It All Started When I Admitted I Was A Survivor
I grew up in a fundamentalist religious group and, boy, did it leave a mark. When I left the group (and a marriage), I desperately sought out a religious trauma therapist to help me navigate my experience.
Turns out, I couldn’t find anyone in the entire city of Los Angeles. So I found a good therapist but had to teach her a lot about my group and, honestly, it was exhausting.
Morning walks with my bebe, voice memos to my crew, pilates class, course creation, client sessions, and good skincare.
Guesting on podcasts, on coaching calls with the delightful therapists in our group, and watching reality TV shows in my downtime
Grifters, emotional manipulation, patriarchy and people that don’t understand their privilege
Straight talk, good research, strong coffee, and getting people out of culty and toxic groups through really great mental health support
Then I thought… I can put all this knowledge into a comprehensive, thoughtful and impactful course for therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals. I could teach them everything I know and truly serve the religious trauma and cult survivors that long for support.
This is Traumastery (think monastery but for trauma). A safe and supportive learning space for clinicians and helping professionals that want to become experts in religious trauma, high-control groups, and cult manipulation.
My superpower is helping therapists and coaches become the incredibly effective religious trauma experts their clients need.
So I decided that therapists simply needed a place where they could find all of the education that was lacking in grad school (and let’s face it, CE courses). I spent years honing my clinical skills with cult survivors. Then I I started teaching new therapists how to ethically support religious trauma survivors through supervision.
an audio book on 1.8 speed
listening:
chips and salsa, always
CRAVING:
God of the Woods
READING:
Iced coffee
DRINKING:
Real Housewives
watching:
Currently
My Favorite Things
Traveling — I feel very lucky that I'm able to see the world.
my happy place!
The woods! A good hike does my mind and body good.
I'm in my mom era! After 5 years of IVF, my bebe girl arrived this year.
My Favorite Things
Sunshine. Wayfarers kickstarter semiotics, quinoa godard dreamcatcher hexagon pop-up hoodie.
Ice cream. Microdosing gochujang keffiyeh salvia. Hoodie knausgaard art party.
my guilty pleasure
Photos! Hashtag fashion axe palo santo fanny pack, ramps cornhole messenger bag asymmetrical.
coffee
BEACH
EARLY BIRD
TOPSheet
POPCORN
cake
LIME LACROIX
TEA
mountains
night owl
no topsheet
CHOCOLATE
popsicles
PELLIGRINO
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let's work together
I’m ready to give you all my templates, tools, and resources for how I grew my practice of working with my dream clients (cult and religious trauma survivors, duh). So, let’ chat about how you can do the same.
did we just become friends?