Burning The Couch: Uncovering Systemic Abuse with Brooke & Diana

TRIGGER WARNING: Episode contains graphic details from medical procedures and trauma, mental health and suicide, and institutional abuse. This is a special episode previously recorded back in March 2025 with just Brooke (before Burning The Couch even came to fruition) and Jeff. The hope here is to connect Jeff to resources, support, and to help him reclaim his story that was wrongfully silenced. W...

Nikki is a survivor, profound poet, and childless cat lady that experienced estrangement over political views earlier in 2025 from JD’s family. She is a relative to JD Vance and a major part of her adolescence was raised by JD's father after her own father's accidental death. We dive into her upbringing among high control religion (Christianity) and how it parallels to authoritarian system...

TRIGGER WARNING: Sensitive topics discussed along the lines of domestic violence and relationship abuse. Brooke & Diana dive into their experience in various conservative, MAGA communities and systems - and take on the lens of how domestic violence follows an identical pattern of abuse weaponized by the government, churches, communities and families. All enact isolation, fear, shame, control,...

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence, suicide, sexual assault, reproductive coercion sensitive topics discussed. Part 2 dives a bit deeper into how Diana's therapist continually gave her homework while enabling the abuse - especially around intimacy and physical touch.... If this is your experience in therapy, this is not normal. Diana dives deep and shares her experience in couples therapy while in...

Trigger Warning: Domestic violence, suicide, reproductive coercion sensitive topics discussed. Diana dives deep and shares her experience in couples therapy while in her abusive marriage. Couples therapy is highly NOT recommended for those who are in domestic violence/abusive relationships. Brooke discusses why she believes many therapists truly do not understand the covert tactics in abuse like c...

Solo episode with Brooke as she dives in deep about how her GoFundMe and social media were used against her in the mental health world.... and left her wide open and at risk for her license being reported. Despite it being a very chaotic and beyond stressful time period - Brooke used this to fuel her transformation from a therapist into a recovery coach for women reclaiming their lives and voices...

Trigger Warning: Mental health, violence, suicide, self harm discussed. Solo episode - Brooke dives deep in her history of how she was modeled abusive behaviors from childhood up until currently. Domestic violence is a public health crisis currently. Most individuals who become victim to this - grew up in similar environments. Domestic violence does not happen in a vacuum. It's generationally uphe...

Welcome to our first episode! Brooke introduces how Burning The Couch came to mind, and her co-host. Both Brooke and her co-host (anonymous for safety precautions) discuss how their relationship impacted both of their healing journeys through Domestic Violence. Here's the twist - Brooke was the therapist to her co-host. So despite some ethical arguments here on all ends of the therapy spectrum - t...