Getting yourself back
Religious Deconstruction & Trauma Therapy in Round Rock, TX
Services available virtually throughout Texas and Colorado.
Dismantling old beliefs produces an identity crisis unlike any other. Through religious trauma therapy, you can begin making sense of the fear, grief, and uncertainty that often accompany questioning what you've held to be true for years. By questioning and doubting what you’ve believed for so long, you might feel
like a heretic
unfaithful to God
like you’re betraying your family or faith community
all alone with your questions
Wherever you are in your deconstruction journey—questioning, actively deconstructing, or deconverted—you do not have to do it alone. Religious trauma therapy is not about telling you what or how to believe. It’s not about attacking a system. It’s about untangling years of powerful messaging, making space for your questions without shame, and reconnecting with yourself, your values, and the life you want to build moving forward.
If “believing” feels more like having to fall in line…
you live in a state of low-level (or not so low) anxiety.
you’re afraid of stepping outside the lines.
you carry the weight of responsibility for others’ eternal destination.
your best never feels like enough.
you’re terrified to disappoint God or those around you.
original thoughts feel dangerous.
saying no feels selfish.
This is about welcoming you to be your whole self, wherever you land regarding your faith.
Religious Deconstruction and Trauma Therapy in
Round Rock, TX can help!
What if instead of…
Living with anxiety and fear, you could
Enjoy the freedom to live in alignment with your values.
Saying yes and stretching yourself beyond your limits, you could
Set and enforce boundaries without fear or guilt.
Rejecting all outside thought because it’s dangerous, you could
Take a posture of curiosity about the world and life.
Dissociating from your body to stay safe, you could
Stay present, connected, and maintain your autonomy.
How Deconstruction & Religious Trauma Therapy Works
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We begin by creating a space where your story is the one that matters. You will not be questioned or judged. You can express your grief, anger, confusion, and fear.
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Together, we explore how you have been impacted by high-control environments and rigid doctrines that take away your autonomy and sense of wonder at anything “outside.”
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From there, we focus on calming and grounding, and build new narratives that are free of shame or judgment. You become more free to live in alignment with your values.
LIA BERMUDEZ, LPC
MEET YOUR ROUND ROCK, TX
DECONSTRUCTION AND RELIGIOUS TRAUMA THERAPIST
I’m Lia, a licensed professional counselor. I help adults recover from religious trauma in high-control environments, coercion, and abuse by spiritual authority.
Often, the journey of healing starts with deconstruction, or exploring and questioning deeply held fundamental beliefs. This can often invite debilitating guilt and fear, followed by anger and sadness.
If you’re deconstructing your faith, I want to hold space for you. You can safely explore what it looks like to hold boundaries, take up space for yourself, and see yourself as good.
This work is personal, and I know firsthand how hard it is to peel back the layers of belief, look fear in the face, and choose a different way of believing.
You are a whole person, and you deserve to live like it. You can find clarity, healing, confidence, and peace.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Religious trauma occurs when faith-based teachings, communities, or authority figures use fear, shame, control, or spiritual threat in ways that impact your nervous system and sense of self.
Sufferers of religious trauma often feel shame, doubt, or fear around identity and autonomy. There is a hypervigilance about avoiding sin.
This is an experience that usually felt long before it is realized and can be named.
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Not at all. Religious trauma most often stems from deeply held beliefs that are iterated within the faith community. These beliefs, and the behaviors that follow, result in suspicion toward original thought and growing doubt about one’s own autonomy.
Religious trauma is not always the product of a dramatic event or string of events, although this does occur as well.
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That is totally okay.
My role is to support you as you process your experiences, reestablish safety with yourself, and gain clarity about what you want moving forward. There is no expectation to reintegrate into a faith community or to deconvert. If, through our work, you begin to live in alignment with your values, that is a win!
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My private pay fee is $150 for individual sessions.
I am paneled with BCBS, UHC, Cigna, and Aetna. See my Fees page for further info on coming changes to in-network coverage.
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Ready to start Deconstruction and Religious
Trauma Therapy in Round Rock, TX?
Let’s Do It!
You’ve done this alone for long enough. Together, we’ll help you reconnect with yourself,
unburden yourself of fear and shame, and find safety with yourself and others.