Dr. Thema Bryant: Can Religious Trauma be Healed?

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Thema Bryant (therapist, minister, and spoken word artist) and Rainn Wilson give their unique perspective on the duality of faith as both a lifeline and a source of deep trauma for different people. With her background as the former president of the American Psychological Association and her deep involvement in the arts, she explores how her diverse roles enhance her work in mental health and healing. The podcast uncovers Dr. Bryant’s journey to integrating her various talents but also addresses broader issues such as the impact of spirituality on psychological growth and the therapeutic potential of justice and acknowledgment in societal contexts. Thank you to our sponsors! Waking Up app (1st month free!): https://wakingup.com/soulboom Fetzer Institute: https://fetzer.org/

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0:00.0	For some people, religion and spirituality has been their lifeline, their resource.
0:04.8	It's the reason why they have survived.
0:07.1	And then for other people, it has been the source of their greatest trauma.
0:10.6	And both things are true.
0:11.8	Wow.
0:12.3	Right?
0:12.8	And usually, depending on your life experience, it's hard to acknowledge the other.
0:17.9	So people who like love their faith and love their church are like,
0:21.2	how dare people talk about it? And then those who have been harmed in those spaces are like,
0:26.1	how could anything good come from it? It's all shame and blame and, and like all of it is true.
0:35.4	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience.
0:39.7	I want to have conversations about a spiritual revolution.
0:43.5	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life, meaning,
0:48.2	and idiocy.
0:50.5	Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.
1:02.0	Dr. Bryant, Dima, I'm so thrilled to have you on the show.
1:04.1	Oh, thank you for inviting me.
1:05.6	I'm excited for the conversation. Me too, me too.
1:07.0	And first and foremost, the main reason I'm excited for this conversation is as I got to know you and your work in researching this conversation,
1:19.6	understanding what this means that you are a therapist.
1:25.8	You were the president of the American Psychologicalists Association.
1:29.8	Psychological. Yeah. Something. You're a therapist and you're a minister and you're an artist,
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