Dwyane Wade Used to Look Down on Gabrielle Union’s Therapy Sessions
Gabrielle Union has used therapy in the past to treat her PTSD and a wide range of other issues. Although it’s been a great way to maintain her mental health, her husband Dwyane Wade didn’t always see it that way. However, Wade had a change of heart after experiencing a major shift in his own life.
Dwyane Wade didn’t take Gabrielle Union’s therapy seriously
Union has been very candid about her love for therapy. She’s been seeing mental health professionals since she was 19, and they’ve continued to help the Bring It On star throughout her more mature years. So much so that it became an important part of the actor’s self-care routine.
“I rely heavily on therapy, on guided meditation, on positive affirmations, and trying to create enough of a routine that I don’t ever feel overwhelmed,” she said in an interview on Women’s Day.
However, she admitted that her husband Wade initially had a dismissive attitude towards Union’s therapy trips.
“He’s like, ‘All right, good luck with that.’ Come, come,” she once told ESPN.
This changed, however, when Wade retired from the NBA after his long 16-year career and making hundreds of millions of dollars. Although he left the sport under his own terms, retirement took a certain level of adjustment that Wade was initially uncomfortable with. So, Wade felt he needed a bit of professional help as he prepared to live a civilian lifestyle that wasn’t being dictated by an NBA schedule.
“I meant it is going to be a big change. This is what I know, like, my life has been this. it’s not all that I am, of course, but this is the main part of it. From the standpoint of it makes everything work. I told my wife, I said, I need to do therapy and we need to do a little bit,” he said about his transition away from the NBA.
How Gabrielle Union reacted to Dwyane Wade going to therapy
In order for Wade to seek the help he needed, however, he had to swallow his pride and overcome his own stigma against therapy.
“I was always against someone that don’t know me telling me how to live my life or giving me instructions. But I need someone to talk to about it. Because it is a big change. Even though I got a long life to live, other great things I can accomplish and do, it’s not this. So it’s going to be different,” he said.
In the end, Union was proud to see her husband turn over a new leaf.
“So for him to come around and see the benefit, and actually look forward to it, I think it is going to do a lot for the stigma. For mind, body and soul wellness,” she said.
But nowadays, the pair don’t just go to therapy individually. They also do so together. The couple faced their fair share of trials and tribulations since getting together. They even persevered after Wade fathered another child while he and Union were taking a break from their relationship. But although the celebrity duo may have earned what seems like a perfect marriage, Union reassured that they still faced challenges. Because of this, couples therapy became an important part of their lives. Perhaps the guidance they receive during these sessions is why they’ve managed to maintain such a healthy partnership.
“People are like ‘goals’; me and D are like, ‘wtf?’ We’ve kind of figured it out now, but I guess maybe we should tweet live from couples’ therapy,” she said in an interview with Complex. “And when you ask us we’re gonna tell you, there’s a process to happy.”
