At The Healing Refuge Project, we are committed to creating safe and supportive spaces for individuals navigating the aftermath of controlling or harmful religious experiences. We stand with survivors by connecting them to supportive resources whenever possible and advocating alongside them as they move forward in their unique healing journeys.
We also seek to shine a light on the reality of spiritual and clergy abuse and work collaboratively with trusted advocates to help bridge gaps in available resources. Through these efforts, we strive to foster greater safety, healing, and restoration both within and outside of faith communities.
We envision a future where every survivor is believed, supported, and able to reclaim their agency.
Believing survivors. Fostering healing. Restoring hope.
Our Purpose
We believe a survivor-centered space means placing the experiences, needs, and voices of survivors at the heart of everything we do. We recognize that every healing journey is unique, and we are committed to creating a space where individuals are heard, believed, and supported without judgment.
We value personal autonomy and believe every individual has the right to make informed decisions about their own healing journey. Rather than prescribing a single path forward, we seek to provide education, advocacy, community, and trusted resources that empower survivors to heal at their own pace and according to their own needs.
We are committed to treating every individual with dignity, compassion, and respect, regardless of their religious beliefs or background, gender, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, age, disability, socioeconomic status, or where they are in their healing journey.
What is a survivor-centered space?
Our Board Members
Jennifer
Inspired by both lived experience and years of advocacy, Jennifer founded The Healing Refuge Project to help ensure that survivors of spiritual abuse, religious trauma, and clergy sexual abuse have access to compassionate support, trusted resources, and a community where they are heard, believed, and empowered to heal. As Founder, she has the honor of working alongside THRP's board members and collaborative partners to help define the organization's vision, expand survivor-centered resources, and advance initiatives that promote healing, education, and advocacy within and outside of faith communities.
Founder/Survivor Advocate
Mollie
Driven by a passion to support survivors of abuse with compassion and hope, believing that healing often begins when people feel genuinely seen and heard.
Mollie values careful research, thoughtful dialogue, and environments where difficult questions are welcomed rather than feared. She is passionate about walking alongside fellow survivors as they reclaim their agency and dignity while learning to recognize healthy relationships and environments.
Survivor Advocate
Ricky's passion for supporting survivors of spiritual abuse grows out of his own story after spending years immersed in the charismatic movement, where he experienced both its beauty and its brokenness. Today, he shares his journey openly in the hope of helping others find healing, freedom, and the courage to ask honest questions without fear. Ricky has also helped build and facilitate peer support groups that provide safe spaces for individuals to process their experiences, find community, and heal alongside others who understand the unique impact of spiritual abuse. He considers it a privilege to walk alongside survivors with compassion, understanding, and the reminder that they are not alone.
Peer Support Group AdvocateRicky
Christina earned her Bachelor of Social Work from Asbury University and is a Master of Social Work candidate at the University of Kentucky, specializing in Trauma-Responsive Practice. Following graduation, she plans to transition into a school-based therapist role, where she hopes to continue serving children and families through trauma-informed mental health care. Over the past several years, Christina has devoted significant time to researching and advocating for survivors of clergy abuse. She is passionate about supporting survivors, promoting abuse awareness and prevention, and encouraging meaningful accountability and lasting change within faith communities.
Survivor AdvocateChristina
“Every time we treat someone with dignity rather than shame, respect rather than disregard, concern rather than exploitation, kindness rather than brutality, and careful attention rather than turning away, we are doing things that are the reverse of trauma and evil.”
-Diane Langberg