Religious Trauma Group

Join a 6 week religious trauma group focused on deconstruction, healing church hurt and rebuilding safety in community with others.

General topics may include:

  • Building language to understand your experience
  • Understanding how trauma and stress impact your body/brain
  • Grieving what needs to be grieved
  • Opportunities to share and be heard in a supportive space (if you choose)
  • Boundaries and safety
  • Personal identity and values
  • Your personalized journey forward

Topics will be guided by the needs and desires of the group participants.

Upcoming Group Info:

  • Weekly on Thursdays beginning October 16th from 6pm to 7:30pm
  • Cost: $10 per group due in cash or via Venmo @pmhgroup
  • Consent can be completed upon arrival  (emailed to sign digitally by request)

Facilitators

Coach Christina Elmer,
Podcast host of Leaving in Color
Grad Intern (she/her)
supervised by Marie Luna, LPC-S

Q and A

Tell me the details again?
  • Group is meets weekly for 6 weeks
  • The cost is $10 per group due upon arrival
  • Each session is 90 minutes long
  • Group rules will be discussed upon arrival
  • For the safety of group we ask that you commit to every group
What is the registration process?
  • Contact us for a free 20 minute video consultation chat (if desired)
  • Complete the sign up form below to register and receive consent digitally
  • Attend group on a scheduled session date and complete consent form upon your arrival
Who is Christina Elmer?

Christina Elmer is a certified life coach, intuitive healer, and SoulCollage® facilitator who helps people reconnect with their truth after life-altering transitions—especially those healing from high-demand religions. A former Mormon herself, Christina blends trauma-informed coaching with deep intuition and creativity to guide others as they reclaim identity, trust, and spiritual autonomy. She is certified in religious trauma work and hosts the Leaving in Color podcast.

What can I expect from this kind of group?

The group is designed to be a safe, healing space in community for those who have been harmed within a religious belief system.  People in different places of their journey will join group and any and all variations of processes will be honored and respected.  Here are a few things you can expect within the group:

  • Consent-based discussions and activities – each participant gets to choose how they participate in group.  You will not be expected to answer any question or communicate your experience if it not explicitly your choice.
  • Opportunities to learn, share and discuss with others who have experienced religious trauma, spiritual abuse, or harm within a religious belief system
  • Respect for your journey – we each are seeking our own individual healing journey
  • Safety from being pushed to a specific outcome 
  • An opportunity to explore forming a different kind of relationship within the safety of a therapeutic space.  We recognize that much of the harm experienced in faith-based systems occur relationally. 
How do I know if this group is right for me?

Any person who has been harmed within a faith-based context is welcome.

Some folks may resonate with terms such as “religious trauma” or “spiritual abuse.”  Others may describe their experience as something being “off” in their belief system or faith community.  Some individuals may be survivors of abuse in a more broad sense, yet that is connected to their religious/spiritual background.  Still others may have had a specific, or multiple, experiences that have led them to question the religious structure they’ve known.  

This group is open to those who find themselves navigating how to remain a part of a religious group, those who are yearning for a new spiritual experience, and those who have no interest in a spiritual practice at this time.  we strongly believe that you determine what’s right for you, and this group is meant to be a support in your journey.  

Pre-Group Consultation?  

Schedule a free 20-minute online consultation by sending an email to use at info@phoenixmoonhealing.com.  Please add in the title Religious Trauma Group

The consult is an opportunity to meet the facilitators, learn more about the group, and ask any questions you have. The pre-group consultation is not a commitment to join the group.

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Coaching Versus Therapy

 

These are two VERY different experiences.  You get to choose what serves you best in your life today.

As a therapist, Bethany listens and uses evidence-based approaches that she's learned in school and in trainings.  It's such valuable work.  We dive deep in the trauma and the pain of the past, and we explore different ways to frame and shape those experiences.  As a therapy client, you will gain psycho-education and knowledge of current research-based practices and be challenged to implement changes in your thoughts, feelings and actions.

As a coach, Bethany is a mirror: reflecting and channeling.  She is a vessel and uses her energetic responses and embodied experiences to support you.  As a coaching client, we focus on upleveling your experience through energetic, embodied practices, accessing your consciousness through accessing the collective healing of the Universe.

Bethany is the same person, but these are two VERY different healing experiences she uses to support you.  As a therapist, Bethany does not discuss religion or spirituality without prompting; however, as a coach, our entire work is focused on accessing the energies of the Universe and ourselves.

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Artistic Truths

 

The logo of Phoenix Moon Healing is in the shape of a moon to signify our connection to the earth and our spirit animals.  It is a call to remember to access the parts of us that the world has quieted with its structure, rules and bullshit.  A call to howl at the moon and access our aligned self that is raw and vulnerable, to bring the yin and the yang of the feminine and masculine energies.  The phoenix signifies our constant evolution, becoming and unbecoming, all the same and all different.  The phoenix is our steady energetic signature of strength as we activate and access our highest self.

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