Religious harm is real.Healing is, too.
Healing from religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and faith deconstruction.
Religious trauma is the lasting wound of religious harm — from high-control faith environments, spiritual abuse, fear-based theology, and the heavy costs of changing beliefs. This site is a trauma-informed home for education, recovery resources, and licensed therapy. Wherever you are in the process, there's a place for you here.
It Might Feel LikeYou Are the Only One
But You Are Not Alone
Maybe you…
- Carry pain of religious or spiritual abuse
- Notice shame or fear from teachings
- Struggle with religious community
- Felt trapped by a high-control religion
- Deconstructed religious beliefs
- Grieved loss after leaving a religion
Meet Jennifer Bartley, LMFT
Hi, I'm Jennifer. I spent 35 years in a high-control religious group before my faith collapsed and my world with it. Through my own healing and therapy training, I found my way back to myself — and now I help others do the same.
Read my full story →Learn More
Anyone, Anywhere
Therapy-informed articles and videos covering a wide range of experiences. Links to curated support resources where you can continue to explore.
Find out what happened to you
See you're not the only one
Start to make sense of it
Therapy
Tennessee · South Carolina · Florida
Licensed therapy focused on your individual needs and goals. Book individual sessions, schedule a therapy intensive, or start with a free consultation.
Make room for your whole story
Heal from what you've carried
Move toward what comes next
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In-Person Support Group
An in-person series in Nashville for deconstructing and recovering — now booking, starts August 4.
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Live and self-paced workshops to navigate religious harm and recovery.
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Conversations on healing from religion, with people walking the same path.
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