Religious Trauma Therapy in Greenville, SC

Wondering if you have religious trauma? What the signs are for religious trauma/religious discomfort? Here are some common signs that can help you make sense of your experience: 

• Sense of isolation, being an “outsider” if you leave the community

• Pervasive feelings of guilt and shame (I’m bad for feeling this way)

• A loss of a community (family, friends, romantic relationships)

• Sexual shame, self-loathing, feeling inherently bad

• Feeling “behind the times” 

• Labeled “sinner” or “broken” for disagreeing with community/fear of expressing self

• Difficulty separating self from the community

• Inability to trust self

• Struggling to find a purpose outside of community

• Being told you are unworthy due to thoughts and beliefs

• Use of doctrine to justify abuse 

• Brainwashing/forced to follow community’s rules

• Feeling “lesser than” due to sexuality or gender

• Sexual abuse in marriage, being forced to have sex for a higher purpose

• Assignment of gender roles, most commonly roles that denigrate women

Religion has a lot of benefit in society, but sometimes it can cause unwanted confusion, pain, and heartache. I specialize in working with people who have been hurt by their religious community or are questioning their faith or belief system. Maybe you are having a faith crisis and don’t know what you believe anymore. Maybe you are having a faith transition, leaving one faith for another. Maybe you are feeling isolated, unaccepted, or confused by your religion’s teachings. Maybe you need a place to talk and explore your questions that is private and neutral.

Whatever it may be, I would love to hear from you. I offer in-person religious trauma therapy in Greenville, SC and virtual religious trauma therapy throughout South Carolina and Utah.