
Resources
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📞 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call or text 988 for 24/7 support. (Website)
📞 Crisis Text Line – Text HOME to 741741 for 24/7 free, confidential crisis support. (Website)
📞 SAMHSA’s National Helpline – Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for substance use and mental health treatment referrals. (Website)📞 RAINN- National Sexual Assault Hotline- Call 800-656-HOPE (4673) for 24/7, free and confidential support. (Website)
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⛪ The Reclamation Collective – Support groups and resources for survivors of religious trauma and spiritual abuse. (Website)
⛪ Journey Free – Founded by Dr. Marlene Winell, specializing in recovery from religious trauma syndrome (RTS)- Release and Reclaim Online Support Group for $20-$50/month (Website)
⛪ Recovering From Religion – Peer support, online chat, and hotline for those questioning or leaving religion. Call 1-844-368-2848 or visit (Website)
⛪ Divorcing Religion – Janice Selbie – Offers a free religious trauma support group and specialized programs for those leaving high-control religions. (Website)
⛪ The Religious Trauma Institute – Resources for therapists and individuals healing from religious trauma. (Website) -
🌿 THRIVE Beyond Religion – Community, events, and support for those leaving high-control religions, including Mormonism. (Website)
🌿Recovery From Mormonism Workshop- with Steven Hassan and John Dehlin (Website)
🌿 Mormon Mental Health Association- Founded by Natasha Helfer. Find an LDS informed therapist in your area (Website)
🌿QuitMormon- Free resource to resign from the LDS Church (Website)
🌿 Symmetry Counseling- Offers groups for religious trauma, faith transitions, sexuality, including a free monthly faith transition group (Website)
🌿 Mormon Stories Podcast – Features personal faith deconstruction experiences and support. (Website)
🌿 Exmormon Reddit – Large online community for those questioning or leaving the LDS church. (Website)
🌿 25 Things Not to Say to a Loved One Leaving the LDS Church (& What to Say Instead!) by Julie Hanks (Website)
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Books
RELIGIOUS DECONSTRUCTION
When Religion Hurts You- Laura Anderson
Leaving the Fold- Marlene Winell (evangelical and fundamentalist Christian backgrounds)
Staring At The Sun: Overcoming the Fear of Death - Irvin Yalom (for existential questions/meaning-making)
CULTS/HIGH DEMAND GROUPS
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism- Amanda Montell
Combatting Cult Mind Control- Steven Hassan
Recovering Agency- Luna Lindsey (LDS/Mormonism)
MEMOIRS
Untamed- Glennon Doyle (Evangelical)
What My Bones Know- Stephanie Foo (Complex Trauma)
I’m Glad My Mom Died- Jeanette McCurdy (LDS/Mormon)
Leaving the Saints- Martha Beck (LDS/Mormon)
Educated- Tara Westover (Fundamentalist/survivalist Mormonism)
Leaving the Witness- Amber Scorah (Jehovah’s Witness)
You Lied to Me About God- Jamie Marich (Catholicism/Evangelical)
RELATIONSHIPS
The Dance of Anger- Harriet Lerner
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents- Lindsay Gibson
Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men- Lundy Bancroft
Set Boundaries, Find Peace- Nedra Glover Tawwab
Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself- Melody Beattie