Supporting Faith Transitions

About this Podcast:

Natasha is joined by two of her colleagues on this episode of the Natasha Helfer Podcast. Amy Roy and Lindsay Ferguson, both interns at Symmetry Counseling, join to discuss supporting faith transitions.

About the Guests:

Lindsay Ferguson is a CSW intern therapist and an MSW graduate student at Louisiana State University, graduating in May 2026. She works with individuals of all ages and couples, supporting clients through life transitions, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, LGBTQ+ experiences, religious transitions, and mental health challenges, with a focus on values-based, meaningful living. https://symcounseling.com/lindsay-ferguson/

Amy Roy is a therapist-in-training and Certified Life Coach who believes deeply in personal empowerment and helping people recognize the strengths they already carry. Her work is shaped by years in higher education and her own lived experience with faith transition and recovery, which inspired her to pursue clinical training. Amy is especially passionate about supporting individuals navigating recovery, trauma, and major life transition. She is currently completing an additional Master’s degree from Adams State University to become a Clinical Mental Health Clinician.    https://symcounseling.com/amy-roy/

Podcast Notes/Resources:

• When Mormons Doubt by Jon Ogden: https://amzn.to/4qw9Zxc

• Parenting Beyond Belief: On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids without Religion" by Dale McGowan: https://amzn.to/4k679N7

• Mormon Mental Health Association: https://mormonmentalhealthassoc.org/

• Uplift Kids: https://upliftkids.org/

• Parenting after a Mormon Faith Crisis: https://www.mormonfaithcrisis.com/parenting-after-a-mormon-faith-crisis-an-overview/
  

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Intro ("Fisher's Hornpipe") and outro music by Otter Creek.

Podcast edited by: Ashley Pacini