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About Empathy Paradigm
Empathy Paradigm is an organization aimed at providing education and recovery resources for survivors of religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and high-control groups. Owner, therapist, and trainer, Anna Clark Miller, is a religious trauma survivor who understands the need for non-coercive support in the wake of adverse religious experiences.
The Empathy Paradigm website offers numerous practical resources, including a Religious Trauma Therapist Directory, a huge list of recommended books, media, and supportive organizations, multiple self-assessments designed to help survivors understand their experiences, and more.
In addition to resources for survivors, Empathy Paradigm offers continuing education and one-on-one consultations for mental health professionals who work with religious trauma. Anna Clark Miller also hosts the Martyr, She Wrote podcast and recently published For God's Sake: Recovering From Religious Trauma.
Empathy Paradigm is committed to protecting the dignity and autonomy of all individuals by respecting their right to choose their own beliefs and lifestyle without judgement or coercion.
We wholeheartedly affirm and celebrate people with LGBTQ+ identities, neurodivergence, disabilities, and diverse racial and cultural backgrounds.
As the owner, Anna Clark Miller takes a religiously neutral approach to training and counseling. She has first-hand experience with the harm that can occur when a counselor imposes their personal religious views on a client. Empathy Paradigm's goal is not to villainize or defend any religious preference.
Instead, our work focuses on identifying the beliefs, practices, and systems that were disempowering so we can promote autonomy and healing in the aftermath of those experiences. Regardless of a person's views on spirituality or religion, we believe they can pursue healing, address abusive dynamics, and be part of breaking the cycle of harm.
For God's Sake
Recovering from Religious Trauma
If you've had harmful experiences in a religious setting, my new book offers language to help you understand what you've experienced, process your hurt and anger, and start healing on your own terms. Learn how to turn your self-judgement into curiosity, your shame into self-compassion, and gain insight into how religious trauma has impacted you.
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