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Resources

  • 📞 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)

  • 📞 California Peer-Run Warm Line – Call 855-600-WARM (9276) for non-emergency emotional support, 24/7. (Website)
    📞 California Youth Crisis Line – Call or text 1-800-843-5200 (24/7) for youth up to age 24. (Website)

  • 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)

  • 🏳️‍🌈 The Trevor Project – Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678 for LGBTQ+ youth support. (Website)
    🏳️‍🌈 LGBT National Help Center – Call 1-888-843-4564 for LGBTQ+ mental health support. (Website)

    🏳️‍🌈 Trans Lifeline – Call 1-877-565-8860 for peer support from trans counselors. (Website)

  • 🏠 National Domestic Violence Hotline – Call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788(Website)
    🌿 Substance Use Treatment Locator – Call 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit (Website)

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)

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)