Meet Tabitha Westbrook, LMFT-S, LCMHC-QS, LPC-S, CSAT

International Speaker | Trauma & Abuse Expert | Faith and Healing Advocate

Tabitha Westbrook is a nationally recognized expert in trauma, domestic abuse, and coercive control. As a licensed trauma therapist, clinical supervisor, and founder of The Journey and The Process, she brings a unique blend of clinical excellence, deep compassion, and authentic faith integration to every stage and training she steps onto.

For over a decade, Tabitha has helped individuals, churches, and professionals understand how trauma and coercive control impact the mind, body, relationships, and faith. Her speaking style is warm, relatable, and grounded in both research and real-world experience.

Whether she’s speaking to a room of therapists, pastors, or survivors, her message is always clear: healing is possible, and it starts with understanding.

Speaking Topics

For Therapists & Mental Health Professionals

• Coercive Control & Complex Trauma in Clinical Practice
  How to recognize and treat clients impacted by long-term relational and systemic abuse.

• Integrating Faith with Trauma Therapy (Ethically and Compassionately)
  Working effectively with Christian clients without imposing theology.

• Redeeming Play: Trauma Healing Through Creativity & Play
  Using experiential and play-based approaches to promote nervous system healing in adults.

• Whole-Person Trauma Care: Mind, Body, and Spirit
  Understanding how evidence-based, somatic, and spiritual care combine for deep healing.

For Faith Leaders and Churches

• When “Submission” Becomes Abuse: Recognizing Coercive Control in the Church
  Equipping pastors and ministry leaders to identify spiritual abuse and respond safely.

• Trauma-Informed Ministry: Creating Safe Churches for Survivors
  Practical frameworks to make faith communities places of refuge, not retraumatization.

• Faith After Abuse: Helping Survivors Reconnect with God and Themselves
  Supporting believers who are deconstructing, grieving, or rebuilding their faith after trauma.

For General Audiences

• Healing from Hidden Abuse
  Understanding emotional, psychological, and spiritual manipulation — and finding your way out.

• The Power of Safety: Why Healing Can’t Happen Without It
  How nervous system regulation and safe relationships transform the healing journey.

• Redeeming Play: Trauma Healing Through Creativity & Play
  Experiential, play-based sessions to help survivors of trauma experience nervous system healing through play.

Body & Soul, Healed & Whole

• Learning to reconnect with your body and spirit after sexual trauma.