ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS | LOUISVILLE, KY, IN & SC
Therapy for the stories that have shaped you—and the ones you want to write next.
When a high-demand religious environment shapes your sense of self, you may learn to protect yourself by silencing your instincts, pushing past your limits, and organizing your identity around what the system required. Healing begins with reclaiming your voice and your story.
I work with adults navigating religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and church hurt. Together, we will untangle who you were told to be from who you are becoming—and work toward creating a story that is grounded, present, peaceful, and rooted in your own values.
RELIGIOUS TRAUMA · SPIRITUAL ABUSE · CHURCH HURT · SPIRITUAL IDENTITY · PURITY CULTURE · HIGH-DEMAND ORGANIZATIONS · MORAL INJURY
FOCUS AREAS
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Religious Trauma
Space to ask hard questions, grieve losses, process trauma, and find your way forward after high-demand religious experiences.
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Trauma Work
A look at the frameworks and approaches that will guide our work together—and what you can expect from the process.
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Professional Resilience
For helping professionals and organizations navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and the joys and costs of caring for others.
ABOUT
Welcome, I’m Britt Riddle!
(she/her)
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
D.MIN., M.DIV., LMFT
My work as a therapist is built on the belief that stress can be transformed into meaningful change. I primarily work with people navigating religious trauma and church hurt—those who are asking hard questions and who want to make peace with the past, find safety in the present, and rewrite what's possible for their future. I also support individuals facing compassion fatigue and burnout who are ready to reclaim their energy and sense of purpose. Together, we work at the level of your nervous system to help you feel grounded, clear, and empowered to live in alignment with your values.
Clients describe work with me as supportive, attentive, intentional, creative, grounding, mindful, and collaborative.
HOW I WORK
I work from a trauma-informed, queer-affirming framework—integrating approaches that help you understand your story, clarify your values, and reconnect with your body.
APPROACHES
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The stories we inherit—about who we are, what we deserve, and what is possible—shape how we show up for ourselves and others. Narrative therapy helps you examine those stories, separate them from your identity, and begin to author new ones in alignment with your current values.
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ACT is built on the idea that a meaningful life isn’t about eliminating difficult thoughts and feelings—it’s about learning to move with them rather than being controlled by them. We work to clarify what matters most to you and take steps toward living in alignment with those values, even when it’s hard.
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Trauma and stress don’t just live in your mind—they live in your body. Somatic approaches bring attention to what your nervous system is holding and reacting to, helping you recognize and work with physical sensations, patterns, and responses as part of the healing process.
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Compassionate Inquiry is a therapy approach that helps you look beneath the surface of your patterns and behaviors—with curiosity rather than judgment—to understand what they’re protecting you from and what they’re trying to tell you.
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Mindfulness is the practice of noticing what’s happening inside you—your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations—without immediately reacting to them. That pause is where a lot of healing lives. We weave mindfulness into our work as a way of building awareness, slowing down automatic responses, and creating space for more intentional choices.
MY COMMITMENTS
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Trauma shapes more than memories—it shapes how your nervous system responds to the world, how you relate to others, and how you understand yourself. In our work together, we pay attention to all of that. We move at a pace that feels safe, and we build your capacity to regulate and recover rather than just cope.
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Your whole self is welcome here, including your queer and/or evolving identities. I am committed to creating a space where you are seen, respected, and affirmed.
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Whether you identify as neurodivergent, have an ADHD or autism diagnosis, or simply experience the world differently than it seems others do—I will meet you where you are, and we will adapt how we work together to fit you.
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Many of the things that bring people to therapy—anxiety, hypervigilance, shutting down, people-pleasing—are reasonable responses to difficult circumstances, not evidence that something is wrong with you. We will explore what your responses are telling us and what your mind and body need to feel safe.
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I understand the theology, culture, unwritten rules, language, hierarchies, expectations, and costs of evangelical and other high-demand religious spaces. That foundation means we can go deeper, faster—into what your experience meant for you.
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Your experiences don’t happen in a vacuum—they’re shaped by the intersection of your identities, including race, gender, sexuality, ability, class, and culture. I work to understand how those intersections shape your experience of trauma, spirituality, and healing, and I am committed to continuing to educate myself so I can show up for the full complexity of your life.
“Don’t ask what the world needs.
Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.
Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”
—Howard Thurman
GETTING STARTED
In-person and Virtual Therapy in
Louisville, KY, Indiana, and South Carolina
For in-person sessions, my office is conveniently located at The Mindfulness Center in Lyndon (Louisville).
Virtual sessions via a secure telehealth platform throughout Kentucky, Indiana, and South Carolina.
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Click the “schedule” button and select "I'm a new client” to schedule a free intro phone call. This is a chance to ask any questions you may have and to see if my therapy approach and focus areas align with your goals.
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At the end of our phone call, if we both decide we are a good fit to work together, we will schedule your first session. If you need a bit more time to think about it, that’s okay too—I can send you a link to schedule a session at your convenience.
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If we decide to move forward, I'll send you a portal link. Please complete the intake forms at least 24 hours before your first appointment to hold your time.