Christine has a master’s degree in Social Work and currently has a psychotherapy practice where she works with those who have experienced trauma of various types including religious and spiritual trauma and adverse religious experiences.
Christine was raised in a strict form of conservative christianity within an insular community structure and has lived experience with religious trauma. In her 20s, she deconverted from christianity and began a journey of discovery. Her own struggles encouraged her to help those who have had negative experiences in religion. As she furthered her research and understanding of the experiences of religious trauma, Christine stumbled upon Marlene’s articles on Religious Trauma Syndrome and immediately felt seen. From there Christine joined Marlene’s Helping Professionals Group and joined Journey Free to further support folks recovering from adverse religious experiences.