I have worked as a psychotherapist for over thirty-five years in the Birmingham-Bloomfield area of Michigan. Throughout that time, my own experience as a psychotherapist has grown. I have become a wife and a mother of two adult children, which has also helped me to develop and evolve. All of these, combined with my own personal interests have combined to help me to become increasingly more comfortable with my own perspectives and ideas.
As a psychotherapist, I have developed the capacity to listen to people of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles and to better understand individuals who wrestle with a variety of emotional issues and situations. Similarly, as a mother, I have found that, in addition to the deep pleasures of parenthood, the combined uncertainties, and challenges have brought about an even greater understanding of the many unexpected experiences of parenting. One of the most striking things that I noticed during my active parenting years, was the awareness of a specific type of “maternal isolation”. I recognized that I had a new and specific need to be in a community of other mothers facing similar parenting situations. In checking with other mothers, I found this feeling to be largely universal. My “aha” moment came when I came across a program that offered mothers (or primary caretakers), a structured, educative framework, to use as an invaluable guide and resource. This insight lead to a collaboration with a number of other intelligent, creative mothers. This resulted in founding The Mothers’ Networking Center, a local chapter of the National Association of Mothers’ Centers.
The outgrowth of these experiences led me to found the Mothers’ Collective Wisdom Center, whose core mission is to provide a framework within which to help others develop a mutually supportive community, while also sharing maternal wisdom, through a lifespan approach to parenting.
Inspired by these personal experiences and my work with mothers, I write a monthly blog on my thoughts on such topics as: the stages of motherhood, healthy living, care-giving and psychological aspects of aging.
For more information, contact Lynn Halper Rosen, Ph.D.
Phone: 248-540-4070
Address:
1000 S. Old Woodward Ave, Suite 101
Birmingham, MI 48009
