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Culturally Responsive Therapy

A safe space to be seen, heard, and supported.

Culturally responsive therapy, meaningful resources, and compassionate support โ€” created with Black women in mind.

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Board-Certified & Licensed Therapist

Personalized Approach

Validation Based on Lived Experience

Owned & Operated by a Black Woman

Our Mission

Why Therapy for Black Women?

We created Therapy for Black Women to address the unique challenges experienced solely by Black women. Including the age old "Angry Black Woman" and "Strong Black Woman" tropes. These archetypes are incessantly perpetuated in the media and impact our relationship with vulnerability: thus, the capacity to be fully realized humans.

Therapy for Black Women offers a space where Black women can share experiences and have them deeply understood by a licensed professional: who can help navigate the healing process.

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Therapeutic Services

Treatment that Meets You Where You Are:

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Empowerment Counseling

As a demographic at the intersection of race and gender, Black women often navigate the impact of multiple forms of systemic bias. In our work, we help cultivate a healthy, affirming self-concept in the face of limiting societal messages.

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Sista Circle

Sista Circle is a growth-oriented support group for Black women, offering a space for connection, reflection, shared experiences, and personal growth. It encourages open and meaningful conversations in a supportive and welcoming environment. Members have the opportunity to build community, gain new perspectives, and support one another along their individual journeys.

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Attachment Style Exploration

A 6-week webinar series exploring how attachment styles shape the way we connect, communicate, and relate to others across all areas of life โ€” including romantic relationships, the workplace, family, and social relationships.

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Areas of Exploration

Therapeutic Themes:

Every woman has a unique story โ€” listed below are themes that most often lead to help-seeking:

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Meet the Founder

Jerisha

M.Ed., LPC, LPCC, NCC

"I have a wealth of credentials, however I most value my lived experiences: for they allow me to relate to people from the very environments from which I came."

How Therapy Works

Let's Get Started:

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Explore services & profile

Review our Services and About pages to learn more about our approach, what we offer, and whether our practice feels like the right fit.

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Schedule a consultation

Request an appointment. Our office follows up to confirm details and share intake forms.

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Begin personalized support

Begin personalized treatment built around your history, your goals, and your needs โ€” at a pace that feels right for you.

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Calendar

Awareness and events worth marking:

Black history and culture, mental health, and wellness observances โ€” all year, in one place.

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Between Session Tools

Tools for work between sessions

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DisCovering Self Value

DisCovering Self Value illuminates the nature of "the self," what it is, how it's developed and the extent to which it shapes experience, relationships, and behavior across the lifespan.

Emotional Vocabulary Bundle โ€” Feelings & States Wheel, Emotional Thermometer, and Emotional Vocabulary Journal Toolkit

Emotional Vocabulary Bundle

A practical collection of tools designed to help identify, name, understand, and process emotions. By expanding emotional vocabulary, these resources can support deeper self-awareness and make it easier to communicate internal experiences during and between therapeutic sessions.

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DSV Webinar Series

A 6-week webinar series exploring how attachment styles shape the way we connect, communicate, and relate to others across all areas of life โ€” including romantic relationships, the workplace, family, and social relationships.

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The Podcast

A New Conversation Is Coming

Two Psychs and a Pod: Licensed professionals explore what's happening in the zeitgeist through a therapeutic lens, examining the psychological and emotional dimensions of contemporary culture and its impact on how we experience ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.

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Beyond the Session

Client Portal

A private, personalized space designed exclusively for clients to access resources, session materials, between-session tools, and therapeutic reflections. The portal extends the therapeutic experience beyond the session, providing a secure place to stay connected to the work and revisit resources at your own pace.

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You Don't Have to Do It Alone

One honest conversation can be the beginning
of feeling more connected.