Religious Trauma Therapy
Religious trauma involves complex feelings around past religious experiences that may have caused harm — whether that's deconstruction, a faith shift, leaving a restrictive or high-control community, or rebuilding meaning after losing a belief system that once organized your life. I offer a compassionate, non-judgmental space to process these experiences.
What Religious Trauma Can Look Like
- Grief, anger, or confusion around leaving a faith community or belief system
- Guilt or fear left over from teachings you no longer believe but still feel in your body
- Strained or lost relationships with family or community tied to your faith
- Difficulty trusting your own judgment after being taught to defer to authority
- Anxiety around identity, morality, or meaning now that old frameworks no longer fit
- Complicated feelings about faith itself — not wanting to reject everything, but needing space from what harmed you
You don't need to have fully left a religious community, or be certain about where you land, to benefit from this work. Ambivalence is a normal part of the process.
How Therapy Helps
We work at your pace to process what happened, make sense of the beliefs and expectations you were raised with, and rebuild a sense of identity and meaning that's actually yours. This isn't about talking you out of faith or into it — it's about helping you think clearly, feel less shame, and make decisions that reflect what you actually believe, not what you were told to believe.
How It Works
We start with a free 15-minute consultation, so you can ask questions and see if we're a good fit. Sessions run 50 minutes over secure, HIPAA-compliant video, typically weekly to start, available to clients in 45+ states through my PSYPACT license.