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The Ex-Purity Culture Poster Child
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This is Forest's Story...
More About Forest
Forest Benedict is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who provides online therapy throughout California.
He is an IFS therapist who primarily treats religious trauma, sexual shame, and CPTSD. He is also a coach. Forest's prior specialisation was sex addiction, and he was the author of the book Life After Lust: Stories & Strategies for Sex & Pornography Addiction Recovery, which he chose to unpublish 2 years ago.
Forest left Christianity 4 years ago. Prior to that Forest was a graduate of Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary where he went on to teach. He also trained Christian therapists and pastors in a faith-based sex addiction program at Mid-America Nazarene University. Forest now lives in Washington state with his wife, two boys, and their dog Peppa. He blogs, makes religious trauma memes on Instagram, and tries to have as many new experiences as possible.
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- To learn more about Forest and his practice head to his website – https://forestbenedict.com/
- To connect over on Instagram - @forestbenedictlmft
- To connect with Sam on Instagram - @anchoredcounsellingservices
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