Woman Behind the Wife Support Group
A Superbill can be provided to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, based on your insurance plan/rates
8 - Week Support Group
Discover You Beyond the Role of Wife
8 - Week Support Group Discover You Beyond the Role of Wife
What You’ll Learn
Rediscover Your Individual Identity
Step out of the "wife" box and reconnect with your personal passions, dreams, and values that existed before the vows.
Release the Weight of being "Superwoman”
Learn to break down the cultural pressure to be the flawless, tireless backbone of everyone else at the expense of your own mental health.
Master Guilt-Free Boundaries
Acquire practical, clinical communication tools to say a sacred "No" to household demands, allowing you to protect your daily energy and peace.
Return to Your Full Being
Shift your perspective of your physical self from a vehicle of domestic and emotional labor to a source of your own comfort, pleasure, and rest.
Meet Your Facilitator
Dr. Kimberly R. Mayes, LCSW
Founder & Clinical Director
Essence Therapy & Wellness Center
Dr. Kimberly R. Mayes, LCSW, is the founder & visionary behind Essence Therapy & Wellness Center, where she specializes in helping clients unearth their authentic selves beneath the weight of societal roles. With years of clinical expertise rooted in diagnostic rigor, cultural formulation, & professional mentorship, she provides a sacred, expert-led space for deep identity reclamation. Her passion lies in guiding Black women to confidently take off the "superwoman" cape, set guilt-free boundaries, & return to the full essence of who they were created to be, the purpose behind the name of Essence Therapy & Wellness Center.
Ancestral Wisdom for the Journey
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I am deliberate & afraid of nothing.
Audre Lorde
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If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you & say you enjoyed it.
Zora Neale Hurston
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You are your best thing.
Toni Morrison
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The moment we choose to love ourselves, we choose to move against the system of oppression.
bell hooks
Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, & that is an act of political warfare.
~ Audre Lorde
Notes for Consideration
Florida, Georgia & Texas Clients ONLY
Once you register, the group facilitator will email you group details, intake documents, policies & login information
The group will meet once a week starting 7/15/26
Group sessions will be 1 1/2 hour
NO REFUNDS will be issued once group begins on 7/15/26, even if a session is missed
Once the group begins, the group will remain closed to new attendees. Attendees who will like to join group sessions after 7/15/26, will be placed on a wait list for the upcoming group session
A Superbill can be provided to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, based on your insurance plan/rates
A Superbill can be provided to submit to your insurance company for reimbursement, based on your insurance plan/rates
Frequently Asked Questions
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Absolutely! This group is not a space for marital complaining or divorce preparation, it is a space for identity reclamation. It is incredibly common for women in loving, healthy marriages to still lose touch with their personal hobbies, dreams, & individual identity under the weight of daily domestic routines. This group is for any married woman who wants to ensure she remains a whole, thriving individual inside of her partnership.
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While casual spaces are wonderful for socializing, this circle is a structured clinical environment facilitated by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Dr. Mayes utilizes evidence-based practices to help you gently deconstruct deep-seated cultural scripts, like the "Strong Black Woman" schema, & implement practical boundary-setting tools. During group, you can take off the "mask" completely, knowing the space is confidential, clinically grounded, & entirely focused on your psychological wellness.
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A "closed group" means that once our 8-week journey begins, no new members are allowed to join. This ensures maximum emotional safety, privacy, & deep cohesion among the women in the group. Because consistency is vital to the group dynamic, we ask that you commit to attending all 8 sessions. Missed sessions cannot be refunded or made up, as your seat is exclusively reserved for you for the duration of the program.
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No, this support group is a psychoeducational & process-oriented space designed to supplement your personal growth, not replace individual clinical care. While the group is therapeutic & led by a licensed clinical professional, it focuses on the shared experience of identity reclamation within marriage. If you are navigating acute trauma, severe depression, or active marital crisis, we highly recommend engaging in individual or couples therapy alongside or prior to joining this support group.