Workshop

Great question. When we are talking about religious trauma we are actually speaking to a host of concerns (mental health and physical) someone can have coming out of a religious/cult environment. The general definition we use when talking about Religious Trauma is: when a person's religious experience is stressful, degrading, dangerous, abusive, or damaging. Looking for more information on this subject? Feel free to check out my blog post on it, or this Youtube video.

Expect to connect with others, from all walks of life, that have had experiences similar to yours and who are looking for the next steps in their healing. Expect that our time together will consist of two four to five hour days, in which we will spend time together in groups, one-on-one and also leave time for solo interactions. The sense of this workshop is one of flow, where we hit on a variety of themes that tend to occur within religious trauma, and spend time processing each of these themes. ​ Expect that the experience is going to be a mix of interpersonal and one-on-one activities, exploring the nature of Religious Trauma, it's impact on your life and what the next steps of your healing can look like.

There is a model that we like to use, in talking about religious trauma, so we will guide our time together by exploring each element within this model. And, as we explore it, some of the areas we tend to talk about are below: -Relationships -Nervous System Regulation -Communication -Conflict -Personal Identity -Sexuality -Money -Shame -Attachment -Mental Health

People tend to walk away with a mixture of experiences and tools. The workshops seeks to leave you with tools to deepen your understanding of religious trauma, how this continues to impact your process of embodiments and subjects and resources to bring back to your one-on-one therapy.

This workshop is for anyone that has felt the impacts of religious trauma in their daily life, and who are looking to go deeper into the next stages of their healing journey.

This workshop will be held in Portland, OR.

These workshops seek to have an intimate feel to them, so they tend to be limited to 8 people.

The requirement to attend this workshop are that you've been attending individual therapy, and have been doing so for at least three months.

You will want to reach out to me at my email (naturalmindcounseling@gmail.com) and explain your interest in the workshop. I really like to meet with everyone interested in a workshop, for a brief consult, just to get a sense of where they are in their healing journey, and what they are really seeking from this workshop. From there we will talk about next steps.