Making sense of one鈥檚 (hi)story: A qualitative study of the potential influence of parental religious trauma on second-generation therapists
Please see the poster here.
I鈥檓 Sophia-Marie, a 3rd year doctoral student at the Metanoia Institute. I am interested in exploring the potential influence of parental religious trauma on second-generation therapists.
Have your parents experienced religious trauma?
Religious trauma is 鈥渢he physical, emotional or psychological response to religious beliefs, practices, and structures [鈥 [it] is the way your nervous system responds to the thing that happens to you in a religious context.鈥� (Anderson, 2022)
You might have your own understanding of what constitutes religious trauma 鈥� I am interested to hear what this means for you.
Did the religious trauma happen within an Abrahamic religion
(Islam, Judaism, Christianity)?
Are you a qualified Counselling Psychologist or Psychotherapist?
If this resonates, I would love to hear from you!
What would participation involve?
Attending two recorded interviews to explore the potential influence (if any) of your parent鈥檚 religious trauma on your own mental health, clinical work, religious evolution and personal values and beliefs. All responses are anonymised.
What are the next steps?
If you would like further information or would like to participate, please contact me: 06178@metanoia.ac.uk (Sophia-Marie Korpiun, Trainee Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist)
Thank you in advance for your time!
This project is supervised by Dr Gill Harvey
This research has been approved by the Metanoia Research Ethics Committee