Healing Beyond Belief:
Group Therapy for Religious Trauma
Find safety, connection, and hope as you process religious or spiritual trauma.
Have You Experienced Religious or Spiritual Harm?
Leaving a faith community, recovering from spiritual abuse, or even re-evaluating your beliefs can feel overwhelming and isolating. But you are not alone, and healing is possible. Our therapy groups for religious trauma offer a safe, judgment-free space to share your story, connect with others, and begin your journey toward peace.
Why Group Therapy for Religious Trauma?
- Community & Safety – Connect with others who can relate to your experience and empathize with your feelings, and build trust to share without fear of judgment.
- Empowerment & Growth – Explore your experiences and reclaim your voice as you move toward healing.
- Convenience & Affordability – We meet online for convenience and flexibility, and in-person where there is concentrated interest. Discounts are available to those who need accommodations.
Take the First Step
Toward Healing
You don’t have to do it alone. Join a community that understands and supports you.
Whether you’re questioning, deconstructing, or rebuilding your sense of self, anyone processing religious trauma, spiritual abuse, or faith-based harm is welcome.
Meet Our Religious Trauma Group Therapist
Ann Plana, MA, LMHCA
With a focus on religious and spiritual trauma and its impact on identity, relationships, and self-worth, Ann facilitates this group with a trauma-informed, relational approach that emphasizes dignity, insight, and a deep commitment to emotional safety. Drawing on her clinical and personal experiences, she creates a supportive space where adults navigating spiritual harm, church-related hurt, or questions of faith can feel seen, understood, and empowered to explore their inner world alongside others who share similar experiences.
Frequently Asked Questions
Religious trauma occurs when harmful beliefs or practices within a faith community cause emotional, psychological, or spiritual damage. Read more about religious trauma on our resources page.
The impact of community and finding others who share similar experiences is an often overlooked aspect of healing. It not only helps you feel validated and seen, but it also supports healing around the sense of betrayal that is so often experienced in religious and spiritual environments.
The group meets for an hour, weekly, via a secure online platform. Date and time is currently to be determined based on participant availability.
Our religious trauma group therapy sessions are typically organized into 10-week cycles, with a two week break between groups. Participants are asked to re-evaluate their commitment at each 10-week cycle.
Note: The group is currently on hold until there are enough participants signed up. If you are interested, please inquire below to be contacted when a minimum threshold is reached.
Healing is a process and can take many years with consistent therapeutic work. Group work, in particular requires a commitment from participants to be available for sessions regularly to help foster connection and trust.
Our religious trauma group therapy sessions are typically organized into 10-week cycles, with a two week break between groups. Participants are asked to re-evaluate their commitment at each 10-week cycle. If a participant must miss a session they are expected to notify the group ahead of time and will be charged for the session.
Each week participants will be encouraged to share parts of their story and reflect on the feelings that surface as they listen to themselves and others. Participants will be encouraged to respectfully share their own perspectives and responses to others as we collectively navigate interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics.
While group therapy is a safe and welcoming space, it is a group of people with diverse experiences and perspectives on the world, so conflict and tension will arise. When these situations arise, they will be discussed and explored by the group together.
Group sessions are $45 each week and payment is processed via an online portal. Because your space in the group is reserved for you, the weekly session fee applies whether or not you’re able to participate that week.
Discounts are available to those who need financial accommodations.
Yes. Group therapy is therapeutic for many reasons. It can provide a safe-enough environment to share difficult experiences. Participants generally feel validated, supported, to reassured that they are not alone.
Because all groups are made up of unique individuals, tensions can and do arise, creating opportunities for individual growth. Conflict is not avoided in group therapy, but addressed head on.
While group work is healing and can create significant change for individuals, it is not necessarily a replacement for individual therapy.
Sign-Up for the Religious Trauma Therapy Group
Fill out the form below to be connected with the group therapist, Ann Plana, or email her directly at ann@ampersandcollective.net.