One of the biggest celebrity champions of mental health is Gabrielle Union. Dwyane Wade‘s wife is vocal about her life experiences and how she’s put her mental health on priority. Not only the mega-star but also her Hall-of-Famer husband has advocated for mental health awareness. The Wade-Union family is big on seeking professional help for their betterment. And The Perfect Find star has revealed how that has helped her husband immensely.

Gabrielle Union was on Nina Westbrook’s podcast to talk about relationships and mental health. She’d bring up her banter with her husband to Russell Westbrook’s wife. But amid their dynamic marriage, they also support each other’s wellness.

Gabrielle Union reveals Dwyane Wade’s early opinion on therapy

Gabrielle Union joined a fellow NBA WAG, Nina Westbrook on her podcast, The Relationship Chronicles with Nina Westbrook recently to talk about everything from her career to her marriage. She dished that one of the things that makes her marriage with Dwyane Wade stronger is relying on therapy.

Therapy is also something her family, including her husband and older kids benefit from. However, she revealed, this wasn’t always the case.

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Because while Union has sought professional help for a long time, her husband didn’t immediately get there. He supported her, as Union tells Westbrook, “Like Russell, D [Dwyane] was like ‘Oh, that’s great for you, I’m sure you need it, I’m sure that’s great for you.'”

Nina, who’s apparently had the same spiel from Russell Westbrook, added a sassy, “You needed it the most.”

Clearly, the two were in agreement about their spouses’ past neglect of their mental health. Union agreed with a strong, “Sir. Okay, one day… I’m gonna remind you about this conversation.” 

Thankfully for Gab, her husband soon came around and it helped bring the couple closer.

Union reveals how therapy changed Wade

The NBA champion has gone to therapy to cope with several personal struggles. After retiring from the NBA in 2019, he saw a therapist to adjust to a non-playing career. It’s unclear when he first started going to therapy, but Union has seen the change it brought in him.

“Watching him come home from therapy the first time that I was aware of him – he might have gone a while before he shared it with me – and just see like he left the house one way and came home and he looked physically different.” 

Union said that every time she went to a session, she felt the distress release. She saw that in her husband too. “Just what the little bit of letting air out of of his balloon, he was able to return to us in a more reasonable way, in a more healthy reasonable, high productive way.” 

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