Moms in Midlife Group

Do you feel restless in midlife, questioning your identity and sense of purpose? Are you struggling to balance parenting, career, health, and your own vitality? Do you find yourself carrying loss, stress, or limiting narratives that hold you back from thriving?

The Moms in Midlife group is for women navigating the transitions of midlife. Members share a common desire to find balance between parenting, identity, health, vitality, and career while caring for themselves. Together we will explore the challenges of restlessness, loss, and limiting narratives, and gain support to live with greater confidence, vibrancy, and purpose.

Topics and Activities Include:

  • Identity and life transitions

  • Parenting and relationships

  • Health, vitality, and self-care

  • Coping with restlessness and loss

  • Working with limiting narratives

  • Mindfulness and experiential practices

Weekly Virtual & In-Person Meetings

Virtual

Tuesdays 5-6 pm

$125 per session

In-Person

Tuesdays 12-1:30 pm

$175 per session

Meet your facilitator

Dr. Johanna Murphy is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Berkeley and Lafayette, with 25 years of clinical experience and extensive training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. She currently works with individuals and couples, specializing in the areas of spirituality and creativity, loss and grieving, life transitions, and women’s health—including perinatal and perimenopausal adjustment.

Her approach is developmental, focusing on understanding the root causes of a patient’s difficulties within the context of their life experience. This perspective helps individuals relate to their challenges in a new way, allowing them to see that they are not defined by their problems. She believes deeply in the innate resilience of people to heal when provided with the appropriate space and time. Through deep inquiry, she helps identify what has blocked the healing process and supports patients in creating the lives they desire. Drawing from extensive training and experience, she utilizes an integrative therapeutic style tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

Her pre-doctoral training at Stanford University emphasized a mindfulness-based, integrative approach to psychotherapy, which continues to inform her work. Post-doctoral training at the California College of Arts further cultivated an interest in the creative and expansive aspects of the therapeutic process. She is known for a warm and empathic therapeutic style.