Online Group Support for Women Healing from Emotional Abuse

This is a structured, therapist-led online support group for women healing from emotional abuse or controlling relationships.

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

Who This Emotional Abuse Recovery 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

• Find themselves constantly second-guessing their own feelings and experiences

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

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

• Are ready to do this work alongside others 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 address that — because being witnessed by other women who have lived something similar is its own form of healing.

Group Format and Structure

• Format: Online via telehealth, available to women located anywhere in Louisiana, Florida and Virginia

• Group size: Maximum of 8 participants

• Session length: 90 minutes, Fridays from 9:00 am to 10:30 am

• Length: 8 weekly sessions, June 12 - July 31, 2026

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

• 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 specializing in emotional abuse and controlling relationships

Group Agenda

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

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

Week 3 — Rebuilding Self-Trust
Learning to reconnect with your thoughts, feelings, instincts, and intuition after gaslighting and chronic self-doubt.

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

Week 5 — Nervous System Healing
Understanding trauma responses, anxiety, hypervigilance, and emotional regulation.

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

Week 7 — Healthy Relationships & Future Patterns
Learning what emotionally healthy relationships look and feel like moving forward.

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

This group is not focused on pressuring anyone to make immediate relationship decisions. Instead, the focus is on increasing clarity, rebuilding self-trust, strengthening boundaries, and creating emotional safety and support.

Investment

The following payment options are available. Most participants choose one of the first two options, 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 (July 3), and $250 due at session 7 (July 24).

• 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 emotional abuse support group is not the right fit for everyone. It is not designed for:

• Women currently in psychiatric crisis or requiring crisis intervention

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

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

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

• Those who are unable to commit to 8 weekly sessions

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

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

Where is this available? This group is 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 this group is a good fit, schedule a consultation, or we can discuss it in your individual session if you are a current client.

What is your refund policy? Registration closes June 5, 2026. The registration payment is fully refundable if you withdraw from the group on or before June 5, 2026 — one week before the cohort begins. 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 begins June 12, 2026. Only 6 spaces left! You must be located in Louisiana, Florida or Virginia to join.