Religious Trauma Recovery
Freedom and peace are within your reach.
Welcome to your new chapter! My name is Janice Selbie, and I’m a professionally trained counsellor and religious trauma recovery coach. I’ve helped clients around the world rebuild their lives after involvement in high-demand fundamentalist religions and families – and I can help you, too.
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I’m not just a counsellor and coach; I am also a survivor of religious trauma syndrome.
Religious Trauma Recovery Coaching
Divorcing Religion Founder, Janice Selbie, before and after fundamentalist Christianity.
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Here are some of the top issues I help clients with:
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Recognizing the pervasive impacts of religious indoctrination
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Coming out as nonreligious to friends and family
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Navigating relationships with those who remain religious
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Reclaiming healthy sexuality after toxic Purity Culture
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Recovering from religious trauma syndrome
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As a coach, I help you build skills to move forward in the life that YOU desire, providing support, psychoeducation, compassion, and gentle humor to help get you there. Before we can change patterns, we must first recognize them. While remaining mindful of the past, coaching is forward-focused to help you take those next steps towards freedom.
Religious Trauma Syndrome Recovery
Life After Harmful Religion
Have you come out of a fundamentalist or authoritarian religion? Rejecting our former belief system can leave us feeling untethered and struggling with an existential crisis. We may suffer from religious trauma syndrome and other forms of PTSD.
Common issues for those who are Divorcing Religion:
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Recovering from toxic Purity Culture indoctrination
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Navigating marriage with a still-believing spouse
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Coming out as nonreligious to friends and family
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Coping with deeply religious and conspiracy-believing relatives
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Recovering from religious trauma syndrome
As a registered professional counsellor personally acquainted with religious trauma syndrome (RTS), I can relate. As a trauma-informed religious recovery consultant, I can help you explore how RTS is currently impacting your life and navigate your recovery journey.
Religious Trauma Recovery Support Group
The Divorcing Religion free support group is a compassionate community designed for individuals dealing with religious trauma syndrome (RTS). It offers a safe, non-judgmental space where members can share their experiences, receive emotional support, and connect with others who understand the challenges of leaving a high-control religion. The group aims to foster healing, provide resources, and help participants rebuild their identities outside of religious frameworks. Regular meetings and discussions help members navigate their journeys toward secular life.
The Divorcing Religion Workshop
Developed by a formerly devout fundamentalist evangelical Christian of over 40 years, Divorcing Religion is an on-line, live, interactive 7-week workshop designed to help you transition out of religion and into secular life.
​​​​In addition to one-on-one recovery work, group support plays a vital role in healing from religious trauma. To that end, I invite you to explore the free online Divorcing Religion religious trauma syndrome support group.
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Topics to expect in the religious trauma syndrome support group:
Module 1. BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO: Realizing It’s Over
Module 2. (Un)COMFORTABLY NUMB: Grieving Your Losses
Module 3: THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT: Healthy Boundaries
Module 4: GETTING ALONG WITH YOURSELF AND YOUR EX:
- Part A: Identity Reconstruction
- Part B: Purity Culture Recovery
- Part C: Life Philosophy
Module 5: INTEGRATING YOUR LOSSES: Reframing and Ritual
Module 6: PLENTY OF FISH: Finding and Building Your New Communities
Module 7: MIND CONTROL: Don’t Let An Old Flame Burn You Twice
