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I have grown up around various flavors of religion as my Father was Jewish and my mother Mormon. In my early 20’s I spent 6 years living as a monastic and have lived in both Christian and Buddhist monasteries. In the early 90’s went to seminary to be a priest and lived within several closed […]

I am a psychotherapist, educator and teacher working for people who seek inner peace, resolution of historic internal conflicts and a grounded, meaningful experience of life. My original training is psychodynamic with a deep understanding of Jungian depth psychology. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and over the last 40 years I have […]

Anne Tillery is a trauma counselor, mindfulness teacher, and program development expert with experience in trauma recovery and sexual abuse counseling. She is a dedicated practitioner of Samatha-Vipassana meditation, incorporating these practices into her therapeutic work to help individuals achieve emotional healing, balance, and self-awareness. Anne has also taught mindfulness and meditation to clients and […]

I’m a home school mom to 2 incredible humans that inspire me daily to do my personal healing work. I was born & raised in Ontario, Canada but came to the USA at 18 and I’m still here, currently residing in the beautiful northeast Tennessee. When I was about 5 years old, we became a […]

About me I grew up in rural Australia in a family affected by trauma and abuse. Like many survivors, I internalised blame and spent years chasing love and approval that felt just out of reach. In my twenties, I became part of a high-control spiritual community led by my father, who blended New Age, Christian, […]

I help adults find and trust their bodies and inner selves. My journey to becoming a therapist specializing in religious trauma began in a place of deep orthodoxy. Raised in a high-demand religion, I dedicated 20 years of my life to serving as a full-time religious educator as a seminary teacher for the LDS church. […]

My path into counseling began long before graduate school. For many years, I volunteered in meditation communities and trauma-healing spaces, supporting individuals who were wrestling with spiritual pain, emotional wounds, and the lingering effects of high-control environments. During this time, I was also navigating my own journey of self-healing. The combination of lived experience, service, […]

I grew up in a home with a predictably unpredictable alcoholic parent that provided a steady diet of hostility and high expectations.  As addiction ran through the family, I sought refuge and a surrogate family in my friends.  A couple of my friends happened to be Religious people.  We were all growing up in the […]