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Trying to understand
Religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and what it means for you.
Find a therapist
Therapists with religious trauma experience, near you.
Not ready to report
How to document what happened, when you're ready.
I want to help
For family, friends, therapists, pastors, and faith leaders.
Faith communities can be places of profound belonging, healing, and meaning. They can also be places where harm occurs — and where the structures meant to protect people sometimes make it harder to name what happened.
The law sets a floor. It does not set a ceiling for what counts as harm — and you deserve support either way.
We built this because we kept hearing from people who had nowhere to go. Not because the harm wasn't real. But because the systems around them weren't built to receive it.
Independent Reporting Mechanisms
Survivors deserve a pathway that doesn't go through the people they're reporting.
Trauma-Informed Training
Everyone who receives disclosures needs training before they're ever in that position.
Definitions Broad Enough to Matter
Policies that only address criminal conduct miss the majority of harm that actually occurs.
Independent Investigation
When harm is alleged, the investigation must be conducted by parties independent of the institution.