Spiritual Bypassing in Trauma Healing
4 min readOct 13, 2023
I’ve seen the term “spiritual bypassing” tossed around a lot lately. Although the term was first coined by psychotherapist John Welwood in the early 1980s, it’s gained public awareness due to a combination of the growing spirituality movement, and also social media quotes and memes.
It’s definitely something I’ve experienced and anyone healing from trauma needs to be aware of it.