Sacred Wounds, Second Edition: Finding Your Path to Heang from Spiritual Trauma by Teresa Mateus

Are you feeling lost, hurt, or confused because of religious or spiritual trauma? Have you experienced spiritual abuse, systemic oppression, or the pain of having your beliefs turned against you? Are you a leader, therapist, or loved one looking to support someone through spiritual trauma?

Sacred Wounds, 2nd Edition, is your roadmap to healing. Teresa Mateus, a sensitive therapist and survivor, offers a compassionate and insightful guide to understanding and recovering from religious trauma.

What's New in This Edition?

This updated and expanded edition addresses the evolving landscape of religious trauma in today's world:

• Christian Nationalism and Religious-Political Extremism: Learn about the dangerous synchronism of political and religious zealotry and its impact on individuals and communities.
• Broader Perspectives: Gain insights from a multitude of spiritual and religious traditions, not just Christianity.
• Support for Allies: Discover a new section dedicated to providing support and allyship to survivors of spiritual trauma.
• Updated Content: Benefit from the author's evolved perspectives and embrace of practices and insights from Andean and Paqo traditions, Buddhism, Yoga, mystical Judaism and Islam, Curanderismo, and more.
• Protected Space: Discover an ethic around creating protected space for those who have been harmed to show up and feel represented, heard and seen—and a process to address when harm might still happen.

What Will You Learn?

• Identify the origins and roots of spiritual abuse and harm.
  Recognize the systemic, cultural, and psychological phenomena of spiritual abuse and trauma.
• Understand the symptoms of traumatic stress and PTSD in a religious or spiritual context.
• Apply the twelve-step recovery tradition to articulate a positive path forward for transformation.
• Discover hands-on applications and healing modalities to rebuild your life, heart, and soul.
• Find your own path to healing from this deeply devastating trauma.

• Paperback
• 224 Pages