Room to Ask the Questions
Faith can be a home. It can also become a house you no longer recognize.
Maybe the beliefs that once held you up now feel heavy. Maybe you're asking questions you were taught not to ask. Maybe you've already walked away, and you're not sure what to do with what's left.
Wherever you are in that process, you don't have to sort it out alone.
What it can feel like
Doubt that won't go away, and guilt for having it.
Grief over a community, a certainty, or a version of yourself.
Anger at what you were taught, or at how you were treated.
Fear of what family or friends will think.
Loneliness, even in a room full of people who used to feel like yours.
A quiet hope that some of it might still be worth keeping.
Deconstruction and reconstruction
Deconstruction is the taking apart. Pulling beliefs off the shelf, one by one, and looking at them honestly.
Reconstruction is what comes after. For some, that's a renewed faith. For others, a different one. For others, no faith at all.
I don't have a destination in mind for you. My job is to help you find your own.
How I work
I hold a Master of Divinity, and I've done my own deconstructing. I know the language, the theology, and the ache. You won't have to explain what a youth group lock-in was, or why leaving feels like losing a family.
In our sessions we might:
Name what you actually believe now, separate from what you were told.
Work through religious hurt or spiritual trauma.
Untangle shame and fear that got attached to faith.
Navigate conversations with family, a spouse, or a church.
Explore what meaning, ethics, and spirituality look like for you going forward.
You can ask anything here. You won't be held to an answer.
If any of this sounds familiar, I'd be glad to talk. Consultation calls are free.