Recommended Resources
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Religious Trauma
https://www.journeyfree.org/rts/
https://www.hrc.org/resources/religion-faith
https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
Queer Affirming Religious Groups
https://pflag.org/resource/faith-in-our-families/
https://www.believeoutloud.com/
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Leaving the Fold - Marlene Winell, Ph.D
When Religion Hurst You - Dr. Laura Anderson, Ph.D
No Bad Parts - Richard C. Shwartz Ph.D
Healing Trauma - Peter A. Levine, Ph.D
Radical Compassion - Tara Brach, Ph.D
Recovering Sanity - Edward M. Podvoll, M.D.
The Courage to be Present - Karen Kissel Wegela
The Power Worshipers - Katherine Stewart
Radical Dharma - angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens , et al.
The Wakeful Body - Willa Blythe Baker
The Myth of Normal - Gabor Maté, M.D.
In the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts - Gabor Maté, M.D.
When the Body Says No -
Gabor Maté, M.D.
You Are Your Own - JamieLee Finch
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
Trauma and Recovery - Judith L. Herman, M.D.
Truth and Repair - Judith L. Herman, M.D.
It Didn’t Start With You - Mark Wolynn
Neuroqueer Heresies - Nick Walker
Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters - Robert Augustus Masters
Terror, Love, and Brainwashing - Alexandra Stein
Attachment in Religion and Spirituality - Pehr Granqvist
Sin Bravely: A Memoir of Spiritual Disobedience - Maggie Rowe
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism: A Study of 'Brainwashing' in China - Robert Jay Lifton
Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience -Krispin Mayfield
Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity - Dianna Anderson
How to Be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality - David Richo
When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community from Emotional and Spiritual Abuse - Chuck Degroat
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free - Linda Kay Klein
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation - Janina Fisher
Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development and the Quest for Meaning - James W. Fowler
When Prophecy Fails - Leon Festinger
Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents - Lindsay C. Gibson
This Life: Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom - Martin Hägglund
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Gay & Sober - COLORADO (gayandsober.org) Statewide recovery meetings LGBTIQ+
Gay & Sober MEETINGS (gayandsober.org) Worldwide recovery meetings LGBTIQ+
LGBTQ Friendly Support Groups Search by area, use type dropdown to search LGBTIQ meetings
Transgender Narcotics Anonymous Meetings (transuana.org) Worldwide Trans NA meetings
LGBTQ+ Community - SMART Recovery SMART secular recovery meetings
LGBTQ Meetings scroll down to the Focus Meetings Breakout dropdown menu to find LGBTQ focus
Recovery Dharma Recovery Dharma meeting list
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LGBT National Hotline 888.843.4564 Hotlines for anyone, youth, older folks, coming out resources, online chat available…
We’re here for you Now | The Trevor Project (for LGBTQ+ teens and young adults) 866.488.7386 or text 678678
Trans Lifeline – Peer support services, hotline and resources for Transgender People 877.565.8860 run and staffed by trans people, entirely divested from police