Mama June and her daughters had an emotional therapy session. So emotional, in fact, Alana «Honey Boo Boo» Thompson said it resulted in June giving her a hug for the first time in «about five or six years.»In ET's exclusive clip from the upcoming episode of , June and her daughters -- Jessica Shannon, Lauryn Efird and Alana — are gathered in the kitchen undergoing an intense and extremely emotional therapy session.
In the beginning of the clip, Lauryn straight-up tells her mom that any time the girls have made an effort to repair the mother-daughter relationship, she steps away.«Yes, this is a priority for me to fix.
But at the end of the day my first priority is my family,» Lauryn continues. «That’s what I’ve built. That’s what I’m doing.»Speaking to Mama June, the therapist tells her that «every child she has needs to feel like they're the most important person in their life.»«And what you're seeing right now is what happens when they don't feel that way,» the therapist continues.When Mama June responds, saying she hopes the girls how much they mean to her, the therapist interrupts her and offers a frank analysis.«They can't know if you don't give them that.
You don't know because your mama didn't give it to you,» he says. «So, how could they possibly know if you're not giving it to them?»It's at this point when he invites Alana to walk over to her mother and hold her hands.
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