Healing from Spiritual Abuse & Religious Trauma
Religious trauma therapy is designed to support those who have experienced harm in the name of God. Whether from high-control faith systems, spiritual manipulation, or purity culture, this work honors the complexity of your pain while helping you reclaim your voice, body, and spiritual autonomy.
What Is Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse?
Religious trauma isn’t always loud. Sometimes it shows up in subtle, persistent ways—through shame, fear, silence, or control. Spiritual abuse can occur in churches, families, faith-based schools, or religious organizations where power is misused in the name of God, scripture, or spiritual authority.
You don’t need to have left your faith—or even be sure that what happened to you was “bad enough”—to be impacted by it.
If your body tenses in spiritual spaces… if you feel afraid to question religious beliefs… or if you’re holding grief about what you once believed… this work may be for you.
Religious trauma therapy is for people who are trying to make sense of what was once sacred—and what still might be.
Religious trauma can come from many different spiritual backgrounds, and each person’s experience is unique. This work honors the complexity of your story, your identity, and the context that shaped you.
I work with individuals who have experienced harm within a wide range of faith communities and high-control environments, including:
Evangelical or fundamentalist Christianity
Reformed and Calvinist traditions
Charismatic or Pentecostal movements
Non-denominational megachurches
Purity culture teachings
Christian schools, camps, or missions programs
Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity
Mormonism / LDS
Other spiritually abusive religious groups, communities, or cults
Whether you still identify with your faith, have left it entirely, or aren’t sure what you believe anymore, you’re welcome here. The focus is on your story, your healing, and your agency.
You Might Be Experiencing Religious Trauma If You:
Struggle with anxiety, fear, or shame rooted in spiritual teachings
Were silenced, shamed, or coerced by spiritual leaders or communities
Are deconstructing your faith and feel grief, confusion, or isolation
Have trauma responses to scripture, prayer, or religious spaces
Feel unsure how to move forward with or without faith
A safe place to process spiritual confusion, grief, and anger
Support for exploring or releasing internalized fear and obligation
Attachment repair from relationships shaped by conditional love or fear
Somatic practices to reconnect with your body and spiritual intuition
Space to name your truth—without needing to justify your experience
What Spiritual Abuse Therapy Offers:
Why Healing from Religious Trauma and Spiritual Abuse Matters
Spiritual abuse and religious trauma can leave wounds that are hard to name. When you've been harmed in the name of God, it can impact everything—your identity, your body, your relationships, even your sense of reality.
Religious trauma therapy matters because it creates space to name that harm, explore your grief, and reconnect with the parts of you that were silenced. Whether you're rebuilding your spirituality or walking away from it entirely, this work helps you reclaim your agency, your voice, and your body.
You deserve healing that honors both the pain and the hope in your story.
Fee Structure and Investment
60-minute session: $200
90-minute session: $300
Sessions are offered via a secure telehealth platform for adults located in California. At this time, I am an out-of-network provider and do not accept insurance, though superbills can be provided for potential reimbursement at your request. If this is something you may be interested in, please call your insurance in advance to confirm that super bills can be accepted as it is different per plan.
Ready to Begin?
Schedule a Free Consultation
Choosing a therapist is a big decision. I offer a complimentary 20-minute video consultation so we can explore whether we’re a good fit on your behalf.
Have questions about weekly therapy sessions or working with me? Reach out below to schedule a free consultation or ask questions. We'll explore if this is the right next step for your healing.
