Many clients carry invisible wounds from harmful religious experiences, shame, fear, self-doubt, and a fractured sense of spiritual belonging. As clinicians, we must develop the language, tools, and self-awareness to walk with them through deconstruction and healing.
In this 3-part virtual training series, experiential trauma therapist Kennesha Rodgers (MA, LAPC, CTP) guides participants through the deeper work of supporting survivors of religious trauma. Each 2 hour workshop blends didactic content and experiential learning from a trauma-informed lens.
Whether you’ve worked with spiritual trauma before or are new to this topic, you’ll leave with greater clarity, confidence, and compassion, for your clients and yourself.
Target Audience: Clinicians, therapists, counselors, spiritual care providers, and mental health professionals working with clients impacted by religious or spiritual trauma.
Location: Virtual
Duration: 120 minutes each
Cost: $50/session (2 CE Hours Each Session)
Dates: September 19, October 17, November 7, 2025
Times: 9:00AM-11:00AM EST
About the Facilitator
Kennesha Rodgers, MA, LAPC, CTP, (she/her/hers). Having personally experienced the transformative power of therapy and coaching, Kennesha is deeply committed to making these services accessible, especially for under-resourced communities. She believes every person deserves the chance to heal and live with hope, and she is honored to be a compassionate presence for those on this journey. Kennesha’s mission is to foster therapeutic relationships within which clients feel seen, supported, and encouraged to pursue lives of freedom and connection.
Kennesha takes an integrated, trauma-informed approach to therapy, engaging the whole person—mind, body, emotions, and spirituality within their unique relational and social context. She believes that each person carries their own inner wisdom and partners with them to uncover and trust this wisdom. Kennesha is trained in CBT and several experiential modalities including EMDR and Psychodrama, integrating various approaches based on client need. As a certified Enneagram Coach, she integrates this insightful tool into her therapeutic and coaching work, enhancing clients’ self-understanding and growth.
If you’ve been hurt by a religious or spiritual experience, perhaps through harmful beliefs, spiritual authority, or the loss of a once-trusted community, you’re not alone. You may be carrying wounds that have impacted your sense of self, safety, and belonging. This workshop is a place to begin, or deepen, your healing journey, supported by others who understand.
In these trauma-informed workshops, you’ll be gently guided to explore the roots of religious trauma and spiritual harm, reconnect with your inner voice, and begin to reclaim your agency. Through mindfulness, body-based practices, creative expression, and compassionate witnessing, we’ll make space for your story, without judgment or pressure to believe or heal in any particular way.
You’ll leave with greater clarity, tools for grounding and self-trust, and a deeper connection to your own inner wisdom. This is a sacred space for rediscovering what feels meaningful, safe, and sacred, on your own terms.
Each 4-hour session invites you to connect with others on a similar journey and begin writing a new story rooted in self-trust and post-traumatic growth.
These workshops are religiously neutral and participants from all faith backgrounds and religious/spiritual experiences are welcome.
