Religious trauma mini-series offer support groups through specific topics often encountered by survivors of religious trauma in an intensive 3-week format. These topics come from process groups where participants indicate they would like to have more time to explore sensitive and pervasive issues to find healing. Two mini-series are currently offered:
- Narcissism, power, and patriarchy
- Sexuality, gender, and purity culture
“Those affected by narcissism’s bite were led to believe it was their fault—a lack of humility, a failure to submit. For those hurt by a narcissistic pastor, the pathways to justice may be few, and sadly, systems of accountability may be complicit or naive.”
Chuck DeGroat, When Narcissism Comes to Church
Religious trauma symptoms can include strong feelings of guilt or shame, fear of punishment, difficulty trusting one’s intuition, fear of expressing thoughts, feelings or emotions, and low self-worth or self-esteem. Religious trauma includes both a spiritual nature, as well as the physiological and psychological experience of the abuse and trauma.
This group will seek to provide members a space to better understand and name their experiences of spiritual abuse or religious trauma, identify where they are at in their spiritual journey and recovery, begin processing traumatic experiences with religion while building in-person relationships with others who have experienced similar traumas.
Virtual Intensive Coming Soon!
3 Week Mini-Series
Toxic Leadership, Narcissism & Power Imbalances
6:00-8:00pm Central Time
June 13, 20, 27
Open to anyone anywhere!
$270 paid in advance or $50 per week
This group is for:
- Those who have experienced trauma from a religious system and/or religious leaders.
- Those who are navigating exploring, understanding and recovering from a religious system.
- Those who are suffering from grief, loss or loneliness due to leaving abusive religious communities.
- Those who are looking for how to move forward after traumatic religious experiences.
What this group will do for you:
- Help you identify where you are at in your spiritual journey, faith shift or deconstruction process.
- Help you process your experiences in a safe, supported and understanding space.
- Help you find community that understands what you’ve experienced.
- Help you identify resources and coping skills to empower you to move forward.
You deserve someone who ‘gets’ what you’ve experienced. Our team of professionals that offer Spiritual Abuse & Religious Trauma groups are also survivors, so while we understand and honor that each individual’s experiences vary, we also understand spiritual abuse from a unique and personal perspective.
Our team is also trained and experienced in trauma-informed care to help you overcome and resolve residual wounds, heal and move forward. It is possible to find healing after painful spiritually abusive experiences and the lingering effects of religious trauma.
To participate in this group, all members will be asked to go through a brief screening to determine if this group is the best fit for you and to ensure safety for all group members.
Check out all our support groups on Religious Trauma!
In-person Religious Trauma Support Group (weekly beginning March 16, 2023)
3-Week Mini-Series: Toxic Leadership, Narcissism & Power Imbalances (June 13, 20, 27, 2023)
3-Week Mini-Series: Purity Culture, Gender & Sex (July 11, 18, 25, 2023)
Virtual Religious Trauma Process Group (6 weeks, beginning September 12, 2023)