Should I go to therapy for my feelings about climate change?

If you’ve been struggling with your emotions and reactions to the worsening climate crisis, you might be wondering if you should go to therapy to explore your response to climate change.  You might be curious about what this type of therapy entails, and whether it...

Three parenting styles that contribute to religious trauma (and how they affect you as an adult)

High control religions dictate all aspects of life, and parenting is no exception.  Many restrictive religious communities offer parenting guidance either overtly or covertly.  From sermons on the topic to social pressure to parent a particular way, parents can feel...

I’m proud of myself for leaving the church. Why am I so depressed?

As a religious trauma therapist, and a religious trauma survivor myself, a common theme I’ve observed is a period (or periods) of depression following leaving a church or religious community that has caused you harm.  You might find this confusing - you did something...

How religious trauma shows up at work

If you were raised in a restrictive religious environment, you might notice that your struggles with religious trauma haven't remained confined to religious and spiritual aspects of your life.  Trauma by its nature affects our whole being, both internally (in the way...

How to get out of going to church after religious trauma

If you're working through your own religious trauma and deconstruction, you may be wondering how to get out of going to church (or other religious services) when family and friends might still be expecting you to attend.  If you're in the process of deconstructing...

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How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help you rebuild your life after religious trauma

How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help you rebuild your life after religious trauma

If you’ve realized your religious experience has had a harmful or traumatic impact on you, you may be feeling a complicated array of emotions and unsure of how to find meaning and purpose. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (or ACT, for short) is an approach that is well-suited to navigating this need to process complicated emotions and choose a path forward.

How to cope with anxiety, stress, and compassion fatigue in quarantine

How to cope with anxiety, stress, and compassion fatigue in quarantine

I was interviewed by Wendy Tilford, Executive Director of Huntington Learning Center, and Amanda Vlastas, Founder of West University Moms to discuss managing the stress, anxiety, and compassion fatigue that the challenges of quarantine pose.  In this video, we talk about how to manage the feeling of not doing enough, the pain of comparing ourselves to how others are managing, and the fatigue that comes from helping everyone around us cope.

Meditation for anxiety – where to start

Meditation for anxiety – where to start

When clients come to me for help with anxiety, I often find that they have given meditation a try, but they say that it wasn’t helpful for them. I hear reactions such as “I just can’t calm down when I meditate” or “it seems like...

5 signs you might benefit from therapy

5 signs you might benefit from therapy

Learn about how therapy doesn’t necessarily have to be about problems – it can be about coming to a better understanding of yourself and what you want out of life.

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