Separation Support Group
You never imagined this would be your life.
One day you’re planning a future together.
The next you’re trying to figure out how to make it through the week without breaking down thinking about life without them.
Maybe you’re questioning every decision you’ve made. Maybe you’re exhausted from holding it together for your kids, your job, or everyone around you. Maybe you keep replaying conversations, wondering if you could have done something differently, or you’re overwhelmed by co-parenting, lawyers, finances, or the loneliness that hits when they’re gone and the house gets quiet.
If you’re in the middle of a separation from a partner, you’re carrying a lot and we’re here to support.
Healing Through Separation is a 3-month therapist-led support group for folks navigating separation (breakups) or divorce. From September through December, you’ll meet with other women who truly understand what this season feels like while learning practical tools to help you move through it with more confidence, clarity, and self-compassion.
Group Details
Dates:
Wednesdays September 30th through December 16th
Time:
5p-6p
Duration:
12 weekly sessions, 1 hour each
Format:
Virtual group
Facilitator(s):
Sabrina Suarez, MSW, LSW
Cost:
$50 per week
Who Should Join?
This group is for adults (18+) who want support with slowing down, feeling more present, and responding to stress with more intention.
It’s a great fit for those who want to:
- Feel less overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or overthinking
- Build self-compassion and soften inner criticism
- Learn mindfulness tools they can actually use in real life
- Improve emotional regulation and increase steadiness during hard moments
- Feel supported while practicing new ways of relating to thoughts and feelings
What to Expect
Together, we’ll explore:
- Navigating grief, anger, guilt, and uncertainty
- Setting healthy boundaries with your former partner and others
- Coping with loneliness and rebuilding your support system
- Managing difficult conversations and co-parenting (when applicable)
- Reconnecting with who you are outside of the relationship
- Building emotional resilience and creating hope for what’s next
- Navigating moving on, including dating and developing new relationships
This isn’t about rushing you to “move on” or pretending everything happens for a reason.
It’s about giving yourself permission to grieve what you’ve lost, make sense of what’s happened, and begin building a life that feels steady, meaningful, and authentically yours.
Participants will join a supportive therapy group for twelve weeks. Sessions will include:
Week 1: Understanding Separation
- The emotional stages of separation
- Why separation feels like grief
- What to expect during the healing process
- Setting intentions for the group
- Creating emotional safety
Week 2: Managing Overwhelming Emotions
- Anxiety and uncertainty
- Anger and resentment
- Guilt and shame
- Loneliness
- Emotional regulation skills
- Coping without becoming overwhelmed
Week 3: Grieving the Future You Imagined
- Mourning the life you expected to have
- Ambiguous loss
- Acceptance vs. giving up
- Honoring both the good and the painful memories
- Making space for grief
Week 4: Rebuilding Your Identity
- “Who am I now?”
- Letting go of old roles
- Rediscovering your values
- Rebuilding confidence
- Developing self-trust
Week 5: Healing Attachment Wounds
- Why letting go feels so hard
- Attachment styles
- Trauma bonds and emotional dependence
- Breaking unhealthy relationship patterns
- Creating emotional security within yourself
Week 6: Boundaries & Healthy Communication
- Boundaries with an ex-partner
- Boundaries with family and friends
- Responding instead of reacting
- Navigating high-conflict conversations
- Protecting your peace
Week 7: Navigating Life After Separation
- Building new routines
- Managing financial stress
- Creating a supportive social life
- Asking for help
- Self-care that supports healing
Week 8: Finding Joy Again
- Reconnecting with hobbies and passions
- Rebuilding self-esteem
- Cultivating hope
- Managing guilt around happiness
- Creating moments of peace
Week 9: Relationships Moving Forward
- When your ex starts dating
- Dating after separation or divorce (if and when you’re ready)
- Identifying healthy relationship patterns
- Recognizing red flags
- Trusting yourself again
Week 10: Navigating Holidays & Special Occasions
- Preparing for birthdays, anniversaries, and family gatherings
- Coping with traditions that have changed
- Creating new rituals and meaningful traditions
- Managing grief during the holiday season
- Setting expectations and boundaries with loved ones
- Finding moments of joy while honoring your loss
Week 11: Forgiveness & Closure
- Processing resentment
- Self-forgiveness
- Releasing what cannot be changed
- Creating your own closure
- Letting go without forgetting
Week 12: Building a New Life
- Creating a vision for your future
- Identifying personal goals
- Maintaining healthy habits and boundaries
- Preventing old relationship patterns
- Celebrating growth and resilience
- Reflecting on your healing journey
Additional topics:
- Coping with loneliness
- When your ex starts dating
- Dating again after divorce
- Parenting through separation
- Financial stress
- Rebuilding self-esteem
- Conflict with an ex
- Boundaries with family
- Grieving the future you imagined
- Finding joy again
- Building a new life
Skills focus:
- Emotion regulation
- Distress tolerance
- Communication
- Boundaries
- Conflict management
- Self-compassion
- Cognitive restructuring
- Mindfulness
- Building secure attachment
- Values-based decision making
- Grief processing
- Identity exploration
Core themes:
- Grief
- Identity loss
- Fear of the future
- Co-parenting
- Financial anxiety
- Loneliness
- Self-worth
- Boundaries
- Dating again
- Attachment wounds
- Family dynamics
- Rebuilding community
- Self-care
- Forgiveness
- Acceptance
- Hope
Why this Group (instead of individual therapy)?
Separation can feel incredibly isolating. While individual therapy offers personalized support, there’s something uniquely healing about sitting with people who truly understand what you’re going through.
In this group, you’ll realize you’re not the only one lying awake at night replaying conversations, grieving the future you imagined, or wondering who you are outside of the relationship. You’ll find validation, encouragement, and hope from women who are navigating similar challenges.
Because the group is led by a licensed relationship therapist, you’ll receive more than emotional support. Each week includes evidence-based tools and practical skills to help you regulate difficult emotions, set healthy boundaries, rebuild your confidence, and move toward the life you want to create.
Many participants find that healing happens faster when they don’t have to do it alone.
Meet your Facilitator
The Experienced Therapist
Sabrina Suarez
MSW, LSW (she/hers)
Licensed Social Worker
Sign up today!
If you are interested in joining, click “schedule with us” to join! If you have questions about the group, please email sabrina@beknowntherapy.com