Motherhood + Rage
You can love them and still be angry.
Your children.
Your partner.
Your family.
Your friends.
Your church.
Your community.
The life you chose.
Yourself.
Love does not cancel anger.
Gratitude does not cancel resentment.
Commitment does not mean something is not costing you.
Sometimes motherhood brings anger into places where there has not been enough room for exhaustion, grief, disappointment, unfairness, boundaries, fear, loneliness, desire, or simply: I don’t want this right now.
This is not about deciding whether your anger is good or bad. It is about understanding what keeps happening when it shows up, and creating more choice around what happens next.
San Antonio · In person
3 hours
$125
Limited to 10 participants
Mothers ages 18 and older
Date coming soon
THIS MAY FEEL FAMILIAR
You might recognize yourself here.
- “I hold everything together until I explode.”
- “I’m touched out and everyone still needs something.”
- “I’m snapping more than I want to.”
- “I feel like no one listens until I get loud.”
- “I hate how I feel after I yell.”
- “I’m angry that so much of this falls on me.”
- “Sometimes I want everyone to leave me alone.”
- “My reaction feels bigger than what just happened.”
- “I love my family and still feel resentful.”
- “I feel ashamed of how angry I get.”
- “I don’t want to keep doing this the same way.”
Recognizing yourself in any of these does not mean you have a diagnosis.
WHAT WE'LL EXPLORE
The anger is not the whole story.
We’ll slow down enough to notice what happens when anger or rage comes online:
- what your body does;
- what tends to happen right before escalation;
- what the anger may be trying to protect, communicate, or accomplish;
- what gets pulled into the system with it;
- what happens afterward;
- and where more choice may become possible.
Possible experiences that may show up alongside anger can include:
- shame;
- grief;
- panic or fear;
- resentment;
- sensory overload;
- exhaustion;
- helplessness;
- feeling unseen or unheard;
- loss of autonomy;
- relationship strain;
- old threat or earlier experiences.
We are not assuming your anger is secretly something else.
Sometimes anger is appropriate information. The question is what happens when it arrives, and whether you still have enough room to choose what happens next.
ACCOUNTABILITY WITHOUT SHAME
Understanding is not the same as excusing.
You can understand why a response developed and still take responsibility for what happens when you are activated.
Less shame. More responsibility.
This experience makes room for both. We may explore things like:
- recognizing escalation sooner;
- understanding what the anger is trying to do;
- setting a boundary before reaching the breaking point;
- taking space without disappearing;
- repairing after yelling or reacting in ways you regret;
- separating explanation from excuse.
WHAT THIS IS, AND WHAT IT ISN'T
A focused experience, not anger management.
Motherhood + Rage is an experiential and psychoeducational gathering for mothers who voluntarily want to understand their own patterns.
It is not:
- court-ordered anger management;
- forensic or mandated treatment;
- batterer intervention;
- group psychotherapy;
- trauma processing;
- diagnosis;
- crisis care;
- treatment for postpartum psychosis.
Participants will not be required to disclose trauma history or private details they do not want to share.
Participation is voluntary, and participants may pass on an exercise, pause, take a break, or step out when needed.
WHO IT'S FOR
For mothers ages 18 and older
This gathering is for mothers across the motherhood lifespan who are concerned about how anger, irritability, resentment, or rage is showing up and want something to change.
It is not limited to pregnancy or postpartum. Someone may attend whether their child is an infant, school-aged, a teenager, or an adult.
Some mothers find their way here searching for postpartum rage or maternal anger. This gathering is not limited to pregnancy or postpartum, and postpartum rage is not a formal diagnosis.
- No diagnosis is required.
- No prior therapy experience is required.
- Attending does not require becoming an SFT psychotherapy client afterward.
WHEN THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT SETTING
When this isn’t the right setting.
This gathering is not designed for immediate crisis support, situations involving current intent to harm yourself or someone else, loss of reality testing, or circumstances requiring individualized safety assessment or a higher level of care.
If you are unsure whether the format fits what you need, contact SFT before registering at horizonsofhope@pm.me.
Facilitator
Sasha Flores
LCSW-S · PMH-C · RYT-200
Sasha Flores, LCSW-S, PMH-C, RYT-200, is a trauma-informed, body-based therapist and the founder of Sasha Flores Therapy. Her work centers on how overwhelming experiences live in the body and nervous system.
Her practice includes perinatal and maternal mental health, parts-informed work, and focused experiential treatment. She brings years of experience helping adults notice and work with their own protective responses, at a pace people can stay with.
Sasha has completed Mothercentered Foundational Training and is continuing through the certification process. Mothercentered / Mom Parts was developed by Jessica Tomich Sorci, LMFT. Motherhood + Rage is an SFT-created Focused Experience and is not an official Mothercentered program.
Come as you are.
You won’t be asked to prepare a trauma story or share anything you do not want to share. Joining the interest list costs nothing and does not reserve a place.