As more Mormons experience faith transitions and faith awakenings, many couples find themselves grieving their mixed-faith marriages. In this session, we will explore both personal and professional insights into honoring both the challenging and beautiful aspects of differing beliefs in a marriage. We will highlight the gifts associated with individualization and fostering mutual respect for …
Speaker: LISA BUTTERWORTH
The Sexual “What If” Syndrome: Grieving our Sexual Development
Many people who transition from orthodox Mormonism to either post or nuanced positions often revisit their sexual development journey as a youth and young adult. They often feel like many decisions were co-opted by the standards of the Church and are dealing with grief, anger, feelings of betrayal and the “what if?” syndrome. These “what …
It’s Not Hopeless! Navigating Mixed Faith Marriage
As more Mormons experience faith transitions and faith awakenings many couples find themselves unexpectedly in mixed-faith marriages. This session presents both personal and professional insights into honoring both the challenges and benefits of differing beliefs in a marriage. We will highlight the gifts associated with individualization and fostering mutual respect for each person’s spiritual journey. …
The Mormon Mind-game: Common Mormon Thinking Errors
Every culture, organization, religion, and person experiences thinking errors, which are commonly called cognitive distortions. Cognitive distortion can cause individuals to perceive reality inaccurately, producing, and reinforcing negative thoughts and emotions. This session will build off of the popular session “Mormon Thinking Errors” which addressed typical ways myth and overgeneralizations present themselves in our LDS …
Fostering and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries within a Mormon Construct
Boundaries are the simple declaration of what you are comfortable with and what you are not comfortable with. Yet, fostering and maintaining healthy boundaries can be anything but simple, especially within a religious construct. This session brings together a panel of mental health professionals and wellness coaches from Symmetry Solutions, LLC to provide suggestions on …
Roundtable Discussion: Supporting Victims of Sexual Abuse
With all the #metoo situations being brought to light both within the Mormon faith community and the community at large, mental health providers from Symmetry Solutions will present some bullet-point strategies and then open the session for discussion in order to support victims/survivors of sexual trauma as well as family and friends who want to …
Feminist Mormon Housewives: Woven & Tangled Threads from 2004 to Now
In August of 2014, the Feminist Mormon Housewives blog celebrated its ten-year anniversary. The period between 2004 to 2014 saw enormous growth in the Mormon feminist community that gathered steam, made its presence known, developed its voice, and met with punishment. Sara KS Hanks and Nancy Ross (co-editors of Sara KS Hanks, Nancy Ross, Kalani …
Fostering and Maintaining Healthy Boundaries within a Mormon Construct
This session brings together a panel of mental health professionals and wellness coaches from Symmetry Solutions, LLC to provide suggestions on creating healthy boundaries in a religious context. We’ll discuss common challenges many of us face as we interact with a predominantly patriarchal and authoritative religious structure: from simple things such as whether one feels …
Understanding Sexual Abuse In Mormonism
This session will include three presentations on sexual abuse. Debra will examine how the topic is discussed in official LDS Church contexts. Lisa will talk about a new project that will connect survivors of abuse to resources and a new guide that will help survivors’ loved ones support those who have been abused. Nancy will …
Finding The God That Calls To You Faith Transitions And Healing
This workshop will feature a sermon followed by a group discussion session aimed at tackling the contours of the faith journey, its inevitable transitions, and the dynamics of healing. Lisa Butterworth, Fatimah S. Salleh