Motherless Daughters

Losing her mother through death or estrangement reshapes a woman’s inner world in ways that are often profound, complex, and deeply personal. Her absence can echo through identity, relationships, milestones, and the way you understand yourself.

• A compassionate, grounded therapeutic relationship
• A trauma informed, attachment aware approach
• A space where your mother’s story and your story both matter
• A focus on meaning, identity, healing and emotional integration

• Your story leads the way
• You set the pace
• Your boundaries are respected
• Your grief is valid, no matter the nature of your relationship with your mother

Maternal loss grief work can bring up:

• Waves of emotion
• Unexpected memories
• Shifts in identity
• Changes in relationships
• New insights about family patterns

These experiences are normal and part of the healing process. You are not expected

to navigate them alone.

• The mother–daughter relationship and its emotional legacy
• Identity shifts after maternal loss
• Unresolved emotions, unfinished conversations, or complex relational histories
• Navigating milestones without your mother’s presence
• Intergenerational patterns and inherited emotional burdens
• Continuing bonds and meaning making
• Nurturing the parts of you that still need care

Fiona Andrew is an APHRA-registered Psychologist and the principal psychologist of the Motherless Daughters Counselling and Support practice, working with women navigating the impact of mother loss. She uses a variety of therapeutic approaches including EMDR, Somatic Acupoint Tapping, ACT, Mindfulness, and attachment-aware, trauma-informed therapy. She is based in Melbourne with locations in Camberwell and East Melbourne, and offers online appointments nationally. Fiona has lived experienced of mother loss from a young age.