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.

High-control belief systems provide and then demand certainty. Clear answers. Clear rules. Clear lines between right and wrong. Ambiguity is framed as danger, doubt as failure.

So after leaving, you might notice a pull toward firm conclusions, even

For many survivors of high-control religious environments disagreement does not feel like a normal part of relationships, it feels dangerous.

In healthy relationships disagreement can lead to understanding, repair, or growth. But in high-control sys

The Religious Trauma Collective - Aus Registered Practitioner..

🌿 Meet Renee, Counsellor & Creative Arts Psychotherapist 🌿

Renee brings lived experience and a deeply trauma-informed approach to supporting people recovering from high-control g

One of the most disorienting parts of leaving a high-control religious environment is realising how much of the system followed you internally. ❤️&zwj;🩹

Not as beliefs you consciously agree with, but as a voice.

A voice that comments on your choic

Did you know that The Religious Trauma Collective run support groups?!

Sam, Elise & Jane each be run a group all with the same structure but different focuses.

💛 Sam = LGBTQIA+ focus
🌱 Elise = High-control/cultic focus
🦋 Jane = Nervous syst

Many high-control faith spaces teach us to be wary of pleasure. Enjoyment is monitored. Desire is moralised. Happiness is acceptable only if it doesn’t distract from devotion or obedience.

So even after leaving, pleasure can come with a funny

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