone before us.
For more info:
Contact: Debra Satka
Tel: (352) 817-1543
Email: SATKADM@michigan.gov
Web: www.meetup.com/MidMiMD
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Support Groups In Minnesota |
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The Twin Cities Motherless Daughters Group meets monthly for discussion about issues related to mother loss. Sometimes it's just nice to know you're not alone, and to talk to other motherless daughters who can relate. In addition to monthly discussion meetings, we occasionally meet for special occasions, such as a potluck on the Saturday before Mother's Day--often a difficult holiday for a motherless daughter, and most recently meeting author Hope Edelman when she was in the Twin Cities.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/197/
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Support Groups In Missouri |
Saint Louis, Missouri
The group meets to discuss grief and support each other.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/190/
Las Vegas, Nevada
Meetup to support, give experience, strength and hope to local girls and women who have lost their mothers.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/249/
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Support Groups In New Jersey |
Edison, New Jersey
This group is open to women of all ages who have lost their mothers and would like to meet with others who understand their loss and the void that is left in each our lives. We'll meet to celebrate our mothers and support each other.This New Jersey-based Motherless Daughters group was formed as an adjunct to the NYC Motherless Daughters group, so that the NJ members can also be part of the bigger entity in NYC.
For more info:
Contact: Susan M.
Email: sumolica@aol.com
Web: www.meetup.com/Motherless-Daughters-of-New-Jersey/
Montclair, New Jersey
This group is committed to bringing together motherless daughters by encouraging healing among them, providing insight and compassion and offering strength and hope through promoting awareness about the long-lasting effects of such a loss. The group consists of local girls and women who have lost their mothers, and is also open to those who live outside of the immediate area.
For more info:
Contact: Karen
Email: klm2914@juno.com
Web: www.meetup.com/Northern-New-Jersey-Motherless-Daughters/
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Support Groups In New York |
New York, New York
Motherless Daughters of New York City meets monthly to celebrate their mothers and support each other. The group is open to women who have lost mothers at any age. They are welcoming new members.
For more info:
Contact: Jennifer Krayewski
Email: jal6372@me.com
Web: www.meetup.com/nymotherlessdaughters
New York, New York
Motherless Daughters/The Mommy Place occasionally holds social events for women and girls whose mothers have died. Events are geared toward women whose loss occurred before age 30, teens, and young girls. Referrals, matching, and mentoring offered to girls. Young widowed fathers also connected.
For more info:
Contact: Shelly Cofield
Email: shelcof@aol.com
New York, New York
Motherless Mothers of New York City meets once a month. This is a group for women who have lost their mothers and who also have children and understand both the joy and hardships of bringing up children without their mothers there to share the experience. The group is open to women who lost mothers at any age and have children of all ages. They are welcoming new members.
For more info:
Contact: Julia Dalton-Brush
Email: Juliadaltonbrush@gmail.com
Web: motherlessdaug.meetup.com/237/
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Support Groups In North Carolina |
Charlotte, North Carolina
This is a support group for women whose mothers have died. Women of all ages are welcome to share their stories and look to this group for comfort and understanding.
For more info:
Contact: Lynne Williams
Email: motherlessdaughtersclt@live.com
Web: www.meetup.com/Charlotte-Motherless-Daughters/
Akron, Ohio
The group joins monthly to support, give experience, strength and hope to local girls and women who have lost their mothers. Visit their blog at http://www.cfmd.blogspot.com.
For more info:
www.meetup.com/cf-motherless-daughters/
Newark, Ohio
A Motherless Daughters group meets weekly for six-week intervals through the Hospice of Central Ohio. The group is open to women who lost mothers at any age, recently or in the past. No cost.
For more info:
Tel: (740) 344-0311
Web: www.hospiceofcentralohio.org/
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Support Groups In Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Volunteer opportunity: Mommy's Light Lives On, a nonprofit organization, serves children ages 3 to 18 whose mothers have died or are terminally ill. Volunteers help the kids continue annual traditions and simple pleasures they once shared with their mothers (e.g. baking cookies, planting flowers) until the child turns 18. Mommy's Light currently operates in greater Philadelphia, southern New Jersey, and northern Delaware.
For more info:
Tel: (610) 458-1690
Web: www.mommyslight.org
Austin, Texas
Two different support groups:1.Therapeutic support group for adolescent girls experiencing the loss of their mother. 2.Therapeutic support group for women experiencing the loss of their mother.
For more info:
Contact: Linda Brase, M.A., LPC
Tel: (512) 496-4848
Web: www.lindabrase.com
Houston, Texas
This group is open to women of any age that have lost their mothers in any way. It is to provide for each other a safe and comforting environment to share experiences, fears, hopes, joys, and lives and create a path toward the future.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/209/
McKinney, Texas
Women in the Dallas metro area hold a Motherless Daughters Day luncheon annually the Saturday before Mother's Day. For more information about upcoming events with this group, contact Charmione Marcell at the phone or email below.
For more info:
Contact: Charmione Marcell
Tel: (972) 838-6796
Email: charmione@theindustrious.com
Web: www.theindustrious.com
Logan, Utah
Motherless Daughters of Cache Valley holds meetings on the fourth Saturday of every month at 11 a.m. Women who lost mothers at any age are welcome.
For more info:
Contact: Heather Hallam
Tel: (435) 770-3001
Web: motherless.tribe.net/
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Support Groups In Washington |
Seattle, Washington
Motherless daughters in the Seattle area connect over coffee and conversation one Sunday afternoon per month. Open to all women who've lost mothers, regardless of age at time of loss.
For more info:
motherlessdaug.meetup.com/14/
Seattle, Washington
Weekly Motherless Daughters support groups meet on Thursday and Monday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and are led by a counselor who is also a motherless daughter. Cost is $25 per session.
For more info:
Contact: Paige Tangney
Tel: (206) 227-6294
Email: paigetangney@gmail.com
Web: www.counselingseattle.com/groups
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Support Groups In Wisconsin |
Green Bay, Wisconsin
A group of women in the Green Bay area meet monthly at a local restaurant and hold a luncheon or picnic each May. The group started more than eight years ago and welcomes new members at any time. Contact Liz at 920-497-0646 or 920-419-3275, or Laurie at 920-339-0072 for more information.
For more info:
Email: LLasee1@new.rr.com
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