In addition to my counselling services, I also offer Soul Talk sessions. This is an alternative to Spiritual Direction for people like me, who are outside the church + institutional religion, and still have soulful longings that are kinda messy, complicated + nuanced.

Designed to support people recovering from religious harm, who find it hard to talk about God/Source/Mystery, but still want to.

These 50 minute Soul Talk sessions draw on my Spiritual Formation and Direction skills, without the classical spiritual constructs that may be triggering or harmful for people who have experienced religious harm. As a former pastor with lived experience of recovery from religious trauma, I know how lonely this experience can be. I know how hard it is to find a safe space to make meaning of a shattered worldview following spiritual abuse.

This may be a useful resource + support for you if, like me, your relationship with spirituality is kinda complicated.

• perhaps your faith has dissolved, evolved, or is in an in-between, shifting, un-resolved place right now

• perhaps you find concepts like ‘spiritual direction’, ‘church’ or ‘God’ difficult or triggering

• perhaps your soulful / spiritual longings are associated with spiritual harm or trauma, and you want to explore what a meaningful, authentic, soul-nourishing life looks like for you now, after a shift in your experience of faith, life / Mystery / Source / the Sacred (insert your word here).

• perhaps you or people you love have experienced things in church communities that do not reflect your inherent worth + dignity, and you’d like a safe person to support you as explore your soul’s unique path + what kind of relationship you might still want with the Sacred.

if this is you, i’m sorry.

i’m sorry if religious people failed to show you love, mirror your dignity + reflect your infinite worth.

i’m sorry if religious people wounded you, or made you feel anything other than unconditionally loved, welcome + wanted.