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Nov 2023
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EMDR Therapy for Religious and Spiritual...

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
About this episode

Religious and spiritual trauma is often an overlooked experience that enormously impacts generations. As more and more humans decide to leave organized religions or join cults, we are understanding the effects of those experiences as traumatic and adverse. Listen to Cassidy DuHadway, LCSW, discuss adverse religious experiences and how they lead to foundational belief systems that present as complex trauma. Concepts of religious messaging, shame, enmeshment, attachment, and negative spiritual experiences will be explored. Find out how EMDR therapy can help heal those impacted.

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Cassidy DuHadway's handouts about religious trauma, including a book list and all the links above, are here.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE.

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.


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