NBA legend Dwyane Wade started dating Gabrielle Union in 2008. The two finally tied the knot in 2013 and they have been married for over nine years now. Over the years, the couple have had their fair share of ups and downs. Union has always been vocal about her struggles in life. She believes in letting people know that they are not alone in their troubles. Recently, she opened up about a terrible experience when she was just 19 and the role therapy played in her coping.

While both Union and Wade continue to succeed in life, that wasn’t the case a decade ago.

Gabrielle Union revealed how therapy helped her

Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union took a break from their relationship in 2013. During the brief split up, Wade became a father again with Aja Metoyer. It was a very tough time for Union. Before their split, the couple was trying to conceive a child. So it was extremely hard for Union when the NBA Hall of Famer became a father to a kid with another woman.

According to E! News, Union wrote, “I have not had words, and even after untold amounts of therapy I am not sure I have them now. But truth matters.” However, she forgave Wade. Union once again opened up about therapy with the wife of 2017 NBA MVP Russell Westbrook.

During an appearance on The Relationship Chronicles with Nina Westbrook, the host asked how therapy has helped and impacted Gab’s life. Union replied, “I mean it saved my life. Many times.” She then talked about the abuse she endured when she was 19 years old. Union said, “I started therapy when I was 19. It was like three or four days after I had been sexually assaulted.”

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She noted that she was sexually assaulted at work, so the therapy was a part of workman’s comp. She added, “The first couple of weeks, I was still black and blue from the beating during the attack. But every time I went it was like my balloon had been blown within an inch of bursting and every therapy session kind of just let a little air out, a little air out, over time.”

Union stated that she needed therapy. Furthermore, she claimed therapy helped her every time she was in similar emotional distress. She noted that she was blessed and privileged to have therapists.

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