Relationship Breakup Recovery Group

Women’s & Men’s Cohorts | Ages 25–35 | Structured 8-Week Psychoeducational Program

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Provider Identification & Scope

This group is facilitated by a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC #LPC010353).

Relationship Breakup Recovery Group is a structured, psychoeducational program for adults ages 25–35 navigating the end of a significant relationship that lasted at least 1 year and had long-term commitment expectations (cohabitation, engagement, shared future planning, or marriage discussion)This is not psychotherapy and does not include diagnosis, trauma processing, or crisis intervention.

This group is offered in separate cohorts for women and men.

Group size is capped at 12 participants.

Pre-group screening is required.

Open nationwide for psychoeducational participation.

Primary Fit Anchor

This group supports adults ages 25–35 who are navigating the end of a long-term relationship and feel angry, devastated, confused, or untethered — and want emotional stability, renewed identity clarity, and grounded confidence before re-entering dating.

Strong Fit Contexts

This group may be a strong fit if you:

  • Ended a significant relationship that lasted at least 1 year and had long-term commitment expectations (cohabitation, engagement, shared future planning, or marriage discussion)

  • Feel like your identity was built around that partnership

  • Are questioning your self-worth after the breakup

  • Feel scared about starting over

  • Compare yourself to peers who are engaged, married, or settled

  • Worry about “wasting years”

  • Experience biological clock anxiety

  • Feel lonely despite being high-functioning in other areas

  • Common emotional patterns include:

  • Anger mixed with grief

  • Confusion about what happened

  • Rumination and replaying arguments

  • Reading old messages repeatedly

  • Blaming yourself excessively

  • Isolating socially

  • Dating too quickly to avoid pain

  • Participants are often outwardly functional but internally destabilized.

  • Many participants were in relationships lasting multiple years.

Structure & Format

8-week structured cycle

  • 1-week break between cycles

  • Gender-specific cohorts

  • Psychoeducational curriculum + guided discussion

  • Group cap: 12 participants

Core modules include:

  • Attachment style education

  • Rumination interruption strategies

  • Emotional regulation tools

  • Identity reconstruction after relational loss

  • Self-worth stabilization

  • Dating readiness frameworks

  • No-contact stabilization principles

  • Rebuilding relationship standards

No-contact expectation during the 8-week cycle (unless shared obligations require limited communication). This is not a vent-only space. Sessions are structured and skills-based.

What Participants Typically Gain

By the end of the cycle, participants often:

  • Experience reduced rumination and emotional volatility

  • Develop tools to regulate anger and grief

  • Rebuild confidence in their judgment and decision-making

  • Clarify personal relationship standards

  • Strengthen identity outside the former partnership

  • Feel more grounded before re-entering dating

For example, participants learn to interrupt obsessive thought loops and replace them with structured cognitive and behavioral regulation techniques. We may practice rewriting a 10-minute internal rumination spiral into a structured 3-step cognitive interruption. The goal is emotional stabilization and forward momentum — not simply “getting over” the relationship.

What This Group Is Not

This group is not:

  • Psychotherapy

  • Legal consultation or divorce litigation support

  • Co-parenting intervention (co-parents are redirected to Co-Parent Support Group)

  • Crisis stabilization

  • Trauma-processing treatment

  • A casual dating breakup support circle

This group is specifically for those who were in significant, committed relationships (1+ years) with long-term attachment and shared future expectations. Participants experiencing acute psychiatric instability or active crisis are not appropriate for this program.

Strong Match Indicators

This group tends to work well for participants who:

  • Are willing to follow a no-contact structure

  • Can tolerate guided reflection

  • Want structured accountability

  • Are motivated to rebuild identity intentionally

  • Are open to examining attachment patterns

  • Able to tolerate structured accountability

This group may not be appropriate for individuals seeking intensive individual therapy or immediate reconciliation strategies.

Plain-Language Summary

This group helps adults ages 25–35 stabilize emotionally after the end of a long-term relationship. Participants reduce rumination, rebuild identity, clarify relationship standards, and regain confidence before moving forward into future relationships.

Next Step

Complete the group interest form to begin the screening process. Pre-group screening determines cohort placement

Enrollment opens at the start of each 8-week cycle.