Religious Trauma Consultation Groups
2024
Monthly Topics
Tuesdays 10:00am-12:00pm CST
11:00am-1:00pm EST // 8:00am-10:00am PST
2024 Consult Schedule
January 30th // Co-Creation of the Therapeutic Container
February 27th // Spiritual Power Inventory of the Therapeutic Relationship
March 26th // Fundamentalism, Supremacy, and Narcissistic Narratives
April 30th // Spiritual Abuse Recognition & Recovery
May 28th // Developmental Impacts of High Power & Control Communities
June 25th // Abolitionist & Anti-Carceral Approaches to Survivor Care
July 23rd // Body & Spirit Liberation Practices
August 27th // Casting Boundaries & Protections over Therapeutic Relationship
September 24th // Existential Angst & The Trauma of Consciousness
October 29th // Supporting Survivors Reclaiming Ritual & Spirituality
November 26th // Holiday Regulation Support
December 17th // Deconstruction Fatigue — Finding a holy & organic Pace
Please note that these consultation groups are specifically for people currently licensed or on their educational path to mental health certification and/or licensure. While we acknowledge and validate that not all folks supporting survivors are mental health professionals, these consultation groups are very specifically curated to support those with connection to a code of ethics and clinical intervention.
Kayla Felten, MSW, LICSW (she/her) has been an advocate for religious trauma and spiritual abuse survivors throughout her career, as the co-founder of the Reclamation Collective, as well as a Psychedelic Therapist in her clinical work. In both of these realms of practice, Kayla has been able to support those in the process of reclaiming their inner peace, relational harmony, autonomy, pleasure, and identity. Kayla was initially invited to facilitate support groups for survivors of spiritual abuse due to abuses of power taking place in plant medicine and yogi contexts within Minnesota. This experience helped expand her understanding of spiritual abuse both within and outside of religious contexts, and has allowed her to be a voice of advocacy within the psychedelic and therapeutic communities she shows up in to inspire heightened awareness of the power dynamics present in these containers for potential healing, while acknowledging the coexisting potential for abuse.
With over four years experience facilitating support groups, integration circles, retreats, and teaching workshops for folks navigating themes of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, and reclamation through the Reclamation Collective, Kayla aspires to curate expanded offerings for survivors on their healing trajectories that prioritize personal autonomy and pursue radical authenticity.