Episode 7 - Tracey Sidesinger PsyD - Exploring Matrescence as Opportunity and Maternal Subjectivity

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Welcome to episode SEVEN of the Re-Imagining Motherhood podcast.

I am thrilled to bring you Tracy Sidesinger, PsyD a clinical psychologist, trained in Jungian and relational psychoanalysis, that is bringing a feminist lens into psychotherapy. In this episode, Sidesinger and I explore the concept of matrescence as opportunity versus a potential experience of trauma for a mother. We examine the invitation that such a period of transformation can have on us, as Mothers and as women more holistically - thus then diving into the concept of maternal subjectivity. Our conversation inspiring, thought-provoking and reconnecting - she left me believing that there is opportunity for wholeness as Mothers and indeed, we can re-imagine Motherhood together.

Episode Summary:
The question of identity often is paramount in matrescence. Who am I? What kind of a Mother am I? How can I reconnect with myself outside of being a Mother? In this episode, Sidesinger explains the theory of maternal subjectivity and the invitation that is, becoming a Mother: one that allows for us to reflect on our own past experiences, see ourselves as part of and apart from our children and how we exist outside of Motherhood. We tend to have a very narrow view of Mothers, especially as defined by patriarchal Motherhood - so what would it look like to see Mothers as full humans - capable and deserving of entire fulfilling lives outside of being Mothers? What does it mean for Mothers to explore this expansion themselves and then furthermore, bring their children into this idea as well? Sidesinger is a wealth of knowledge and truly brings a deeply reconnecting and feminine lens to this space. This conversation further challenges the constraints of Patriarchal Motherhood and indeed, allows us to…re-imagine Motherhood together.

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Tracy Sidesinger’s full bio:
Tracy Sidesinger, PsyD is a clinical psychologist in New York. She earned her doctorate from Fuller Theological Seminary studying the intersection of psychology, religion, and attachment. From there she went on to study Jungian and Relational psychoanalysis in New York at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association and The William Alanson White Institute, respectively. A mother herself, she also uses personal experience along with thousands of hours with patients to bring a feminist lens back to psychotherapy.

In her writing, Dr. Sidesinger challenges gender norms in culture and psychoanalysis and she has also been invited to speak across the country on the new frontier of psychoanalysis from a feminist critical, community-based lens.

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