Religious Trauma Therapy

Online Therapy Based in Austin, TX

Available to those living in Texas, Colorado and Florida

Trauma therapy for women navigating healing, rebuilding self-trust, and creating a future that feels like your own.

If questioning your faith feels like pulling a thread that might unravel everything—your identity, your relationships, your community—you’re not alone
I can help you navigate self-doubt, rigid rules, and the fear of losing connection as you step into a life that finally feels like your own.

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Emotional Experiences

  • Feeling constantly watched or judged, even when alone

  • Lingering shame without a clear reason, especially around normal human desires

  • Fear of punishment that doesn’t fully go away, even after beliefs change

  • Grief for the version of yourself that didn’t feel safe to exist

Body & Nervous System Responses

  • Anxiety that was once labeled as “conviction” or spiritual awareness

  • Disconnection from your body, needs, pleasure, or rest

  • Hymns, scripture, certain phrases, or religious buildings triggering panic or dissociation.

  • Shutting down during conflict or authority figures’ disapproval

Cognitive Patterns

  • All-or-nothing thinking (good vs. evil, right vs. wrong)

  • Panic or self-criticism over intrusive thoughts or doubts

  • Difficulty trusting your own judgment without external authority

  • Panic or self-punishment for intrusive thoughts, doubts, or questions—believing that thinking something is as bad as doing it.

Relational Impacts

  • Fear of rejection or abandonment tied to disagreement

  • People-pleasing as a way to stay safe or accepted

  • Struggles with boundaries or prioritizing yourself

  • Grief after losing community, family connection, or identity

What to expect in therapy with me:

  • I will never try to convert or de-convert you.

  • You’ll be believed without questioning.

  • You have permission to go slowly.

  • Your body will start to settle.

  • Shame you’ve felt often softens instead of intensifies.

  • Expressing anger becomes safer and is welcomed.

  • You will begin trusting your own perceptions.

  • Boundaries will stop feeling like sins.

  • You can experiment with who you are.

  • You will begin to differentiate spirituality from harm.

  • I will help you internalize a new voice.

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Hi, I’m Allison (she/her), a therapist and private practice owner based in Austin specializing in religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, trauma, anxiety, and major life transitions.

I was raised in the General Conference Mennonite tradition and later spent years in evangelical and charismatic spaces before beginning my own process of deconstruction in 2020. That lived experience deeply informs the way I show up in therapy—with compassion, curiosity, humility, and an understanding of how complex it can be to untangle identity, faith, community, and self-trust.

I work with clients navigating deconstruction, divorce, grief, identity shifts, and the lasting impact of trauma and harmful systems. I am an LGBTQ+ affirming, anti-racist, feminist, trauma-informed therapist committed to creating a space where you do not have to fear judgment, pressure, or being “fixed.”

As a white, cisgender, able-bodied therapist, I believe in practicing ongoing awareness and accountability around privilege, power, and the ways larger systems shape our lived experiences and healing.

Therapy with me is relational, collaborative, and grounded in safety. You don’t need to have everything figured out before you begin. You just need a space where you can be honest about where you are.