Disengaging:

A Real Housewives–Inspired Therapy Group for Cycle Breakers

Hi, Baby Gorgeous!
If you’re wakin’ up in the morning, thinkin’ ’bout so many things — like why you’re exhausted, resentful, and somehow still the one everyone relies on — this group might be for you.

Group therapy for people who are done playing the same role every season.

Group therapy for people who are done playing the same role every season.

Maybe you’re realizing life is not a cabaret…especially when you’ve spent years making it nice, keeping the peace, and holding the emotional center of your family together.

Maybe you’re starting to disengage — and suddenly people are accusing you of being morally corrupt.

Disengaging is a therapist-led, Real Housewives–inspired group for cycle breakers: people who are done over-functioning, done over-explaining, and done needing receipts, proof, timelines, and screenshots just to trust their own reality. So chic.

Using iconic Housewives quotes and tropes (confessionals, taglines, and yes — a reunion), we’ll explore:

  • Family roles and why growth causes backlash

  • Emotional labor, burnout, and resentment

  • Guilt, manipulation, and being labeled “the difficult one”

  • Boundaries, disengaging, and limiting access

  • Rebuilding self-trust without needing documentation

  • Grieving what you didn’t get — and choosing yourself anyway

Save Your Seat

Before joining the cast, we’ll start with a brief consultation to make sure it’s a good fit.

When: Wednesdays from 5:30pm - 7pm, starting April 15th

Where: Virtual — so you can show up wearing Jovani or joggers

Cost: $40 per 1.5 hour session ($280 total for 7 sessions, $250 if paid in full in advance)
Who it’s for: Cycle breakers, people-pleasers, highly sensitive folks, and anyone who’s tired of playing the same role every season
Who it’s not for: Anyone looking to keep making it nice at their own expense

This Season on Disengaging…

  • Week 1: How Could You Do This to Me, Question Mark

    Understanding Family Roles & Why Growth Causes Backlash

    Families rely on predictability. When you stop playing your assigned role, the system reacts. This week focuses on understanding family dynamics and why becoming healthier often means being seen as the problem.

  • Week 2: I Invited Her Into My Home. I Gave Her a Beverage.

    Emotional Labor, Over-Functioning, & Burnout

    For those who carried the emotional weight of the family. We’ll explore invisible labor, resentment, and what happens when “making it nice” becomes a survival strategy instead of a choice.

  • Week 3: Let Me Tell You Something About My Family. We’re as Thick as Thieves and We Protect Each Other ’til the End.

    Backlash, Guilt, & Being Labeled the Difficult One

    Why does changing your behavior suddenly make everyone uncomfortable? This week focuses on guilt, emotional pressure, and the subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways families punish people who stop complying. We’ll name manipulation, obligation, and why discomfort doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong.

  • Week 4: People Come For Me All the Time. They Just Don't Find Me.

    Boundaries, Disengaging, & Limiting Access

    Boundaries aren’t about convincing people — they’re about deciding how much access they get to you. We’ll focus on setting limits, disengaging from harmful dynamics, and tolerating being misunderstood. No scripts designed to make everyone happy. Just clarity about what you will and won’t participate in.

  • Week 5: Tom’s House Was Broken Into and he Confronted the Burglar and Then he Had to Go Have Eye Surgery and Then My Son Had to Go Over and Help, and Then My Son, he Rolled His Car Five Times on the Way Home, So Yeah, I’m Under a Lot of Stress.

    Over-Explaining, Gaslighting, & Rebuilding Self-Trust

    Many cycle breakers learned they needed evidence to be believed. We’ll work on unlearning the urge to justify your reality, recognizing gaslighting and minimization, and rebuilding trust in your own perceptions.

  • Week 6: I’ll Tell Ya How I’m Doing… Not Well, Bitch.

    Grief, Loyalty, & Choosing Yourself Anyway

    Breaking cycles comes with real loss. This week centers grief, exhaustion, and ambivalence — mourning the family you didn’t get, the support that never came, and the version of you that survived by over-giving. We make room for sadness without using it as a reason to abandon yourself.

  • Week 7: The Reunion

    Integration, Reflection, & Your Next Season

    Just like a Housewives reunion, we zoom out. This final week is about integration — what’s changed, what you’re taking with you, and what dynamics you’re no longer available for. We revisit themes, reflect on growth, and help you name what this “new season” actually looks like in your real life.

You don’t need to be a Bravo scholar to belong here — but if you are, you’ll feel extremely seen.

Join Us

All participants begin with a brief consultation to ensure the group is a good fit.