Jena Montenegro        

Jena is the founder of the group practice Religious Trauma Recovery Center and  has been studying and treating religious trauma for the past 7 years. She grew up as a Christian Nationalist and has 33 years of lived experience that informs her practice, podcast, and trainings. Jena achieved her BS in marketing and a MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lubbock Christian University. She also has certifications as Attachment Based Family Therapist level 2, Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician (NATC), and is EMDR trained.     

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RELIGIOUS TRAUMA RECOVERY TRAINING        

Description:

In this 90-minute workshop, Jena Montenegro, LMFT, will discuss her own journey of religious trauma, as well as how religion can cause trauma through exploring the mechanisms that make up a rigid belief system, a brief history of religion, the beliefs and tenants that comprise this religion, and how to treat this type of trauma clinically. You will have a deeper understanding of power dynamics, attachment, and coercive control - which is the blueprint for domestic violence, human trafficking, and cults. You'll also gain an understanding of how to help your clients navigate these situations with the most effective modalities and strategies specifically for religious trauma. 

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Identify different types of power dynamics and gain knowledge of coercive control.  
• Identify 8 ways religious trauma shows up clinically and how to screen for it.   
• Have a basic understanding of religious trauma history and inner workings of cults as a system.
• Explain the impact of being brought up in a rigid belief system on development both as a child and someone who reexperiences Erikson's stages of development as an adult.