Women, Archetypes & Identity

A 12-Week Live Online Therapeutic Group for Women

Exploring the many roles, inner voices and ways of being that women carry throughout life.

A woman can be many things at once.

A mother.
A partner.
A professional.
A caregiver.
A daughter.
A creator.
A protector.
A woman who longs for freedom.
A woman who wants to be seen.
A woman who is tired of always being strong.

Across different stages of life, some parts of ourselves become more visible while others are pushed aside.

We may spend years developing the parts that help us meet expectations, care for others, succeed or remain dependable — while quieter parts of identity receive very little space.

Women, Archetypes & Identity is a therapeutic group for women who want to explore the different inner roles they carry, understand which parts of themselves have become dominant or neglected, and reconnect with a broader, more authentic sense of identity.

The aim is not to fit women into fixed categories.

It is to use archetypal themes as a way of asking:

Which parts of me have had permission to live — and which parts are still waiting for space?

When One Role Begins to Take Over

You may recognise yourself if you:

• feel that much of your identity has become connected to caring for others

• have spent years being the strong or responsible one

• feel unsure who you are outside motherhood, partnership or work

• notice that certain parts of yourself have been neglected

• struggle to make space for pleasure, creativity or spontaneity

• feel guilty when prioritising yourself

• have difficulty receiving care instead of giving it

• feel disconnected from your femininity or sensuality

• notice a strong inner critic that tells you how you “should” behave

• feel torn between independence and the desire for closeness

• have spent years adapting to other people’s expectations

• are entering a new stage of life and questioning who you are now

• feel that you have become highly capable but emotionally tired

• sense that there are parts of yourself you have never fully explored

• want to understand your identity beyond the roles others recognise

Sometimes the question is not:

“Who am I?”

but:

“Which parts of me have I been allowed to become?”

What Do We Mean by Archetypes?

In this group, archetypes are not rigid personality types.

They are symbolic ways of exploring recurring human experiences, capacities and inner positions.

A woman may recognise different parts of herself in themes such as:

The Caregiver
The part that nurtures, protects and supports.

The Warrior
The part that defends, acts, persists and protects boundaries.

The Lover
The part connected with intimacy, desire, pleasure and emotional presence.

The Creator
The part that imagines, expresses, builds and brings something new into the world.

The Independent Woman
The part that values autonomy, direction and freedom.

The Wise Woman
The part that draws on experience, perspective and inner knowing.

The Mother
Not only biological motherhood, but the capacity to nurture, guide and hold.

The Explorer
The part that seeks change, curiosity, movement and possibility.

No single archetype defines a woman.

The therapeutic value lies in exploring which capacities have been overused, which have been silenced and which may need greater space now.

How Roles Shape Identity

Roles are an important part of life.

They give us belonging, responsibility and meaning.

But difficulties can arise when a role becomes so dominant that we begin to experience ourselves only through it.

A woman may become primarily:

the mother

the reliable partner

the person everyone calls

the professional

the strong one

the organiser

the peacemaker

the one who never needs anything

These identities may carry pride and meaning.

But they can also make it difficult to answer:

What do I want when no one is asking anything from me?

What gives me energy?

What have I postponed?

Which parts of myself have become unfamiliar?

What We Will Explore

Across the 12-week therapeutic cycle, we will explore:

The roles that shaped you
Understanding the identities you have developed through family, relationships, motherhood, work and social expectations.

The Caregiver
Exploring your relationship with nurturing, responsibility and the tendency to place others first.

The Warrior
Exploring boundaries, self-protection, anger, courage and the ability to take a position.

The Lover
Exploring intimacy, pleasure, sensuality, connection and the capacity to receive.

The Creator
Reconnecting with curiosity, expression, imagination and parts of yourself that want to make or begin something.

The Independent Woman
Exploring autonomy, freedom, personal direction and the ability to choose for yourself.

The Wise Woman
Recognising experience, intuition, perspective and the knowledge that develops through living.

The parts that became too strong
Understanding when responsibility, independence, strength or caregiving begin to leave little room for vulnerability, rest or receiving.

The parts that were neglected
Creating space for capacities that may have been labelled selfish, impractical, inappropriate or unnecessary.

Identity through changing life stages
Exploring how womanhood and identity can evolve as relationships, bodies, roles and priorities change.

The Woman Behind the Roles

Many women become highly skilled at answering the needs of a role.

A mother knows what her children need.

A professional understands what work requires.

A caregiver anticipates other people’s needs.

A partner notices what keeps the relationship functioning.

But identity becomes narrower when there is little opportunity to ask:

What does the woman behind all these roles need?

There may be grief in recognising parts of yourself that have been neglected.

There may also be relief.

Because recognising what has been missing can create the possibility of making room for it now.

In Positive Psychotherapy

Positive Psychotherapy views each person as carrying a range of capacities that develop differently through family, culture, experience and relationships.

Qualities such as love, responsibility, patience, justice, independence, trust, creativity, honesty and hope may all be present, but they do not always receive equal space.

A woman who has developed extraordinary responsibility may have had little opportunity to practise receiving.

A woman who learned to remain agreeable may have had little space for assertiveness.

A woman who became highly independent may struggle with vulnerability.

A woman whose life centred on caring may find it difficult to recognise personal desire.

Therapeutic work therefore explores balance.

Not:

“Which type of woman am I?”

but:

“Which capacities have I developed strongly?”

“Which ones have I neglected?”

“Which parts of myself does this stage of life ask me to rediscover?”

Within the Balance Model, identity is explored through the body, achievement, relationships and meaning.

A fuller sense of self can emerge when no single area or role is required to carry the entire weight of identity.

Beyond the “Good Woman”

Many women grow up with explicit or subtle ideas about what a “good woman” should be.

Patient.

Giving.

Strong.

Pleasant.

Available.

Responsible.

Selfless.

Successful, but not threatening.

Independent, but not too independent.

Caring, but never resentful.

These expectations can create impossible standards.

Therapeutic work provides space to examine which expectations genuinely reflect your values and which were inherited from family, culture or earlier relationships.

You are allowed to question roles that once felt unquestionable.

What This Group Can Help You Develop

The group can support you in developing:

• a broader sense of identity beyond familiar roles

• greater awareness of neglected parts of yourself

• healthier balance between giving and receiving

• clearer personal boundaries

• increased confidence expressing desire and preference

• greater connection with creativity and spontaneity

• a healthier relationship with independence and vulnerability

• reduced guilt around prioritising yourself

• greater awareness of inherited expectations about womanhood

• stronger connection with your values

• greater appreciation of your own life experience

• increased permission to change

• a more flexible and integrated sense of self

You Do Not Have to Be Only One Version of Yourself

You do not have to choose between being strong and vulnerable.

Between caring for others and caring for yourself.

Between independence and intimacy.

Between responsibility and freedom.

Between who you have been and who you are becoming.

Maturity does not necessarily mean becoming one fixed version of ourselves.

Sometimes it means becoming spacious enough to hold many parts of ourselves without asking one to erase the others.

Who Are You Becoming Now?

There are seasons of life when identity becomes less about proving who we are and more about choosing what deserves space.

You may decide that some roles still matter deeply.

Others may need to become smaller.

And some parts of yourself may finally be ready to return.

You are more than the roles you have carried.
There is still room to discover who else you are.

Group Details

12 Weekly Sessions
Saturdays | 17:30–19:00
90 minutes per session
Live Online
15 May 2027 – 31 July 2027

This group is designed for women and mothers who wish to continue exploring identity beyond familiar roles, particularly following significant life transitions or changes within family life.

New participants may also join at the beginning of the 12-week therapeutic cycle, allowing the group to develop continuity, trust and a consistent therapeutic space.

Session Dates

May 2027
15 May
22 May
29 May

June 2027
5 June
12 June
19 June
26 June

July 2027
3 July
10 July
17 July
24 July
31 July

Final session: 31 July 2027

Fees & Payment Options

Pay Per Session
€30 per 90-minute session

Monthly Prepayment
€25 per session when all sessions scheduled for that month are paid together in advance.

The monthly prepayment option applies when all scheduled sessions within the calendar month are paid in advance.

Joining the Group

If you would like to participate, please complete the registration form below.