Purity Culture. Homophobia. Organ music. There’s a lot to despise about religion and the trauma that it creates but in between dunking on theists and working to unplug minds from the religious Matrix there’s healing to be had. Janice Selby, a religious trauma therapist and Conference on Religious Trauma organizer joins the show to walk Nate and I through the therapeutic process, to talk about the future of religious trauma healing and to offer some advice on how we can all help, plus your calls!
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Finding the right therapist for you can include everything from a detailed analysis of trainings, credentials and complex philosophical orientations to a gut level reaction to website font colors (I apologize to my fellow Aggies for all the orange). Noah Garcia’s NextQuest podcast is an effort to change all of that by augmenting the 30 minute complimentary consultation with an in depth conversation on who I am, what I offer, what I believe and how I can best help.
Read moreReligious Trauma Syndrome with Dr. Darrel Ray
This week we are joined in person by our show’s founder and producer emeritus Dr. Darrel Ray. From the beginning, Secular Sexuality has been about healing our sex life and ourselves from the pain of religious shame and doubt. Now we examine the progress of early research as the construct of Religious Trauma Syndrome is considered as a way to heal many of those hurts.
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