The Purple Couch Therapy

09/12/2025

Folks like to say that was the past but when the past was never properly addressed it will always come back up in the present. Historical trauma is very real and it’s science. We are witnessing this as a collective today.

09/11/2025

09/08/2025

Listen, reaching out for help is hard—I know, because I still struggle with it too. Especially when you’ve had people not show up for you, asking can feel like one of the hardest things you’ll ever do.

Remember: Asking for help is not weakness—it’s courage. It’s choosing connection over isolation. It’s saying, “I deserve support.”

What’s one small way you can let yourself ask for help this week?

09/03/2025

Being a therapist doesn’t make parenting easier—it just makes me more aware of how much I still have to unlearn. I’m still human. I still carry my own triggers, my own trauma, my own wounds.

What’s something you’ve unlearned (or are still unlearning) in your parenting?

09/03/2025

Being a therapist doesn’t make parenting easier—it just makes me more aware of how much I still have to unlearn. I’m still human. I still carry my own triggers, my own trauma, my own wounds.

What’s something you’ve unlearned (or are still unlearning) in your parenting?

08/29/2025

Fascist times require heavy, firm boundaries.
You don’t have to be nice just to be nice. I promise you.

Here’s the truth: niceness is often a demand rooted in white supremacy — a way to keep us small, palatable, and compliant. But boundaries? Boundaries are how we keep ourselves, our communities, and our medicine intact.

Kindness is not the same as niceness.
Love is not the same as pleasing.
Liberation will not come from us being “agreeable.”

So, give yourself permission to be firm. To be rooted. To be clear.
That is love. That is care.

– With love, Jess

What boundary are you holding firm to this season? Share it below — your words might give someone else permission.

08/27/2025

Let’s start naming perpetrator mentality it’s not discussed enough. Which is why abuse is so acceptable in our families and communities.

08/27/2025

I know when my hearts start to race, I need to sit down.

What are your cue’s when you need to slow down? Share them below! 👇🏽

08/26/2025

"You are still a good person if you cannot carry everyone."

08/25/2025

It is interesting to witness the confusion on people’s face when you say you center the care of Black womxn and it’s a space for everyone.
I’m not sure why it is so confusing — white supremacy has done a number on our imaginations.

Here’s the truth:
Centering Black womxn doesn’t mean excluding others. It means finally building care on a foundation that has always been ignored, erased, or dismissed.

When we create spaces where Black womxn are safe, seen, and cared for — the entire community benefits. Liberation ripples outward. At Purple Couch Therapy, we say it out loud because it matters: Black womxn deserve care at the center, not as an afterthought.

Drop a 🖤 if you believe centering the most excluded helps us all heal.

08/20/2025

I know a lot of us don’t understand how systems work but my advocacy is rooted in systems. I’m not talking about the few Black womxn you personally know or hurt you I’m talking about systems and historical trauma and the impact on Black womxn’s bodies.

If you are new to this page I don’t debate, that is not healing for me you will be blocked if you are not aligned with the mission over here.

Much love,
Jess

08/19/2025

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Materially show up for Black women who are always putting themselves on the line for this funky ass country and speaking up