Religious Trauma Therapy in Salt Lake City & Across Utah
A Thoughtful Space to Heal from Religious Trauma
Religious experiences can shape identity, relationships, and how you understand yourself and the world. For some people, those experiences were supportive and meaningful. For others, they left lasting emotional impacts that continue to show up long after stepping away.
Religious trauma can look different for each person. Sometimes it is connected to fear, shame, or pressure to meet expectations. Other times it appears more subtly through anxiety, perfectionism, difficulty trusting yourself, or feeling disconnected from your own identity.
Therapy offers space to slow down and understand how these experiences affected you, without judgment or assumptions. Together, we explore what happened, how it shaped you, and what healing looks like moving forward.
Common Experiences Related to Religious Trauma
People reach out for religious trauma therapy for many different reasons. Some common themes include:
Anxiety, guilt, or shame connected to past beliefs or experiences
Perfectionism and fear of getting things wrong
Difficulty trusting yourself or making decisions
Identity confusion after leaving a religious environment
Fear of judgment or rejection
Relationship or family strain related to beliefs
Sexuality or identity-related shame
Feeling disconnected from meaning or personal values
You do not need to have a clear label for your experience. Therapy is a space to explore it at your own pace.
My Approach
Therapy is steady, collaborative, and grounded in respect for your autonomy. We focus on understanding your experience in context rather than reducing it to a diagnosis or a single narrative.
I integrate trauma-informed and evidence-informed approaches, including EMDR when appropriate. We begin by building stability and emotional safety, then move toward deeper processing when it feels right.
This work is not about criticizing religion or deciding what you should believe. It is about helping you understand your experience, reconnect with yourself, and move forward in a way that feels aligned with your values.
Getting Started
Starting therapy does not need to feel complicated.
1. Consultation
We begin with a brief 15-minute consultation to see whether working together feels like a good fit.
2. Initial Session
If you decide to move forward, we schedule an initial assessment to better understand your goals and concerns.
3. Ongoing Therapy
From there, we begin ongoing individual sessions, typically 50 minutes, focused on the work we identify together.
Sessions are available in person in Salt Lake City and via secure telehealth throughout Utah.