Religious Trauma & Cult Recovery Blog

Here's all our best information on religious trauma, codependency, trauma responses and recovery.

What are the 4 Attachment Styles?

Today, we're diving into a topic near and dear to my heart as a trauma therapist: attachment styles. Understanding your attachment style can be a powerful tool in navigating your relationships and personal growth. There are four primary attachment styles – secure, ...

What are Toxic Relationships?

The term “toxic relationship” is thrown around on the inter-webs a lot and it can leave you asking your self, “Wait, am I in a toxic relationship? How do I know? And what exactly do I do about it?”

Toxic relationships are most simply defined as being relationships...

Interacting with Family and Friends in the Group you Left Behind

Leaving a religious community or cult is very difficult work. You are leaving your community of people, your belief system, and much of what you know. This process is destabilizing, as you uproot and change your life. After leaving your group, you probably have complicated feelings about your...

What Does a Healthy Relationship or Friendship Look Like?

You’ve likely found yourself going down a rabbit hole of identifying some really unhealthy patterns in your relationships and are left with one big question: What does a healthy relationship actually look like? I’m sharing some ideas of what health looks like in relationships and how...