Beyond Religious Trauma

Remapping Meaning, Identity, and Relationships

4-part workshop series | Online

10am-11:30am Pacific / 1pm-2:30pm Eastern

Sessions

Part 1 - Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Part 2 - Tuesday, September 8, 2026 

Part 3 - Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Part 4 - Tuesday, November 10, 2026

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All registrants will receive the recording

1.5 CEUs available per session, 6 CEUs total

CEUs Approved by NBCC in partnership with Cascadia Training

Available on-demand

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For Session #2 - Tuesday September 8th 2026

10am-11:30am Pacific / 1pm-2:30pm Eastern

Beyond Religious Trauma #2 of 4 (with CEUs)
$60.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to be eligible for 1.5 NBCC CEUs for this training. You must take and pass the post-test to receive CEUs.

✓ 1.5 CEUs approved by NBCC
✓ Access to recording for 1 year
Beyond Religious Trauma #2 of 4 (without CEUs)
$50.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to access the training but do NOT want continuing education credits.

✓ Access to recording for 1 year

Watch Session #1 here on-demand

Belief systems shape how people understand who we are, why we exist, and how we belong.

When those systems are nurturing, they can anchor resilience. When wielded to control, they can create deep fractures in personal and interpersonal trust.

In this course, participants will investigate how power operates through meaning systems, exploring how intersecting identities affect one’s relationship to belief, authority, and belonging.

Course Objectives

This course equips clinicians with the knowledge and skills to recognize, assess, and support clients experiencing religious or spiritual trauma through a nuanced and intersectional lens.

Participants will explore how high-control religions and ideologies can shape identity development, attachment styles and relationships, and psychological wellbeing.

Through clinical frameworks, case examples, and discussion, clinicians will learn how to differentiate religious trauma from other trauma presentations, integrate trauma-informed and culturally sensitive approaches, and navigate faith crises and transitions with respect and nuance.

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Gain the knowledge and skills to recognize, assess, and support clients experiencing religious or spiritual trauma through a nuanced and intersectional lens.

Meet Your Teacher

Dr. Tanya Johnson, PhD, LMHC-QS (FL), LMHC (WA), NCC (she/her/ella)

Dr. Tanya is the co-founder and CEO of Colorful Minds Psychotherapy Collective, a neurodivergent, queer, Cuban-American counselor educator, clinical supervisor, and licensed mental health counselor in Florida and Washington. She provides virtual supervision, consultation, and psychotherapy through her practice, Evolve Counseling Center, and teaches as adjunct faculty at Antioch University Seattle.

With extensive experience in religious and spiritual trauma, Dr. Tanya helps adults recovering from high-control faith communities, coercive belief systems, and the loss or reconstruction of faith. Her work integrates trauma-informed care, neurodiversity-affirming practice, and meaning-making frameworks to help clients rebuild trust in themselves and their worldview.

A national presenter and curriculum developer in distance counseling and supervision, Dr. Tanya has trained and mentored hundreds of emerging clinicians. Through Colorful Minds, she advocates for sustainable, accessible private practice models that empower both clinicians and clients to thrive.

 Frequently Asked Questions

  • This course is intended for licensed and pre-licensed mental health professionals, counselors, and clinical trainees seeking to deepen their understanding of religion’s psychological impacts and improve competency in working with survivors of religious or spiritual trauma.

  • Each session in this 4 part series will be 1.5 hours long.

  • Each session will be on Tuesday morning from 10am-11:30am PST / 1pm-2:30pm EST (check your time zone here).

    Dates:

    1. August 11th 2026

    2. September 8th 2026

    3. October 13th 2026

    4. November 10th 2026

  • The general track price for this course if $50 and does not include CEs.

    The CE track for this course is $60 and 1.5 CEs are available upon successful completion of the post-test.

  • Our sponsor, Cascadia Training, is an approved provider for NBCC and NASW-WA. Counselors and social workers can receive CEs in most states.

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Beyond Religious Trauma #2 of 4 (with CEUs)
$60.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to be eligible for 1.5 NBCC CEUs for this training. You must take and pass the post-test to receive CEUs.

✓ 1.5 CEUs approved by NBCC
✓ Access to recording for 1 year
Beyond Religious Trauma #2 of 4 (without CEUs)
$50.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to access the training but do NOT want continuing education credits.

✓ Access to recording for 1 year

Develop nuanced definitions of religion and spirituality, understand the psychological mechanisms that make belief systems powerful, and identify how coercive structures exploit them.

Learn to help clients disentangle intuition from indoctrination, rebuild trust in their inner authority, and form healthy spiritual or secular identities grounded in autonomy, curiosity, and connection.

Watch the previous sessions on-demand

Session #1 - Presented live on August 11th, 2026

Beyond Religious Trauma #1 of 4 (without CEUs)
$50.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to access the training but do NOT want continuing education credits.

✓ Access to recording for 1 year
Beyond Religious Trauma #1 of 4 (with CEUs)
$60.00
One time

Choose this plan if you would like to be eligible for 1.5 NBCC CEUs for this training. You must take and pass the post-test to receive CEUs.

✓ 1.5 CEUs approved by NBCC
✓ Access to recording for 1 year

Session #2 - Coming live on September 8th, 2026

Recording available to all registrants

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