Healing from Religious Abuse & Trauma and the LGBTQIA+ Community

Categories LGBTQ, Trauma

What I will learn?

  • Learn what religious abuse and trauma are
  • Learn why someone would stay or take so long to leave an abusive religious relationship
  • Learn about the long-term mental and physical effects of this abuse
  • Learn simple tools to help you start your healing

Course Curriculum

Session 1: What is religious abuse?
This session defines religious abuse and looks in-depth at what qualifies as an Abusive Religious Experience (ARE) the building blocks of religious trauma.

  • Welcome to the Course!
    01:35
  • Check In
  • Definitions
    01:22
  • Adverse Religious Experiences
    00:38
  • Reflection Questions
  • Adverse Religious Experiences Questionnaire
  • Look Up Terms
  • Adverse Religious Experiences vs. Religious Trauma

Session 2: Do I/Have I experienced religious trauma?
After learning about Adverse Religious Experiences this session takes the next step to the possible outcome of AREs - religious trauma.

Session 3: Power and Control vs. Equality
This session calls out how abusers use power and control in the religious setting to exert pressure on those under their influence as opposed to equality and what a caring, nurturing faith community actually looks.

Session 4: Psychological and Social Effects of Leaving an Abusive Faith Community
This session will take a closer look at the potential psychological and social effects of leaving an abusive faith community.

Session 5: Why did I stay so long if abuse was happening?
This session will look at the complicated dynamics of "Why didn't I just leave?"

Session 6: The Othering of LGBTQIA+ in Faith Communities
This session looks at how abusive faith communities specifically target and ostracize queer members of the community.

Session 7: The Biological Effects of Microaggressions on LGBTQIA+ in Faith Communities
This sessions examines the long-term effects of repeated microaggressions on the body.

Session 8: What Do I Do From Here?
You have reached the end of this course. Now it's time to put it all together.

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$250.00
Course Duration: 8h
Intended Level :Beginner

Material Includes

  • 8 Lectures
  • 7 Assignments
  • 5 Handouts
  • 3 Take-Away Healing Tools
  • 25 Reflection Questions

Requirements

  • All that is required is a readiness to begin healing.

Audience

  • Any LGBTIQA+ person who has been or thinks they have been affected by religious trauma and wants to begin their healing journey. Also available for anyone who wants to know how to prevent and/or repair religious trauma in their faith community.

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