Safeguard Your Soul Self-Paced Course

Spiritual Abuse, Its Effects and Finding Freedom

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Have you heard of sexual, domestic, psychological, or narcissistic abuse? What about spiritual abuse?

Spiritual abuse is justifying any form of abuse with God and Scripture. It can surface in families, schools, Christian communities, and relationships with religious leaders. In these situations, God and Scripture are weaponized to coerce and manipulate, overriding a person’s conscience. And when God is experienced as abusive, where can someone flee from God?

This type of abuse is profoundly traumatizing and damaging, which is why we must step up and create safe environments within our religious spaces.

This educational course on spiritual abuse equips you with practical tools and a clear roadmap to safeguard your soul—and those of others—so you can reclaim true freedom.

Join me for a 6-session educational course:

  • Recognize spiritual abuse and how it impacts personal well-being
  • Identify red flags and warning signs in religious environments
  • Explore constructive ways to navigate the narcissistic abuse crisis
  • Discover a spiritual path forward for coping with a spiritual crisis
  • Learn about sources of hope, healing, and consolation

Course Plan:

Week 1: Naming Spiritual Abuse

  • Discover clear language to break the silence around spiritual abuse
  • Define spiritual abuse in both religious contexts and interpersonal relationships
  • Explore the dynamics of power, authority, and manipulation within spiritual and relational frameworks

Week 2: Discerning Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

  • Identify key signs of healthy and unhealthy relationships
  • Learn to recognize red flags that indicate spiritual abuse
  • Understand the foundational principles of discernment
  • Distinguish between true obedience and coerced submission

Week 3: Imago Dei: Dignity & Freedom

  • Learn about the dignity of human life on the basis of JPII’s “Theology of the Body”
  • Review Catholic principles of formation and autonomy
  • Understand how abuse violates human dignity, freedom and conscience

Week 4: Trauma-Aware & Christ-Centered Care

  • Name the trauma caused by spiritual abuse
  • Explore how the Church can and should offer trauma-informed care
  • Respond to wounds with wisdom, compassion, and Christ-centered care

Week 5: Breaking Free into the Light

  • Review the roadmap leading out of toxic spiritual environments
  • Affirm the right to leave or disengage from abuse
  • Discern healthy spiritual leadership

Week 6: Behold, I Make All Things New

  • Explore ways to reclaim your sense of self & the true image of God
  • Seek an accurate understanding of co-redemptive suffering
  • Envision a healthy spiritual future for the Church

This educational course is an invitation — to see what has been hidden, to listen to those who have been silenced, and to move with hope toward healing, justice, and renewal in the Body of Christ.

Choose the Plan that Works for You!

$450

3 Monthly Payments of $150

Course Presenter

Bernhard Streisselberger Mag.pth., MTh.

threshmountains.com
threshmountains@pm.me