Authentic Beyond The Couch

Authentic Beyond The Couch is the practice and resource platform of Jirzia Blackman, a licensed clinical therapist, speaker, and workshop facilitator. It supports individuals, couples, and families seeking to heal trauma, rebuild trust, strengthen relationships, and restore family connections. With a compassionate, nonjudgmental, trauma-informed approach, Blackman combines relational guidance, Imago couples therapy, and other trauma-informed practices to help clients develop communication skills and navigate emotional challenges.

Services include personalized relationship coaching for couples and individuals, experiential couples workshops, and group support for people healing from affairs, betrayal, religious wounding, or spiritual trauma. Workshops also address personal growth, self-awareness, parenting, relationship goals, leadership, and emotional intelligence; a parenting workshop is listed as coming soon. The site offers trainings and resources, a podcast, and a book for those seeking further support. Visitors can also invite Blackman to speak, facilitate workshops, train staff, or appear on a podcast. Authentic Beyond The Couch aims to provide practical tools and compassionate support that help people reconnect with themselves and those they care about.