A review by chervbim
Discovering the Inner Mother: A Guide to Healing the Mother Wound and Claiming Your Personal Power by Bethany Webster

3.0

What a mixed bag of a book. I read this more from a clinical perspective and as someone who isn’t fully on board with IFS as a primary treatment for relational trauma. Webster focuses a lot on the effects of patriarchy and her intersectional analysis leaves something to be desired, as she treats issues related to race/culture/disability as an afterthought more than anything. I appreciated her conclusion but felt that some of the ideas she expressed should have been expanded upon in earlier chapters, especially when she discusses the role of accountability in healing. I found myself having difficulty relating to some of the more personal anecdotes and wonder how these would translate for others who grew up outside of the nuclear family structure that Webster describes.