Women’s Group

setting boundaries women’s workshop & processing group

An 8-week group for adult women who are feeling burned out, drained, over-extended or resentful in their personal or professional relationships. If you find yourself saying yes to things you don’t want to do, quick to irritability or frustration, breaking promises to yourself, or in situations that aren’t important to you, this group is for you. Learn the importance of setting boundaries, what to say and how to say it, and how to overcome discomfort in being your authentic self in relationships, friendships, family dynamics and at work.

next session begins tuesday, march 18th. see details below:

  • Group Start Date: Tuesday, March 18th, from 6:00-7:30pm

  • Group duration is 1.5 hours, meeting weekly on Tuesdays at 6:30pm through May 6th

  • Closed group limited 5-10 adult women

  • All participants must obtain a copy of Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab for the duration of the 8 weeks

  • Location: Virtually via GoogleMeet. All participants must be located within the state of California for the duration of each meeting

  • Cost: $55 per session for all 8 weeks, to be paid in 2 installments of $220 each (due 3/17 and 4/7), or 1 payment of $425 if paid in full on 3/17/25. Participants are responsible for full payment of all 8 weeks. Fees are non-refundable after March 18th, 2025

  • Participants will receive reading assignments, journal prompts and take home activities between sessions. As a skill-building workshop, participants will benefit the most by committing to the in-group and between session assignments. As a support processing group, participants are not required to share, but are strongly encouraged to participate in group discussions to gain the full value of the support experience. 

  • Pre-registration is required. Please click the link below to submit an interest form, and you will be contacted by the group facilitator for registration.

  • Group Facilitator is Olivia Wright, LMFT, MA

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For more information about boundaries and this special group, read on:

signs you need stronger boundaries

what boundaries are, and are not

the importance of boundaries

You may:

  • Easily say yes to things you don’t have time to do

  • Offer to help when you don’t have the capacity

  • Feel resentful toward people for asking for help, and then upset with yourself for feeling that way

  • Keep from expressing an opinion or concern about something that matters to you

  • Avoid communicating your needs or expectations with others

  • Break promises to yourself

  • Feel a desire to run away from your responsibilities

  • Feel unable to ask others for help, or find it difficult to allow others to help you

  • Rescue others

  • Feel burnt out, exhausted or overwhelmed

Before we begin to explore and work on setting healthy boundaries, we first need to understand what boundaries are, and are not. Boundaries are not fences, walls, places to hide, signs saying “don’t go there”, or dangerous. Boundaries are a way to communicate to others, I can meet you here. Boundaries begin with understanding one’s own self, and then communicating, clearly and kindly, the kind of engagement you are desiring in various relationships and environments. It fosters acceptance, mutual understanding, and healthy engagement. Healthy boundaries set the foundation for deeply fulfilling and trustworthy relationships with others and ourselves.

Women are often called to be the caregivers and peacekeepers in their family, friendship and professional circles. While being a helper and showing up for others can be a noble and uplifting role to perform, we often leave ourselves behind, leading to burnout, resentment and exhaustion. It can be easy to think, “I should just say no”, or wish you could tell someone how you’re feeling, but feelings of guilt or dread may keep you from doing so. 

You’re not alone. Healthy boundaries are important expressions that allow us to show up authentically in our relationships, and keep us from overextending ourselves, or leaving ourselves behind. Unfortunately, knowing you need boundaries can be easier than setting them. Often the thought of “confrontation” or feelings of guilt can stop you, or you may find the desire is strong but you’re missing the language to use. Fortunately, boundaries can be learned, and the more you learn and practice them, the more you are able to enact them. Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries can lead to increased confidence and stronger relationships, as well as better sleep, and lowered anxiety and depression.

learn to identify, set, and maintain your boundaries

In this 8-week workshop, you’ll meet other women who have all identified the need for healthy boundaries in their lives. Using the guidance of the New York Times Bestselling book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab, your group facilitator, Olivia Wright, LMFT, MA will help you learn to identify your boundaries, and find the language to set and maintain them. Olivia will guide participants through a supportive group environment, allowing members to share their experiences and reflections as we progress through learning and practicing boundaries in the areas of intimate partnerships, family relationships, friendships, work and social media. Together, you’ll learn more about yourself, build boundary skills, and experience an intimate supportive group experience with other women.

8-week group structure outline

  • Week 1 “My Boundaries & Values: Meet fellow participants, learn about healthy boundary types and the benefits of them, identify the types of boundaries you have, engage and connect with group members in preparation for the individual and collective journey you’re embarking on

  • Week 2 “Healthy Boundaries, Healthy Life”: Learn the types of boundaries, understand consequences of not having healthy boundaries, engage with the group to process uncomfortable feelings around boundary setting

  • Week 3 “Communicating Boundaries”: Learn how to identify and communicate your boundaries, how to make them clear and how to respond to boundary violations by others. Deepen your understanding about self-beliefs that contribute to accepting boundary violations and gain support from the group to challenge those beliefs and gain confidence in setting boundaries

  • Week 4 “Family Boundaries”: Understand how setting boundaries honors the self, what boundaries within family dynamics looks like, and identify areas in family life that may need more attention

  • Week 5 “Relationship Boundaries”: Understand needs in your partnered (or future partnered) relationships, how and when to speak those needs through boundaries, and improve relational communication and satisfaction

  • Week 6 “Friendship Boundaries”: Gain awareness of signs of healthy and unhealthy friendships, learn to manage complaining, practice friendship boundaries language

  • Week 7 “Workplace Boundaries”: Identify boundary issues at work, learn how to handle toxic work environments, how unhealthy workplace boundaries lead to burnout and how to limit that possibility

  • Week 8 “Social Media and Beyond”: Understand the impact of unhealthy boundaries in consumption of social media, learn importance of personal social media boundaries, managing the discomfort of “FOMO”, doomscrolling, and how to cleanse your timeline for healthier social media engagement

common questions

what is a skill-building and processing group?

The 8-week group combines education on boundaries and a supportive group therapy environment to share and process with other members their experiences and emotions as they begin the journey of honoring boundaries. 

Together with instruction by the group facilitators and structured reading of the book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab, participants will learn to identify their boundaries, areas where they need healthier ones, and build and practice boundary language. Participants will be assigned chapter reading, as well as reflective journaling and boundary practice assignments between sessions. By the end of the 8 week sessions, participants will have a better understanding of the importance of setting healthy boundaries, understand and have the language to set them, and experience the long term benefits of them. 

Additionally, substantial time in the group sessions will include participant discussions where members can share their experiences and emotions with each other around what brought them to the group, difficulties and successes with boundaries, and struggles with honoring their boundaries. As assignments in practicing boundary setting between sessions begin, group members have the opportunity to share and process with each other those experiences, to offer and receive supportive listening and the validation of common experiences. The 10-participant limit allows for the intimate and supportive experience a small group can provide. 

what can i expect from the group structure?

Group sessions are 1.5 hours in duration. The general structure includes homework discussion, short learning lecture on that week’s boundary topic, reflective exercises, and group discussion and processing. Between-session reading assignments from the book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab provide the educational foundation allowing for more group experience and discussion. As a primarily processing group, participants are encouraged to actively participate including sharing their experiences, actively listening to others shared experiences and offering support.

what is the cost of this group compared to individual therapy?

Participants will receive 12 hours worth of education, processing, practice and support at the cost of under $60 an hour, compared with the cost of $175-200 per 50 minutes of individual therapy sessions depending on your provider. The group experience can help accelerate and deepen participants’ boundary practice, depending on your personal dedication and goals.

can’t i just read the book on my own and skip the group?

Yes! You could (and should) read the book on your own and follow the exercises offered in Set Boundaries, Find Peace. This 8-week workshop and group offer an enhanced experience to help you dedicate yourself to the work of setting and honoring your boundaries while also sharing your experience and hearing from others who are doing the same work at the same time. If you’ve found yourself looking at a dusty stack of to-be-read book piles, or feeling like you’re the only person experiencing the struggles or difficulties of making changes in your life, this group experience is for you. The group is a way to move beyond what the (excellent) book can provide, and an opportunity to engage in an intimate community experience. This is not a book group, this is an experiential space to connect, process and practice boundaries with other women who have very similar experiences to your own.

why do i have to purchase the book?

Rather than reinvent the wheel, or limit the group to strictly a learning workshop, we’ve decided to take the opportunity to utilize the excellent education provided by Nedra Glover Tawwab’s book, Set Boundaries, Find Peace, and allow us to facilitate a group to help you experience the book beyond the page. Think of the group as an “experiential book club” - with the book doing a majority of the educational work, the group provides an opportunity for members to experience the work in a supportive environment. 

The book can be found at most bookstores, both online and at brick-and-mortar locations (note: there is also a published workbook, which is not required for this group). Additionally, if your library carries the book or a friend has a copy, you may borrow the book as long as you’re able to have it for the duration of the 8-week sessions. 

what do i need to join the group virtually?

I have offered this group for in-person in the past, and while that was a great experience, I recognize that many women who feel they would benefit from this group find their responsibilities at home or work make it difficult for them to add commuting to a weekday evening. I’ve reworked this group to meet virtually via a HIPAA-compliant version of GoogleMeet. The only things you’ll need to join are a device or computer with a browser or app able to connect to GoogleMeet, a reliable internet connection, a private space to join the session from, and your camera and microphone on.

Participants will receive a PDF copy of informational resources, journal prompts, and activities to use throughout the 8 week course.

who is the group facilitator?

Your group facilitator is me, Olivia Wright, LMFT, MA, owner and practitioner of Magnolia Therapy & Wellness. I work primarily with adult women and couples, and through this work and my own life, I deeply understand the importance of relationships and boundaries. I find boundary work in every therapeutic session with clients, often expressing distress driven in part by poor boundaries and a feeling that they’re alone in this experience. After many years of working with clients on identifying, setting and maintaining healthy boundaries for more fulfilling and balanced lives, I decided to put together a group experience to help enhance client’s boundary work. The group has been a success, and I witnessed the power of the group experience accelerate and deepen the individual work. I saw participants feel deeply validated in their experiences for the first time, and more ready to practice setting boundaries in their lives knowing they had fellow group members who were doing the same work, and there to come back to to process the experience with. The power of an 8-week processing group resulted in the same work as 6 months of individual therapy. I am excited to continue to provide this opportunity for group members to learn and practice boundaries, and to engage in the group experience that lifts up and encourages each other to honor themselves and experience more joyful and healthier relationships.

Click the button below to submit your interest in registering for the group:

olivia wright, lmft 142796, ma

magnolia therapy & wellness

In person and online throughout California

Office Location:

970 Reserve Drive, Suite 170 Roseville, CA 95678

Olivia@MagnoliaTherapyServices.org 916-342-0718

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