084 - Rethinking Religious Trauma with Brian Peck

On this episode I speak with my friend Brian Peck about the importance of taking a trauma-informed approach to treating what he calls adverse religious experiences. Rather than merely pathologizing religion, Brian suggests that we recognize the reality of religious abuse and then focus on treating trauma using the best evidence-based practice. "Religious abuse is what happened to you," he says. "Trauma is your body's response to the abuse." This is a conversation I've been wanting to have with Brian for months. It's finally here. Please let me know what you think by writing to me at ryan@lifeaftergod.org . Brian earned a Master’s of Social Work degree from Boise State University and completed the required post-graduate supervision and training to gain clinical licensure. He is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) and serves on the steering committee for the Social Work and ACT Special Interest Group. He is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), has served on the board of directors for the Idaho Chapter (NASW Idaho) for several terms as a branch chair, and has served as the chair for NASW Idaho’s Political Action for Candidate Election (IDA PACE) committee. LINKS Room to Thrive website - Room to Thrive Facebook - Room to Thrive Instagram - Room to Thrive Twitter - Support the Life After God podcast by joining today at .

You can listen to 084 - Rethinking Religious Trauma with Brian Peck online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

084 - Rethinking Religious Trauma with Brian Peck is an episode from Life After God by Life After God.

This episode is 85:42 long.

This episode was published on Nov 18, 2019.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Life After God when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.