Counseling for Faith Deconstruction
Creating space for you to safely navigate shifts in your faith while staying grounded.
You may have arrived here because…
The church community you normally lean on might not support your journey navigating faith-related questions, leading you to feel alone in your process.
You may be afraid that you’re headed in the wrong direction and feel the need to keep your questions or doubts a secret.
When you seek support from the church, you might receive trite platitudes such as, “you should have childlike faith,” or you might be told to pray or read the Bible rather than receiving the depth of engagement that you need.
You might feel isolated from your spouse, partner, family, or friends as you feel like you might be the only one experiencing these questions.
You might be afraid of what will happen to you if you leave the faith and how that might impact your support system. This is true even if you don’t leave the faith, but your faith practices or beliefs look different than they used to.
However you arrived here, I’m so glad you’re here. Read on to see if my faith deconstruction counseling services might help you.
You might cope by putting up a false front with your church community.
You might pretend that nothing is going on internally for the sake of not stirring the pot or losing your close connections.
Or you might cope by completely withdrawing from your community - too afraid to face any potential shaming from your loved ones.
Or you may have bravely attempted to let your friends and family into your faith-related questions, only to have been let down by disappointing or harmful responses from them.
If this is you: you need a space where you are allowed to safely explore all of your wonderings, questions, concerns, and doubts. You need to feel seen in your process.
And most importantly, you need someone willing to walk alongside you - wherever your journey might take you.
I welcome wherever your faith journey may lead.
I see your faith-related questions and doubts as a healthy part of your development. As we grow as humans, our perspectives and worldviews shift too. I see your evolving faith as a sign of your growth as a person.
I like to create space for you to safely explore your faith-related questions, and help you navigate the ways that being in this space impacts your day-to-day life, relationships, and interactions with your broader community.
When we go through worldview-shifting experiences, it can feel incredibly disorienting. I help you identify the core pieces of who you are that remain unwavering throughout your faith journey, so you can continue to feel grounded amidst the changes you experience.
My experiences with faith deconstruction
I’ve worked with Christian leaders extensively since 2012. Through this work, I’ve come to see not only how common the experience of faith deconstruction is, but how healthy and valuable this experience is as we develop.
I’ve found that folks who ask questions about their faith are not seeking out a reason to tear their faith apart. Rather, their commitment to their faith combined with events or experiences that don’t align with their faith as they’ve known it forces the need to dig into some important questions. It would feel disingenuous to look the other way once the can of worms gets opened.
In time, I also arrived at my own deconstruction experience. The journey through was incredibly arduous for me and it felt emotionally unstable while I went through it. The foundation of my entire worldview was called into question. But in time, with dedication, a supportive community, and the help of my own therapist, I arrived at a new space where my faith is reconstructed and I feel stable again.
I love combining my clinical training as a therapist with these experiences to foster a supportive space that allows you to dive into your questions safely. I help you identify your core values so you can have some stable emotional ground to stand on while you navigate the disorienting process of asking big questions about your faith.