Religious Deconstruction Resources 

Podcasts on Deconstruction and Religious Deidentification

• Theology on Tap: "The Psychology of Reconstructing Faith after Spiritual Trauma" with Dr. Preston Hill

• Theology on Tap: "Growing Ourselves Up" with Dr. Hillary McBride 

• So You’re Deconstructing (website topics page): Points to many other resources

• You Have Permission

• Bible For Normal People Podcast: Faith and Doubt: No, You're Not the Only One 

• Nomad Podcast: Nadia Bolz Weber - How Not to be a Boring Christian 

• Closer to Truth Alternative Concepts of God? (part 2) playlist 

Books on Deconstruction and Religious Deidentification

• Daryl Van Tongeren (Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion)

• Thomas Jay Oord (God After Deconstruction): 

• Brian McLaren (Faith After Doubt): 

• Richard Rohr (Falling Upward)

• Brian Zahnd (When Everything’s On Fire)

• Sarah Bessey (Out of Sorts)

• Rachel Held Evans (Searching for Sunday)

• Barbara Brown Taylor (Learning to Walk in the Dark)

• Peter Enns (The Sin of Certainty)

Resources on Trauma, Spirituality, & Mental Health

• Hillary McBride (psychologist)

• The Flourishing Collective (online mental health services)

• Reconstruct Collective (process groups for deconstruction)

• Sandage, relational spirituality (Website coming soon)
  

Books on Trauma, Spirituality, & Mental Health

• Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score)

• Laura Anderson (When Religion Hurts You)
  

Mental Health Related Resources

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Call 988 to speak with a counselor. Available 24/7. Also visit https://988lifeline.org/

• Crisis Text Line. Text 741741 with the word “home” to text with a trained specialist. Available 24/7.

• Psychology Today. Type in your zip code and then click “chronic illness” under issues to find therapists that specialize in working with chronic illnesses. www.psychologytoday.com.

• Open Path Psychotherapy Collective is a nonprofit nationwide network of mental health professionals dedicated to providing in-office and online mental health care—at a steeply reduced rate—to clients in need. https://openpathcollective.org

• MentalHealth.gov. https://www.mentalhealth.gov/

• Mental Health America. https://mhanational.org/

• The Jed Foundation. https://jedfoundation.org/resource/how-to-cope-with-psychological-trauma/

• Veterans Crisis Line. https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/ National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). https://nami.org 1-800-950-6264

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). https://www.samhsa.gov. 1-800-662-4357