Spirituality

Healing from religious trauma? Find inner peace. Listen to your inner wisdom.

Spirituality is unique to each person. I have specialized training in working with clients who have experienced religious trauma or spiritual abuse. This also includes clients who have been a part of high control groups.

I specialize in working with folks who have a history of religious trauma. I also work with folks in integrating spirituality into their healing.

I have extensive experience working with folks who are making a faith transition/crisis of faith/faith deconstruction, including significant religious trauma. My experience is most extensive working with people from a Mormon/Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints background. This is a primary focus of my practice.

Many clients report feeling more connected to themselves when they feel more connected to their spirituality. I enjoy working with people who find their spirituality is important to them. I explore these beliefs with clients, and include them in their treatment, when clients feel it useful. My background is especially suited for people who subscribe to eastern spiritual beliefs, but I can also work with those aligned with western beliefs.

In a safe and non-judgmental space, I offer the opportunity to explore what may emerge during spiritual exploration such as spiritual & kundalini awakening, supernatural phenomena, and sacred medicine experiences. Sacred Medicine Holistic Integration Therapy consists of embodied psycho-spiritual integration for psychedelic experiences that are a direct result of post spiritual rituals within a ceremony/retreat directed by a shaman/spiritual practitioner in a sacred group setting.

Spirituality and soul-centered work offer profound and powerful ways of creating meaning and purpose in this embodied human life. These modalities offer ways to connect to and expand capacity for the great mystery of existence. I am a life-long spiritual seeker and have found various spiritual practices and philosophies, such as Yoga, astrology, mythology, and deep reverence and ceremony for the cycles of the moon and seasons.

From a depth psychological orientation spirituality is considered a core ingredient of overall well being. When we are disconnected from our own spiritual center, however that is defined by each of us, we can be more vulnerable to emotional instability, addiction, and depression. While I do not push any particular spiritual agenda, I do invite you to become curious about the spiritual dimension of your life, and how this represent a vital internal resource.

Religious trauma can manifest in a number of ways including anxiety, depression, guilt and an upheaval of everything one previously believed to be true. Recovery from this trauma includes validation, empathy, deconstruction of previously held beliefs, addressing spiritual wounds, and rebuilding a spiritual identity in whatever way feels authentic.

"Spiritual Trauma is when someone hands you an inner critic and tells you it is the voice of God." - Hillary McBride I have extensive educational, theological, and relational training in issues pertaining to spirituality, and I am passionate about holding therapeutic space in the intersection of spirituality and mental health. I want to help others grieve the harm that may have been wielded against them in spaces of spirituality, especially in Christian belief systems.

Our spiritual beliefs are deeply personal and strongly held values and when our spirituality is met with disrespect or even trauma, it can leave a very painful legacy. Spirituality helps us establish meaningful connections in the here and now and offers hope for the future. I utilize the practices and belief systems from the world's many rich religious traditions to help you connect with your own spirituality to assist you in creating a richer and more meaningful life.

Spirituality is the focal point of my life. I've been meditating for 50 years and am trained as a nondual spiritual teacher. I'm happy to help clients deepen their connection to their own spirituality and offer guidance and support. During sessions, I rest deeply in presence and shared this depth of peace with clients.

I specialize in issues core to identity, specifically those who are deconstructing or reconstructing aspects of their spirituality, religious tradition, and/or religious trauma. In sessions, we will be curious and wonder together as you build insight and lower distress.

I find it helpful for healing to incorporate my clients spirituality within the framework of therapy. I believe that spirituality is a personal journey that can create immense impact in people's healing. I think if spirituality is important to a client than it should be focused in on in therapy sessions.

I have a rich interfaith spiritual life, particularly emphasizing Islam and Buddhism. I am an active member of a Buddhist Sanga and I am prepared to hold space for both spiritual challenges and religious trauma.

Discovering your soul essence or experiencing a spiritual awakening can be a deeply profound, but also scary and terrifying experience. Finding a deeper spiritual connection can cultivate a greater sense of purpose, meaning, and connection in your life, and I offer you a safe and compassionate space to do this. As a Buddhist-based therapist, it is common for clients I work with to process past lives, ancient knowledge, ancestral lineage, intuitive knowings, spirit guides and more.

If spirituality is important to a client, I find it extremely helpful for healing to incorporate that within the framework of therapy. I believe that spirituality is a personal journey that can create immense impact in people's healing.

Spirituality can be a great source of significant strength, support, and peace. Alternatively, spirituality can be a source of much pain, marginalization, and trauma. I am experienced with considering faith as an important factor in exploring the intersection of various life domains and concerns, and with helping clients consider their relationship with spirituality as they navigate identity development, life transitions, etc.