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Mormon Mental Health Podcast Mormon Mental Health Podcast is an online mental health resource serving the Mormon community through hosting mental health podcasts produced specifically for a Mormon audience. Mormon Mental Health Podcast was created in response to an increasing demand for an easy way to inform and connect Mormons seeking mental health information that addresses Mormon culture, Mormon beliefs, Read more...

Experiencing a Mormon faith crisis can be highly disruptive to individual, familial, and social well-being. Unfortunately, many individuals, marriages, and families can be negatively impacted by this process. In addition, many progressive and post-Mormons struggle to rebuild a life of joy, meaning, purpose, fulfillment, and community after a faith crisis. They feel stuck. Overwhelmed. Paralyzed. Or even, permanently scarred. The Read more...

Religious Trauma Syndrome by Marlene Winell Religious Trauma Syndrome is the condition experienced by people who are struggling with leaving an authoritarian, dogmatic religion and coping with the damage of indoctrination. They may be going through the shattering of a personally meaningful faith and/or breaking away from a controlling community and lifestyle.  RTS is a function of both the chronic Read more...

Natasha Helfer is well-known in the post and nuanced-Mormon world. A frequent podcast host and guest, she and her cadre of therapist and coaches have experience with the full spectrum of faith. …they ‘get’ you.   Symmetry Solutions is an on-line practice with two subsidiaries: a branch that offers Wellness Coaching, Consultation and Educational services – SYMMETRY WELLNESS and a branch that offers Mental Read more...

Many members moving away from Mormonism report feelings that are quite in line with the stages of grief. This article clearly explains these stages.   Sometimes, active members view someone experiencing these stages as a having a ‘loss of the Spirit.’ When, in fact, it’s a very normal reaction to grief and loss.   Mourning is an intimate and unique Read more...