Share your expertise and help folks heal

Deconstruction Counseling is committed to providing thoughtful, evidence-informed, and compassionate resources for individuals navigating various mental health concerns through compassionate blog posts.

Real quick, a bit about me. My name is Morgan Piercy, and I’m a therapist who specializes in religious trauma, spiritual abuse, and deconstruction. At this time (last updated 3/23/26) I am only able to see clients in Kansas (plus those who live in the Kansas City, Missouri metro area and are within driving distance of my office near Overland Park). I provide accessible self-help and psychoeducation through my blog. You can check it out by clicking here!

Therapists, that’s where you come in! I welcome contributions from therapists, mental health professionals, and aligned voices who want to support my community through meaningful writing. This can also be a great way to get some exposure and help clients in your state(s) find you!

Who I’m Looking For

I prioritize guest contributors who are:

• Licensed therapists, counselors, psychologists, and/or social workers in private practice

• Clinicians-in-training with relevant experience and a passion for normalizing and affirming deconstruction journeys.

Content should reflect a trauma-informed, inclusive, and LGBTQ+ affirming perspective, particularly for individuals navigating religious harm, identity shifts, and deconstruction.

What I’m Looking For

I accept articles that are:

• Clinically informed but easy to understand for a general audience

• Grounded in evidence-based approaches (e.g., ACT, DBT, trauma-informed care)

• Practical, reflective, and genuinely helpful

My Readers Especially Relate To (Ideas to Get You Started)

• Religious trauma and its clinical presentation

• Scrupulosity / OCD and faith-based anxiety

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents

• Compassion Fatigue and/or Caregiver Burnout

• LGBTQ+ mental health, particularly transgender mental health concerns

• Borderline Personality Disorder

• ACT skills for deconstruction and meaning-making

• Ambiguous Grief

• Complex PTSD

• Coping with the negative impact of Christian nationalism

• Grounding techniques and self-help DBT skills

• Rebuilding identity after leaving a high-control religion

• Family of origin trauma

• Guilt, shame, and/or moral injury trauma

• ADHD, AuDHD, autism, and neurodivergent burnout

• Interfaith marriage and family relationships

• Narcissistic abuse signs & recovery

• ACT Skills for anxiety and/or depression

• Navigating relationships during deconstruction

• IFS skills for identity exploration after leaving a high-control religion

• Therapist perspectives on working with religious trauma

• Excessive reassurance-seeking from AI

• Other subtopics relevant to religious trauma, spiritual abuse, deconstruction, or mental health (if you have questions, please email me at morgan@deconstructionkc.com).

What I Don’t Accept

To protect the integrity of the space and the people I serve, I can’t publish:

• Articles that are primarily just self-promotional or advertisements. Note: I want readers to get value out reading this self-help, compassionate, relatable, and/or psychoeducational content.

• Content that promotes a specific religious ideology, proselytizing, or debate. Note: Content needs to encourage client autonomy and human rights, as well as align with the ACA Code of Ethics.

• Non-trauma-informed or stigmatizing perspectives. Note: Please use good clinical judgment and insight.

Your article should center the reader, not your practice. Although I make adequate space at the end to hyperlink your sites and encourage the reader to check out your practice if they live in a state in which you are licensed to practice, this post needs to be genuinely helpful and worth the reader’s time. The purpose of this blog is to provide high-quality & absolutely free mental health resources, self-help strategies, and psychoeducation.

I reserve the right to edit for grammar and content, and I will notify you if I make significant changes. Submission of a blog post does not constitute a guarantee of publication.

Benefits of Contributing

Writing for Deconstruction Counseling offers:

• Exposure to a niche & engaged audience.

• Professional visibility within a growing clinical specialty.

• A backlink to your website or practice.

• The opportunity to contribute to an underserved and often misunderstood population.

Deconstruction Counseling respects, treats, and empowers clients regardless of race, disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, and religion (*advanced notice required of clients who need an ADA accessible room for in-person sessions). My goal is to create a space where both clinicians and readers feel seen, supported, and respected. Religious trauma is trauma, and readers deserve a safe space on the internet to explore their mental health symptoms through an evidence-based lens rather than a purely spiritualized and shameful one (Let’s be real, there’s far too many of those out there, smh).

Submission Guidelines

Use the Google form linked here to submit your post.

• Articles should be 800–1,500 words

• Use a clear, conversational tone (avoid overly academic language)

• Include citations where appropriate (APA preferred, but not required)

• Please include a short author bio (2–3 sentences) written in first person, which must include the state(s) in which you practice, and your credentials.

• A headshot (send via email to morgan@deconstructionkc.com)

Note from Morgan

This space exists to support people doing deeply personal and often difficult work. If you choose to contribute, I ask that you write with care, humility, and respect for the complexity of mental health diagnoses and concerns. Thank you so much for supporting this vision of making mental health resources more excessive to folks online, so they can design their most values-driven life.

Morgan Piercy, LPC, NCC, ACT-PT