Recommended Resources

 

Resources

Although these resources are incredible and credible, it is not a replacement for a therapeutic relationship or mental health and medical care.  Information obtained from this page should not be considered a substitute for mental and medical evaluation by a credentialed and licensed professional. 

If you are in immediate crisis, please contact a trusted friend, family member, therapist, your healthcare provider or call 911. 

Clicking the title of the resource may take you away from the CTRR website. Even though resources are offered, CTRR does not necessarily agree with all philosophies, approaches or beliefs.

Therapy Links

The Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery offers trauma coaching to individuals located anywhere.

If you’re looking for a therapist in your state, these therapist directories are a good place to start.

 

Therapist Directories

 

Religious Trauma Therapist Directory

A directory of therapists in North America who are trauma informed and work with religious trauma, hosted by the Reclamation Collective.

Secular Therapy Project Directory

A directory of therapists in North America who approach working with clients from a secular perspective. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Therapy Den Directory

A progressive and all-inclusive therapist directory. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Therapy Tribe Directory

A therapist directory and free health and wellness services. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Inclusive Therapists

A directory of therapists in North America who are BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ who approach therapy from an all-inclusive perspective. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Psychology Today Directory

As the most popular therapist directory, the number of options can be overwhelming. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Somatic Experiencing Directory

A directory of trauma therapists who work from a somatic orientation. (While all practitioners listed are trauma-informed and trauma-trained, listed practitioners may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

NARM Directory

An international directory of therapists who use the NeuroAffective Relational Model for complex trauma. (Therapists may or may not have experience working with religious trauma.)

Live Another Day

Extensive information on mental health and substance use resources for People of Color. Their mission is equal access to life-saving resources. 

Detox Local

An excellent resource that features abundant information including mental health and substance use resources specifically for the AAPI (American Asian and Pacific Islander) community.

For Therapists

Clinical Trainings

A 3-hour clinical training exploring adverse religious experiences and religious trauma.

The Religious Trauma Institute is developing clinical trainings and resources for therapists and psycho-educational workshops and resources for survivors.

Books

Explore the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery’s Bookshop for our recommended books on trauma, religious trauma, deconstruction, and purity culture.

Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to support local, independent bookstores.

Disclosure: CTRR is an affiliate of Bookshop.org and will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

Now Available!

When Religion Hurts You

Healing from religious trauma and the impact of high control religion

A trauma-informed book providing education on:

  • What is religious trauma?

  • Trauma physiology and the nervous system

  • Adverse Religious Experiences and Religious Abuse

  • Living in a healing body after experiencing high control religion and religious trauma

 

Podcasts

Check out some of our favorite Podcasts that discuss trauma, religious trauma, deconstruction, and adverse religious events. You can find them on most podcast platforms.

A-D

  • A Tiny Revolution with Kevin Garcia

  • Being Well with Dr. Rick Hanson

  • Beyond Me Too with Molly Coeling

  • Bliss & Grit with Vanessa Scotto and Brooke Thomas

  • Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield

  • Born Again, Again with Joe + Katie Bauer

  • Change Making Women

  • Clapp with Jane with Jane Clapp

  • Crisis of Faith with Joe and Drew

  • Deconstruct

  • Deconversion Therapy 

  • Deeper Dating with Ken Page

  • Dirty John on Wondery

  • Dirty Rotten Church Kids

  • Dismantle Podcast

E-L

  • #Exvangelical with Blake Chastain

  • Everything Belongs with Madison Morrigan

  • Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison

  • Free Sex Podcast with Candice and Katie

  • Good Ancestor Podcast with Layla F. Saad

  • Good Christian Fun Podcast

  • Hay House Meditations

  • Heathen Podcast

  • Holy Ghosting

  • Her Rules Radio with Alexandra Jamieson

  • Ignite Intimacy with Laura Aiisha

  • Latter-Day Lesbian with Mary & Shelly

  • Let's Talk About It with Taylor Nolan

  • Let's Talk Pleasure with Rachel Overvoll

  • Life After God with Ryan Bell

  • Love, Sex, Desire with Susana Frioni

M-R

  • #Millenneagram with Hannah Paasch

  • MindShift with Dr. Clint Heacock

  • Mormon and the Meth-Head with Aaron Woodall and Jessa Reed

  • One Broken Mom with Amiee Quiriconi

  • Oprah's Super Soul Conversations

  • Other People's Problems with Hillary McBride

  • Parenting Forward with Cindy Wang Brandt

  • Probably the Enneagram 

  • Psychology of Eating with Marc David and Emily Rosen

  • Queer RelationTips

  • Queerology  with Matthias Roberts

  • Real Crime Profile with Laura Richards, Jim Clemente and Lisa Zambetti

  • Reclaim with Thais Sky

  • Recovering from Religion Podcast

  • Reclaiming your Eroticism with Amber Leitz

  • Relationship Alive! with Neil Sattin

  • Remedial Sex-Ed Podcast

S-T

  • Sex Gets Real with Dawn Serra

  • Six Minute Sex-Ed Podcast

  • Shameless Sex with April Lampert and Amy Baldwin

  • She Lift with Sarah Herron

  • Spirituality Matters with Rev Karla

  • Straight White American Jesus with Bradly Onishi and Daniel Miller

  • The Baggage Reclaim Sessions with Natalie Lue

  • The Graceful Atheist Podcast

  • The Healing Trauma Podcast with Monique Kovin

  • The Living Experiment with Dallas Hartwig and Pilar Gerasimo

  • The Liturgists 

  • The Lovely Becoming Podcast with Mimi Cole

  • The Mantalks Podcast

  • The Mental Illness Happy Hour with Paul Gilmartin

  • The Phil Drysdale Show

  • The Polyvagal Podcast with Justin Sunseri

  • The Science of Psychotherapy with Dahlitz Media

  • The Sexually Liberated Woman with Ev'Yan Whitney

  • The Queer After Religion Podcast

  • The Tapping Solutions with Nick Ortner & Jessica Ortner

  • The Wonder and The Mystery of Being

  • Truth Telling with Elizabeth DiAlto

  • Trauma Therapist Podcast with Guy Macpherson

  • Trust & Thrive with Tara Mont

  • Typology with Ian Morgan Crohn

U-Y

  • UnErased: The History of Conversation Therapy in America

  • Unlocking Us with Brene Brown

  • Unscrewed with Jaclyn Friedman

  • Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel

  • White Homework with Tori Williams Douglass

  • Wrestling with God Podcast

  • You Have Permission with Dan Koch

  • Your Kick Ass Life with Andrea Owen

Miscellaneous Resources

 

Recommend a Resource

If you have a suggested resource that’s not on our list, we’d love to hear about it!