Have you ever been part of a church where it felt like things weren’t sitting right with you, and before you know it you’re in too deep to start pairing back? This phenomenon happens, in part, because we have this mentality of, “Well, maybe I need to get more involved…

Courtney and her husband have been married for 10 years, and both she and her husband, Frank, were recently in Courtney’s brother’s wedding as a bridesmaid and a groomsman. Before the reception, Courtney and Frank got in a fight mainly due to a miscommunication. “You always do this, Frank. I’m…

Spiritual Abuse and Religious Baggage Man, it’s been rough. You know that verse where Jesus says “my yoke is easy and my burden is light”? Many of us have gone through so much in our spiritual lives or in our churches that nothing sounds further from the truth. It’s like…

After listening to The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, I found a Facebook group called Dear Pastor Mark & Mars Hill: We are not Anonymous. The group started out as an answer to the way Pastor Mark Driscoll dismissed people’s concerns about the abusive leadership style that was happening…

EMDR Therapy EMDR therapy is a type of therapy used to treat trauma as well as other presenting concerns such as anxiety, grief, specific phobias, among others. …

Escaping a spiritually abusive community is tricky to say the least. Once you’re out, you’re usually very alone and left with a whole lot of ideas about the world that need to be deconstructed and redefined. …

Hey, Our time together is real. Sometimes it’s raw, sometimes it’s chill. Either way, I want you to get what you need from our sessions. Did you know it’s okay (and encouraged!) to give your therapist feedback? Sometimes you might just want to grab your therapist by the shoulders and…