The Religious Trauma Collective

The team at The Religious Trauma Collective acknowledge the traditional owners of the land we work on, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples whose Elders and forebears have been custodians of lands, waters and seas. We are grateful for their stewardship of culture and country and pay our respects to all Indigenous people who engage with our work across the land now called Australia.

Māori Acknowledgement

We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi including the right to tino rangatiratanga (self-determination).

We have heard the stories and name the harm done to Indigenous people in the name of religion through colonisation.

Statement of Inclusion & Diversity

The team at The Religious Trauma Collective is all about embracing diversity!

That means celebrating and affirming every LGBTQIA+ identity and showing love and respect for everyone's abilities, cultures, faiths, and bodies. Everyone's unique journey is valued and welcomed with open arms.

Leaving a cult is hard. But for women, it can be much, much harder.

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That’s the thing - no one does.

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At our recent online event, we did a session on what it’s like to hold space for clients who’ve experienced religious trauma. (You can watch the replays until Dec 31).

It isn’t just about unpacking doctrine or belief systems, it&r

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There’s a particular kind of ache that comes from learning how to suppress parts of yourself before you even knew you had the right to claim them. 💔

For many queer folks (myself included) queerness wasn’t something we got to explore wit

Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles & Soong-Chan Rah

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Reading Unsettling Truths is uncomfortable and that’s exactly the point. This book is a courageous, necessary recko

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