The Mother Wound: From Idealization to Internal Maternal Repair Workshop
by Lyna Tevenaz Jones, M.A.
About the Workshop
A 3-hour psycho-educational workshop for clinicians, depth-oriented practitioners, and psychologically minded seekers
The mother wound is often spoken of in popular psychology, but rarely with the clinical and symbolic depth it requires.
This workshop moves beyond simplified ideas of “reparenting” or self-soothing and instead examines the deeper psychic process involved in healing maternal injury.
Drawing from Jungian analytical psychology, Self Psychology, object relations theory, and attachment research, we will explore the distinction between:
the real, historical mother
the internal maternal selfobject
the maternal archetype
This distinction is essential.
Without it, the psyche may remain bound to an impossible expectation: that the personal mother must become the symbolic, archetypal, reparative mother the soul has always longed for.
Healing begins when this projection can be slowly withdrawn.
A 3-hour psycho-educational workshop for clinicians, depth-oriented practitioners, and psychologically minded seekers
Originally presented for the San Antonio Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, this workshop explores the mother wound as more than a relational injury.
It examines the mother wound as an intrapsychic, symbolic, and structural phenomenon rooted in early disruptions of maternal function.
Through a Jungian and psychoanalytic lens, this presentation offers a nuanced framework for understanding how unresolved idealization of the personal mother may continue to shape attachment, self-cohesion, grief, and individuation long into adulthood.
What You Will Learn
Who This Workshop Is For?
In this workshop, participants will learn to:
Differentiate between the personal mother, the maternal selfobject, and the maternal archetype
Understand how unresolved idealization of the personal mother may contribute to the persistence of the mother wound.Identify the psychic stages involved in healing the mother wound
Explore de-idealization, withdrawal of archaic projection, mature mourning, and the gradual movement toward psychic differentiation.Understand how an internal maternal function may be reconstructed
Learn how symbolic and structural repair can occur without bypassing grief, collapsing into self-soothing defenses, or attempting to replace the therapeutic relationship.
This workshop is especially suited for:
clinicians and therapists
depth psychologists
Jungian-oriented practitioners
psychoanalytic and psychodynamic clinicians
coaches and healing professionals with a strong psychological foundation
individuals interested in mother wound work, individuation, and symbolic repair
While originally created for clinicians, this recording is also accessible to psychologically minded participants who are interested in a deeper understanding of maternal wounds beyond popular self-help language.
About me
Lyna Tevenaz Jones, MA, is an analytic psychotherapist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her work integrates analytical psychology, psychoanalytic theory, Self Psychology, and attachment research.
She earned her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where her thesis, Archetypal Reparenting: Constellating Archetypal Parental Figures to Reparent the Self, explored the role of archetypal structures in the repair of early attachment wounds.
Her clinical and theoretical interests center on mother and father wounds, individuation, internal psychic structure, and the symbolic processes through which adults reorganize attachment and self-cohesion.
She is also the curator of Women of Depth Psychology, an online community devoted to depth psychology, symbolic life, and feminine individuation.
The Mother Wound: From Idealization to Internal Maternal Repair is a three-hour depth psychology workshop that examines the mother wound through the lenses of Jungian psychology, Self Psychology, object relations theory, and attachment research.
Moving beyond popular discussions of the "mother wound," this workshop explores how early disruptions in maternal functioning shape the developing psyche and how unresolved idealization of the personal mother may interfere with mourning, differentiation, and the consolidation of a cohesive self.
Participants will learn to distinguish between the personal mother, the internal maternal selfobject, and the maternal archetype while exploring the developmental tasks of de-idealization, withdrawal of archaic projection, and internal maternal repair. Clinical illustrations and theoretical integration provide a nuanced framework for understanding both the origins of maternal injury and the symbolic processes through which healing unfolds.
What You'll Receive
Immediately after purchase, you will receive a downloadable PDF containing simple instructions for accessing your course portal. From there, you'll be able to view the workshop recording at your convenience and download all accompanying materials, including the complete 68-slide presentation in PDF format. You will retain ongoing access, allowing you to revisit the material whenever you wish.
What You Get:
3-hour workshop recording (stream at your own pace)
68-slide PDF lecture presentation featuring the complete lecture slides and theoretical framework presented during the workshop
Whether you are a clinician, a student of depth psychology, or engaged in your own psychological journey, these materials provide a comprehensive resource that you can revisit whenever you wish to deepen your understanding of the mother wound, de-idealization, mourning, and internal maternal repair.
An introductory offering is available for a limited time.
Introductory Investment: $69
Regular Investment: $99
This offering is available through July 15, after which the regular investment will apply.
Taking good care of your psyche and your body.
This lecture is intended for educational and self-reflective purposes only and is not a substitute for individual therapy or professional mental health treatment.
By participating, you acknowledge that any emotional material that may arise is your responsibility to process, and it is strongly recommended that you engage in ongoing personal therapy for deeper integration. While care has been taken to create a safe and thoughtful experience, I am not liable for any psychological discomfort or triggering that may occur. Please honor your own boundaries and seek support from a licensed therapist if needed.
The unconscious is not neutral; it carries both light and shadow, and engaging with it requires reverence, humility, and a grounded internal container. For this reason, we will not be practicing active imagination together live.