Forest Benedict LMFT

Forest Benedict is a writer & LMFT providing therapy online in California. He uses IFS to treat religious trauma, sexual shame, and C-PTSD

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If you are interested in learning about religious trauma signs, benefits of healing, and how to heal, I invite you to check out my new Healing Religious Trauma article on my website

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#religioustrauma #adversereligiousexperiences #ifstherapy #exvangelical

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Excerpt from my interview The Power of IFS. Watch or listen to my @moralcombatpodcast interview about IFS and healing religious trauma. See link in bio.
#ifstherapy #ifs #religioustrauma #exvangelical
#religionshouldnthurt #bible

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Excerpt from my interview The Power of IFS. Watch or listen to my @moralcombatpodcast interview about IFS and healing trauma.https://t.co/wcsy7v13kg
#ifstherapy #ifs #freedom #power #healing #carljung #fate #choice #cptsd #religioustrauma #trauma

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Healing religious trauma using IFS https://t.co/Ekk8gRSxpF

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#Eclipse2024 #eclipse #religioustrauma #godbye #goodbye #safetravles #humor #exvangelical #EclipseSolar2024

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#Eclipse2024 #goodbye #humor #religioustrauma #EclipseSolar2024 #exvangelical https://t.co/plJDfKeZ10

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Writing Life After Lust was an incredibly brave thing to do. Unpublishing it was even braver. And while the choice to unpublish my book that so many people loved (especially me) came with many tears, I knew deep down that I needed to do it and I did.

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My interview with @wellnesswithjer on his Your Therapist Needs Therapy podcast is now available! It is entitled Internal Family Systems with Forest Benedict but covers many topics like religious trauma and purity culture.
https://t.co/RANXiKUT0g

#religioustruma #sexualshame

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If you are an adult in California who has left religion, I invite you to attend my Life After Religion Therapy Group. The group begins June 15 and is available online throughout California.
https://t.co/nkyocrFKBA

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If you resonate with this experience, I invite you to read my latest blog post about religious sexual shame and a new online support group I am co-leading to help men impacted by toxic purity culture.
https://t.co/eqMSTNVVnE
#sexualshame #purityculture #religioustrauma

[Janice Selbie (Wise Counsellor) @Wise_counsellor]

When we leave religion while our loved ones remain entrenched, a battle between authenticity and approval often rages inside of us, with one or the other eventually winning out. We long to be known as we truly are but hesitate to risk losing their acceptance. #religioustrauma

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I invite you to read my latest blog post about religious sexual shame and a new online support group I am co-leading to help those impacted by toxic purity culture.
https://t.co/UOiEgozKVj...
#sexualshame #sexuality #deconversion #exvangelical #religioustrauma #sexpositivity

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Join Jeremy Schumacher LMFT and I for a six week online coaching course on recovering from purity culture. Reach out to either of us to secure your spot!
For more information on your co-leaders check out our websites https://t.co/wmzJkU6LMD https://t.co/OZ6qMphdRd
#purityculture

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It requires incredible courage to leave the felt safety of our familiar religion for the unknown path outside of it. When we finally make the break away, it is a new beginning. It is the start of a challenging but worthwhile healing process.
#religioustrauma #deconversion

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We are more powerful, creative, resourceful, determined, and badass than we give ourselves credit for. May we learn to believe in OURSELVES more and watch what we can do.
#selflove #selfconnection #selfempowerment #betterthanthebible #deconversion #deconstruction

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💔 This powerful quote breaks my heart. Bodies are beautiful, intuitive, wise, caring, protective, energetic, and amazing. Our body and its desires are wonderful and worth celebrating. Did religion teach you otherwise?
@jamieleefinch
#religioustrauma #sexualshame #bodyshame

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#parenting #children #indoctrination #religioustrauma #deconversion #deconstruction #fundamentalism #exfundie #religiousnomore #exvangelical #authoritarian #attachment

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#parenting #children #indoctrination #religioustrauma #deconversion #deconstruction #fundamentalism #exfundie #religiousnomore #exvangelical #authoritarian #attachment

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