Religious Trauma Survivor Retreat

This retreat is designed for people healing from harmful religious experiences, spiritual abuse, purity culture, high-control religious environments, and related forms of trauma.

Friday August 14th –
Sunday August 16th

This retreat is designed for people healing from harmful religious experiences, spiritual abuse, purity culture, high-control religious environments, and related forms of trauma.

Friday August 14th – Sunday August 16th

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Religious Trauma

Sexual Ethics of the Crumbling Empire

Episode 143

The Bible Prop

Episode 146

Talking Apostasy with Sammy from HaramDoodles

Episode 141

Deconstructing
Civic Faith

Episode 139

Witchcraft and Wellness Without the Bullsh*t with B from What the Hex

Episode 125

Co-Creating Social Worlds Symposium (Part 1)

Episode 137

How Neurodivergent Brains Survive High-Control Religion with Michelle F Moseley

Episode 119

Irreverent Devotionals and Sacred Rebellion with The Transvangelical

Episode 115

Escaping Evangelical Cult Leaders with Margaret Bronson

Episode 112

Good Riddance to
James Dobson

Episode 111

Play, Pleasure, and Permission with Veronica Dress

Episode 110

From Savior Complex to Healthy Boundaries with Jane Kennedy

Episode 109

Deconstruction Drama or Ethical Red Flag With Emily Maynard

Episode 108

Touch Not
God's Annointed Predator

Episode 107

Religious Trauma
Peer Support

Episode 103

Goodbye Church to Goodbye Earl, A Healing Journey with Emily Maynard

Episode 93

Deconstructing More than Doctrine with Tori Williams Douglass

Episode 86

It’s Not Christian. It’s Not Nationalism.

Episode 88

QAnon and Religious Conspiracy Theories with special guest Cynane Shay

Episode 62

Reclaim F*cking Everything with Kayla Felten

Episode 61

Navigating Sexual Shame with Caitlin Weber

Episode 58

The Moral Panic Playbook with Special Guest Chrissy Stroop

Episode 60

Creating Meaning Through Seasonal Rituals with Special Guest Mark Green

Episode 50

From Missionary to Religious Trauma Recovery Coach with Kit Weathers

Episode 47

Divorcing Religion with Janice Selbie

Episode 38

Religious Trauma in the Workplace with Michelle Moseley

Episode 41

Queer Survivors of Religious Trauma with Mahrs Schoppman

Episode 36

The Importance of Secular Therapy with Dr. Darrel Ray

Episode 34

Therapeutic Horse Riding with (Friendly Atheist) Jessica Bluemke

Episode 31

Making Peace with Your Religious Past with Hannah Brents

Episode 32

Religious Mind Control with Megan Von Fricken

Episode 27

Deconstruction and Religious Trauma with Dr. Quincee Gideon

Episode 26

Sex Ed after Purity Culture with Erica Smith

Episode 20

The Deconstructing Sex Therapist with Halli Carbrey

Episode 22

The Lasting Harm of Purity Culture with Tara McGrath

Episode 19

Mindful Movement after Religious Trauma with Kari Fillian

Episode 17

The Lazy Brain with David Teachout

Episode 9

Coercive Control with Chris Shelton, MSc

Episode 10

Somatic Smorgasbord with Erica Lima

Episode 8

Internal Family Systems with Forest Benedict

Episode 2

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Relationships

Holiday Q&A

Episode 127

'Tis the Season of
Moral Injury

Episode 124

Healthy Holiday Boundaries
with Emily Aleksy

Episode 123

Play, Pleasure, and Permission with Veronica Dress

Episode 110

Bodacious in the Bedroom with Kendra Hamilton

Episode 67

Treatment for the Whole Family System with Katie O’Connor

Episode 65

Sex, ADHD, and Couples Therapy with Angela Skurtu

Episode 29

Marrying a Therapist with Carrie Schumacher

Episode 14

Languaging about Modern Love with Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE

Episode 15

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

LGBTQIA+

Conversion Therapy Is, Was, and Always Will Be Harmful

Episode 120

Pride is Still a Protest

Episode 101

AAMFT’s Guidelines for Ethical Gender-Affirming Care

Episode 97

Neuroqueer Space Personally and Professionally with Tayler Clark

Episode 66

Balancing Advocacy and Wellness with Kate Sayers

Episode 87

Queer Survivors of Religious Trauma with Mahrs Schoppman

Episode 36

Creating Safe Spaces with Kate Sayers

Episode 12

Walking in the Woods
with Erin Jones

Episode 11

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Neurodivergence

How Neurodivergent Brains Survive High-Control Religion with Michelle F Moseley

Episode 119

Tylenol Does Not
Cause Autism

Episode 116

Autism, Ableism, and the Authoritarian Idiots:
RFK Jr Edition

Episode 95

Autism Doesn’t Cause Nazi Salutes

Episode 90

Deconstructing More than Doctrine with Tori Williams Douglass

Episode 86

Neuroqueer Space Personally and Professionally with Tayler Clark

Episode 66

Neurodivergence as a Parent, Practitioner, and Patient with Dr Christine Henry

Episode 42

Sex, ADHD, and Couples Therapy with Angela Skurtu

Episode 29

Nerding Out about Postmodern Therapy with Kelly Loftis

Episode 6

Neurodivergent Nutrition with Trevor Kim

Episode 21

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Sociopolitical Systems

Let the Professionals
Handle It

Episode 149

No One Wants To Pay For Mental Health

Episode 150

Sportswashing! Greenwashing! Everything is Dirty!

Episode 152

The Memeification of Mass Violence

Episode 151

Let the Professionals
Handle It

Episode 149

No One Wants To Pay For Mental Health

Episode 150

Sexual Ethics of the
Crumbling Empire

Episode 143

The Bible Prop

Episode 146

Does Reality Even Matter Anymore?

Episode 147

The Bible
Prop

Episode 146

Sexual Ethics of the Crumbling Empire

Episode 143

Does Reality Even Matter Anymore?

Episode 147

Why Are We
All So Dumb?

Episode 136

The Super Bowl and the Hollow Center of American Dominance

Episode 135

Protecting Power
Over Children

Episode 134

The American Authoritarian
Family Tree

Episode 133

Spare the Rod,
Fund the Police

Episode 131

New Year, Same Capitalism (or "Why Resolutions Never Work")

Episode 130

Comedians Manufacturing Consent for the Culture War

Episode 129

Are Right Wingers Okay?

Episode 128

'Tis the Season of
Moral Injury

Episode 124

Conversion Therapy Is, Was, and Always Will Be Harmful

Episode 120

No Ethical Billionaires
(Taylor’s Version)

Episode 117

Tylenol Does Not Cause Autism

Episode 116

Being a Full-Time Propagandist is Political Violence

Episode 114

Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism with Spencer Sunshine

Episode 106

Normalizing Evil: The Overton Window’s Lurch Right

Episode 104

Autism, Ableism, and the Authoritarian Idiots: RFK Jr Edition

Episode 95

Media Complicity in the Christian Nationalist Grift

Episode 89

Autism Doesn’t Cause Nazi Salutes

Episode 90

It’s Not Christian. It’s Not Nationalism.

Episode 88

A Grounding Conversation with Lilly Risch

Episode 85

Thanksgiving Bonus Episode: Turkey, Trump, and Trauma

Episode 80

Mario Kart Ethics: Luigi and the CEO

Episode 82

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

General Mental Health

The High Priests of Therapy

Episode 153

No One Wants To Pay
For Mental Health

Episode 150

Let the Professionals
Handle It

Episode 149

The High Priests of Therapy

Episode 153

Let the Professionals
Handle It

Episode 149

#notalltherapists

Episode 145

Wisconsin's Mental
Health Action Plan

Episode 148

What Comes Next in Mental Health?

Episode 144

Movement, Performance, and Meaning-Making with Mario Ismael Espinoza

Episode 142

What Comes Next in Mental Health?

Episode 144

Movement, Performance, and Meaning-Making with Mario Ismael Espinoza

Episode 142

Re-parenting Your Inner
Child with Tracy Keller

Episode 140

Polyvagal Theory
Debunked!?!?!

Episode 138

Take a Hike with
Deana Bianco

Episode 132

New Year, Same Capitalism (or "Why Resolutions Never Work")

Episode 130

Holiday Q&A

Episode 127

What My Mental Health
Looked Like This Year

Episode 126

These Books are for Everybody with Cree Myles

Episode 122

Grounded in the Wilderness with Hatie Parmeter

Episode 121

The System Wasn’t Built to Heal Us with Dr Rae Anne Ho Fung

Episode 118

Untangling Guilt and Shame with Kelsey Philippi

Episode 113

What Too Many Therapists Are Getting Wrong

Episode 105

The System Wasn’t Made For Us with Sara Rahn

Episode 102

The Eminently Excellent Emily Extravaganza

Episode 100

Q&A

Episode 99

Being Present in the Moment with Madeline Bush

Episode 94

Life Lessons We Don’t Learn in Grad School with Polly Sackett

Episode 98

Doing Trauma Work in a Traumatizing Society with Emily Lapolice

Episode 92

The Bearded Therapist Talks Masculinity

Episode 91

Building Balance with Dawn Giorno

Episode 83

Mental Health in Movies with Kristopher Pollard from Milwaukee Film

Episode 84

Grief and Growth with Tracy Keller

Episode 81

Immigration and Cultural Identity with Madeleine Doelker Berlin

Episode 79

Has AI Already Doomed Us All with Mark Hampton

Episode 77

Men's Mental Health Month

Episode 78

Every Little Fiber with Taylor Prellberg

Episode 76

Relational Healing and Continuous Growth with Dr. Rolla Lewis

Episode 75

Social Media Madness with Emily Vander Velden

Episode 73

Burnout and Career Change with Abby Carncross

Episode 74

On an Island with Bria Servoss

Episode 72

The Deconstructing Sex Therapist with Halli Carbrey

Episode 22

Music, Art & Mental Health: An Open Event

Episode 70

The “This Is Fine” Meme, But for Therapy with Emily Aleksy

Episode 71

Finding Empowerment Within with Patrice Flanagan-Morris

Episode 69

Mom’s Mental Health Initiative with Casey White

Episode 68

Competent Care for Marginalized Communities with Dani Falesnik

Episode 63

Headbanging and Humor with Special Guest Luke Severeid

Episode 64

Bearing Witness with Kathleen Mack

Episode 59

Systems Beings Lab with Naoko Ellis & Derek Gladwin

Episode 57

Holding Space in the Labyrinth with Jenna Knapp

Episode 55

Cup of Tea Psychiatry with Rachel Jones

Episode 56

Understanding You with Rachel Beam

Episode 54

Connected, Capable and Calm with Emily Vander Velden

Episode 53

Open Dialogue with Alita Taylor

Episode 51

Peak Performance with Alyssa Zajdel

Episode 52

Existing in a Healthy Ecosystem with Kelsey Philippi

Episode 49

Finding Your People with Special Guest Lane Moore

Episode 48

Grief in the Immigrant Experience with Dr Gabby Miniscalco

Episode 45

Getting Creative during Art Therapy with Elise Birch

Episode 46

Therapists Need Help, Too with Becca Ferguson

Episode 44

How to Heal Deeply with David Hayden

Episode 43

Nature Informed Therapy with Jenn Sowers

Episode 39

Nonordinary Therapy with Amber Kerby

Episode 40

Intergenerational Trauma and Decolonizing Mental Health with Emily Lapolice

Episode 37

Gaming in the Therapeutic Workshop with Greg Schoeneck

Episode 35

Trauma and Ketamine Assisted Therapy with Laura Skinner

Episode 30

The Stormclouds of Depression with Jarod K Anderson

Episode 33

Supporting Athlete Wellness with Melissa Perkins

Episode 28

The Traumatic Origin Stories of Superheroes with Jason Aaron

Episode 25

Social Construction and Revolutionary Therapy with Sheila McNamee

Episode 23

Showing Up the Way You Want with Melissa Parks

Episode 24

People Pleasing with Gabby Montana

Episode 16

Student Athlete Mental Health with Kari Lewis

Episode 18

The Burnout is Real with Lilly Risch

Episode 5

“Making Friends with Monsters” with Special Guest Sandra L Rostirolla

Episode 7

Going International with Kelsey Hoff

Episode 4

Melissa Hale

Episode 1

Literature Resources

Religious Trauma

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Leaving the Fold

by Marlene Winell

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Jesus from Outer Space

by Richard Carrier

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On the Historicity of Jesus

by Richard Carrier

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When Religion Hurts You

by Laura Anderson

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When Religion Hurts You

by Laura Anderson

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On the Historicity of Jesus

by Richard Carrier

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Combating Cult
Mind Control

by Steven Hassan

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The God Virus

by Darrel Ray

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Mental Health

The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook

Click Here

Nobody's Normal

by Roy Richard Grinker

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The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel Van Der Kolk

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Ritual

Dimitris Xygalatas

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The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel Van Der Kolk

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Relationships

After the Affair

by Janis Abrahms Spring

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Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

by John Gottman

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Podcast Guest Resources

Making Friends with Monsters

by Sandra L. Rostirolla

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Scientology A
to Xenu

by Chris Shelton

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Speaking from the Heart Workbook

by Anne Hodder-Shipp

Click Here

Southern Bastards
Vol 1

by Jason Aaron

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Speaking from the Heart Workbook

by Anne Hodder-Shipp

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Southern Bastards Vol 1

by Jason Aaron

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Leaf Litter

by Jarod K Anderson

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Helping Couples Overcome Infidelity

by Angela Skurtu

Click Here

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Your Therapist Needs Therapy Podcast Episodes

Religious Trauma

Sexual Ethics of the Crumbling Empire

Episode 143

The Bible Prop

Episode 146

Talking Apostasy with Sammy from HaramDoodles

Episode 141

Deconstructing Civic Faith

Episode 139

Witchcraft and Wellness Without the Bullsh*t with B from What the Hex

Episode 125

Co-Creating Social Worlds Symposium (Part 1)

Episode 137

How Neurodivergent Brains Survive High-Control Religion with Michelle F Moseley

Episode 119

Irreverent Devotionals and Sacred Rebellion with The Transvangelical

Episode 115

Escaping Evangelical Cult Leaders with Margaret Bronson

Episode 112

Good Riddance to James Dobson

Episode 111

Play, Pleasure, and Permission with Veronica Dress

Episode 110

From Savior Complex to Healthy Boundaries with Jane Kennedy

Episode 109

Deconstruction Drama or Ethical Red Flag With Emily Maynard

Episode 108

Touch Not God's Annointed Predator

Episode 107

Religious Trauma Peer Support

Episode 103

Goodbye Church to Goodbye Earl, A Healing Journey with Emily Maynard

Episode 93

Deconstructing More than Doctrine with Tori Williams Douglass

Episode 86

It’s Not Christian. It’s Not Nationalism.

Episode 88

QAnon and Religious Conspiracy Theories with special guest Cynane Shay

Episode 62

Reclaim F*cking Everything with Kayla Felten

Episode 61

Navigating Sexual Shame with Caitlin Weber

Episode 58

The Moral Panic Playbook with Special Guest Chrissy Stroop

Episode 60

Creating Meaning Through Seasonal Rituals with Special Guest Mark Green

Episode 50

From Missionary to Religious Trauma Recovery Coach with Kit Weathers

Episode 47

Divorcing Religion with Janice Selbie

Episode 38

Religious Trauma in the Workplace with Michelle Moseley

Episode 41

Queer Survivors of Religious Trauma with Mahrs Schoppman

Episode 36

The Importance of Secular Therapy with Dr. Darrel Ray

Episode 34

Therapeutic Horse Riding with (Friendly Atheist) Jessica Bluemke

Episode 31

Making Peace with Your Religious Past with Hannah Brents

Episode 32

Religious Mind Control with Megan Von Fricken

Episode 27

Deconstruction and Religious Trauma with Dr. Quincee Gideon

Episode 26

Sex Ed after Purity Culture with Erica Smith

Episode 20

The Deconstructing Sex Therapist with Halli Carbrey

Episode 22

The Lasting Harm of Purity Culture with Tara McGrath

Episode 19

Mindful Movement after Religious Trauma with Kari Fillian

Episode 17

The Lazy Brain with David Teachout

Episode 9

Coercive Control with Chris Shelton, MSc

Episode 10

Somatic Smorgasbord with Erica Lima

Deconstructing
Civic Faith

Good Riddance to
James Dobson

Touch Not
God's Annointed Predator

Religious Trauma
Peer Support

'Tis the Season of
Moral Injury

Healthy Holiday Boundaries
with Emily Aleksy

Walking in the Woods
with Erin Jones

Tylenol Does Not
Cause Autism

Autism, Ableism, and the Authoritarian Idiots:
RFK Jr Edition

Let the Professionals
Handle It