Religious trauma therapy may be a useful support for you if, like me:

• you or people you love have experienced things in faith-based communities that do not reflect your inherent worth + dignity, and you’d like a safe person to support you as explore your soul’s unique path + what kind of relationship you may or may not still want with the Sacred.

• your faith has dissolved, evolved, or is in an in-between, shifting, or un-resolved place.

• you find concepts like ‘faith’, ‘church’, ‘prayer’ or ‘God’ difficult or triggering.

• your soulful experiences + spirituality are associated with spiritual harm or trauma.

• you or people you love have experienced things in church communities that do not reflect your inherent worth + dignity, and you’d like a safe person to support you as explore your soul’s unique path + what kind of relationship you may or may not still want with the Sacred.

if this is you, i’m sorry.

i’m sorry if religious people failed to show you love, mirror your dignity & respect your worth.

i’m sorry if religious people wounded you, or made you feel anything other than unconditionally loved, welcome & wanted.

what you’ll find here:

presence + compassion

• compassion, warmth, listening & acceptance.

• respect & gentleness: you can choose what feels most supportive for you.

• a safe space to navigate challenges.

• support to connect with your body, intuition, mind & heart.

• resources to tend & befriend your inner self.

• help to integrate your stories & questions into the wholeness of your life.

• curiosity, openness & authenticity.

what we can do:

Traumatic events can shatter our core beliefs about the world & our place in it. These shattered assumptions can lead us to question people’s goodness, if the world is safe or trustworthy, or perhaps question our own worth & value.

This is not easy, and can lead to feeling vulnerable, anxious, lonely, deep sadness, or grief. We might feel like life has lost it’s purpose or meaning. As a former pastor with lived experience of recovery from religious trauma, I know how lonely this experience can be. I know how hard it can be to find a safe space and support following spiritual abuse.

Counselling can help recover from religious trauma by making a pathway from outgrown or broken beliefs and rebuilding new meaning and purpose. We do this by exploring & processing what matters to you, at a pace & in a way that feels right for you. I work with a range of modalities such as Acceptance Commitment Therapy (A.C.T.) and Depth Psychology.

some of the things we can do together:

• explore new meaning-making.

• recover from shattered assumptions + betrayal of trust.

• get unstuck + find hope.

• well being + mental health support.

• heal from overwhelming life events.

• process loss + grief

• rebuild self-trust.

pricing:

Sessions are 50 minutes online (via zoom).

$160 full fee ($140 concession).

Sessions typically begin as weekly or fortnightly, but this is flexible. We can adjust this, according to what is helpful for you. As therapy progresses, sessions tend to become further apart, often becoming monthly.