Therapy for Religious Trauma & High-Control Religion Recovery
Hi! I’m Christine.
I’m a religious trauma therapist offering online therapy for people recovering from religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and the effects of high-control religion in California, Florida, and Missouri. I also support people in faith deconstruction as well as LGBTQIA folx harmed by conservative religion or purity culture.
Ditch Harmful Religion. Find Yourself.
My clients struggle as you do.
Despite being intelligent, persevering, and resourceful, life feels heavy and exhausting.
When they first come in, they’re worn down from trying to outrun their doubts about faith just to keep everything from falling apart. That strategy eventually stops working. The framework they built their life on begins to collapse, and so much mental and emotional energy is spent pushing away a crisis of faith and identity simply to get through the day. They can no longer ignore the pain of being hurt by the church — pain that often goes unnamed in religious spaces, yet sits at the heart of religious trauma recovery and spiritual abuse healing.
They feel stuck because these patterns were shaped in environments where questioning wasn’t safe. This is incredibly common for survivors of high-control religion, and working with a therapist who understands that context can make healing feel possible again. They worry they’ll never find a sense of purpose or meaning, feel directionless, and often blame themselves for not leaving sooner.
They are grieving the loss of relationships within their faith community — relationships that once felt like a second family. The people they used to turn to for support either don’t understand, respond with judgment or shame, or were the source of the harm themselves. Many feel deep anger toward church leaders who overstepped their authority and abused their power, using phrases like “God told me to tell you…” as justification for control.
The pain of religious trauma weaves itself into every part of their lives. They aren’t the person they want to be. Anxiety and depression feel constant. They worry they’re failing as a friend, sibling, or partner, and their confidence at work is quietly eroding.
Before they came to see me, they feared that they would never find a sense of purpose or meaning again. They worried that no matter how they described their experiences of religious harm or trauma, no one would truly understand. And they were pretty certain that if they started admitting to themselves (let alone someone else) that they were not okay and that they were really struggling, that the last pieces they were trying to hold together would fall apart. Guilt and self-judgement were suffocating them.
Like many people in the religious trauma recovery process, you deserve support that helps you move beyond fear, shame, and guilt. Healing from spiritual abuse and high-control religion is about reclaiming your agency, rebuilding self-trust, and creating a life that feels safe, meaningful, and truly your own. Feeling alive and whole is not out of your reach.
If you want to heal from the harm you’ve experienced in religion, I’d love to help you.
Therapy for Religious Trauma and Faith Deconstruction
Religious Trauma Therapy
You may be carrying deep wounds from harmful religious teachings, fear-based beliefs, or experiences within a controlling faith community. Religious trauma therapy offers a compassionate space to process what happened, untangle shame and fear, and rebuild a sense of safety, autonomy, and self-trust as you move forward.
Spiritual Abuse Therapy
Spiritual abuse occurs when religious authority, doctrine, or community is used to control, shame, or manipulate. These experiences can leave lasting emotional and psychological impacts. Therapy provides a supportive space to process what happened, understand the harm, and begin reclaiming your voice, boundaries, and personal agency.
Faith Deconstruction Therapy
Questioning or rethinking the beliefs you once built your life around can feel confusing, lonely, and overwhelming. Faith deconstruction therapy offers space to explore your doubts, process grief or loss connected to your faith, and rebuild a worldview and identity that feels authentic and aligned with your values.
LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
Exploring your sexual orientation or gender identity can bring up questions about belonging, authenticity, and self-acceptance—especially if you’ve experienced rejection or harm in religious spaces. LGBTQ+ affirming therapy offers a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where you can explore your identity, heal from past wounds, and live more fully as yourself.