From Religion to Healing
Formerly known as Religious Trauma, this will be a welcoming and understanding place to share an honest dialogue about our personal journey of growth and understanding through our journey to recovery from the matrix of a church or religion. This group will help us move from shame, guilt, fear, condemnation, abuse, and internalized homophobia. Through the support of this group our goal is to improve our self-love, recognize we are not alone, and learn our own healthy spirituality.
Meet the Facilitator
Kristyn Secory
Kristyn spent many years studying the Bible, working in evangelical church spaces and leading a Detroit based international Bible Study with 200-400 women and 40- 75 children.
In the last 5 years she began to discover the lack of love and empathy in this organization and the church as they handled the COVID pandemic. Especially the local, more predominant churches.
​​
From there she began a deep dive into the history of the Christian movement and, to put simply, discovered more hurt, trauma and abuse than anything Jesus exemplified in the Bible.
Her friends and family in the LGBTQ community have been most affected by this lack of love in many church spaces.
She hopes to come together in the warmth and love of the Alley center to share stories, just sit and listen, and to heal and thrive.