Online Group Support for Women Healing from Emotional Abuse

This is a structured, therapist-led online group for women healing from emotional abuse or a controlling relationship. It is also built to be a neurodivergent-affirming space.

Many of the women who find their way here are autistic, AuDHD, or neurodivergent, often without any formal diagnosis. They have spent a lifetime being told they are "too sensitive," "too much," or that they "read things wrong," and then ended up with a partner who used those exact words against them. If that is you, you will be understood here.

And if you do not identify as neurodivergent, you are just as welcome. What every woman in this group shares is simpler than any label: the experience of being made to doubt herself.

The group meets weekly via telehealth for 8 weeks, with no more than 8 participants. It is a small, contained space where you can process shared experiences, rebuild trust in your own perceptions, and move forward with support.

Who This Group Is For

This group is designed for women who:

• Have been in, or are leaving, an emotionally abusive or controlling relationship and are seeking support

• Constantly second-guess their own feelings, memories, and experiences

• Feel unseen and unheard in their relationship, like they keep asking for more connection or understanding and it never comes

• Have been told they are "too sensitive" or that they "overreact," and have started to believe it

• Struggle with people-pleasing, masking, anxiety, or a lost sense of self tied to relationship patterns

• Are autistic, AuDHD, or neurodivergent, or are starting to wonder if they might be. Diagnosis is never required

• Are ready to do this work alongside other women who truly understand it

• Are not currently in crisis

One of the most isolating parts of emotional abuse is believing your experience is unique, or that no one would understand. This support group is specifically designed to answer that directly, because being witnessed by other women who have lived something similar is its own form of healing.

If You’re Neurodivergent, This Group Was Built With You in Mind

Emotional abuse can land differently when you are autistic, AuDHD, or neurodivergent, and most groups never name it. This one does.

Masking can make the self-doubt heavier. A lifetime of overriding your own needs to keep other people comfortable does not switch off in a relationship. It can leave you doubting whether you are even allowed to be upset.

Gaslighting hits a nervous system that was already told it gets things wrong. When you have spent years being told you "misread" situations, it gets genuinely hard to tell what is manipulation and what is a difference in how you process. We untangle that, gently and without judgment.

You do not have to mask in here. You do not have to make eye contact. You do not have to perform "engaged." Stimming is welcome. So is bluntness, so is silence, so is needing a moment to find your words. The group is run at a pace your nervous system can actually handle.

You do not need a diagnosis, or even certainty, to belong here. A lot of the women in this work are still figuring that part out.

Group Format and Structure

• Format: Online via telehealth, for women located in Louisiana, Florida and Virginia

• Group size: Maximum of 8 participants

• Session length: 90 minutes

• Length: 8 weekly sessions, Next cohort dates TBA

• Structure: Closed cohort — all participants begin and end together

• Neurodivergent-affirming: Camera-optional, low-pressure, sensory-aware. Come as you are.

• Included: A custom 62-page fillable workbook—designed to support your reflections both during and in between sessions

• Led by: Amanda Morris, MSW, LCSW-BACS, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Louisiana with 25 years of experience and an AuDHD therapist with specialized training in neurodiversity-affirming care

Group Agenda

Week 1 — Naming What’s Happening
Understanding emotional abuse patterns and easing the constant self-doubt.

Week 2 — Trauma Bonds & Attachment
Exploring why emotionally abusive relationships can feel so hard to leave or detach from.

Week 3 — Rebuilding Self-Trust
Reconnecting with your thoughts, feelings and instincts after gaslighting and years of being told you “read things wrong.”

Week 4 — Boundaries Without Guilt
Healthy boundaries, people-pleasing and masking patterns, and assertive communication.

Week 5 — Nervous System Healing
Trauma responses, anxiety, hypervigilance, sensory overload and regulation.

Week 6 — Identity & Self-Worth
Reconnecting with your strengths, values and sense of self outside of survival mode.

Week 7 — Healthy Relationships & Future Patterns
What emotionally healthy relationships look and feel like going forward.

Week 8 — Integration & Moving Forward
Reflecting on growth, healing, grief, future goals, and continued support.

This group is not about pressuring anyone to make immediate relationship decisions. The focus is on clarity, rebuilding self-trust, boundaries, and emotional safety.

Investment

The following payment options are available. Most participants choose one of the first two, which cover the full cohort and hold your space through session 8.

• Pay in Full — $700 (save $100) Pay $700 at registration and you’re covered for all 8 sessions.

• Payment Plan — $800 in three installments: $300 due at registration to hold your space, $250 due at session 4, and $250 due at session 7.

• Pay Per Session — $100 per session Charged on the morning of each session, regardless of attendance.

This is a private pay group. Insurance is not accepted.

Who This Group Is Not Designed For

This group is not the right fit for everyone. It is not designed for:

• Women currently in psychiatric crisis or needing crisis intervention

• Women still in an actively unsafe living situation and need safety planning as a primary focus

• Anyone whose primary concern falls outside emotional abuse, controlling relationships or feeling unseen and unheard in a relationship

• Men or individuals who do not identify as women. This group is built specifically for the shared experience of women in this context

• Anyone who cannot commit to 8 weekly sessions

If you are unsure whether this group is the right fit, a free 20 min. consultation is available, or if you’re already a client, we can discuss it during your next individual session.

A note on focus: if what you most need right now is support around autistic identity, autistic burnout, or integrating a late diagnosis, rather than emotional abuse recovery specifically, individual therapy may be the better starting point. You are welcome to ask about it on a consultation.

One more note: I do not do testing for autism or ADHD. This is a support and recovery group, not an assessment, and it welcomes women who are diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or simply wondering.

If you would prefer private, one-on-one focused work over a group, see The Untangling Intensive.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this group therapy or a support group? This is therapist-led emotional abuse support group. It is structured, clinically guided, and led by a licensed therapist.

Do I need to be currently in or recently out of an abusive relationship? Not necessarily. Some participants are actively leaving, others are years out and still processing the impact. What matters is that you’re feeling invisible and invalidated in your relationship, or emotional abuse/controlling relationships are central to what you're working through.

Do I need to be autistic or neurodivergent to join? No. The group is neurodivergent-affirming and especially attuned to autistic and AuDHD women, but it is open to any woman healing from emotional abuse or a controlling relationship.

I think I might be neurodivergent but I'm not diagnosed. Is that okay? Completely okay. Diagnosis is never required, and you do not have to have it figured out to belong here.

Do I need to be currently in, or recently out of, an abusive relationship? Not necessarily. Some participants are actively leaving, others are years out and still processing. What matters is that emotional abuse, control, or feeling invisible in a relationship is central to what you are working through.

Do I have to be in individual therapy at the same time? You can do both if you want to, but it is not required.

Where is this available? Via telehealth to women located in Louisiana, Florida, and Virginia.

How do I join? Space is limited to eight participants per cohort. To find out whether it is a good fit, schedule a free 20-minute consultation, or if you are already a client, we can discuss it in your individual session.

What is your refund policy?‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍ ‍ Registration closes one week before group starts (date TBA). The registration payment is fully refundable if you withdraw from the group on or before the last day of registration (TBA). After that date, payments are non-refundable, including if you need to leave the group early. Per-session participants are charged $100 on the day of each session (regardless of attendance).

The next cohort dates will be announced soon. Space is limited. You must be located in Louisiana, Florida or Virginia to join.