When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion with Dr. Laura E. Anderson

Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan

Dr. Steven Hassan

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Laura E. Anderson, PhD, was raised in a Christian family and experienced first hand what religious trauma is all about. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with a Ph.D. in Mind Body Medicine from Saybrook University. She specializes in complex trauma, with a particular focus on domestic violence, sexualized violence, and religious trauma. Her new book is When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion. She founded and directs the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery. She supports religious belief and involvement and wants people to be healthy. In this moment of religious extremism, her voice is a valued perspective. Learn more about Steven Hassan and Freedom of Mind Resource Center. Visit freedomofmind.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr. Stephen Hassan with another episode of the Influence Continuum.
0:10.0	And today's guest is Dr. Laura Anderson, who's written a very important book, I think, for a lot of my listeners.
0:20.0	It's called When Religion Hurts You.
0:24.7	Here is the book for the people who see the video,
0:28.7	Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High Control Religion.
0:34.7	And Dr. Anderson will get into your story and how you got interested in this topic,
0:41.6	but you are the founder and director of the Center for Trauma Resolution and Recovery, an online
0:49.0	coaching company. You're based in Tennessee.
1:13.1	And you're very, for me, have a different angle that I think is very important, which is counter to one of my other guests previously Darren Slade, who went to Liberty for his doctorate,
1:17.5	but is an avowed atheist and deconstructs all of Christianity.
1:26.3	For you, you mirror more my sensibilities and mentalities that they're healthy religions and unhealthy ones,
1:28.1	and the healthy ones are based on informed consent
1:32.1	and love and conscience and critical thinking
1:36.6	and encouraging people to think for themselves.
1:40.5	So let me just add that, you know, your book is a valuable addition to the literature,
1:50.2	because a lot of people have been raised, and we'll get into your story in a second,
1:57.7	in a very strong religious Christian, in particular in the United States, upbringing,
2:04.5	and have not had a positive experience with religion.
2:09.3	Is that safe to say?
2:12.1	I think so, yeah.
2:13.4	If online platforms tell us anything, I think that's safe to say.
2:17.2	Great. And so for this podcast, would you prefer that I call you Dr. Anderson or Laura? Okay, because I'm...
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