One-on-One Sessions

Sessions

Deanna offers a free fifteen-minute consultation phone call to get to know each other and see if the relationship is a good fit. Counselling sessions typically last one hour.

Booking

Peer support sessions with Deanna can be booked in person at Stardust Community Co-op at 987 King Street East, in Hamilton Ontario, or virtually.

Payment

Payment can be made by e-transfer or credit card online. Common Light Pathways currently does not take insurance.

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Heretical Happy Hour

What is Heretical Happy Hour?

Many of us were raised in religious communities and formed our identities within those belief systems and experiences. For some, this foundation offered comfort, belonging, and stability. For others—particularly when our emerging sense of self did not align with the surrounding ideology—it led to isolation, confusion, and shame. Some of us have since stepped away entirely from the faith of their upbringing. Others remain in a process of discernment, attempting to untangle what continues to nourish us from what has caused harm.

But where can we speak honestly about the good, the painful, and the complicated aspects of faith? Where can we ask difficult questions and be met with understanding rather than judgment or exclusion?

Heretical Happy Hour is a semi-monthly support group that offers that space. Bring your questions, your doubts, your grief, your insights, and your most outrageous stories. Connect with others navigating similar journeys and compare notes with those asking the same questions as you are.

Time and Location

Heretical Happy Hour is offered in person on the first Friday of every month at the YWCA Safety and Support Hub, 21 Hunter Street East, Unit 103, Hamilton ON.

We offer a virtual group on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Contact us for more information.

Workshops

De(Re)constructing Religion Workshop

Unravel inherited faith. Learn about religious trauma. Rebuild what feels true.

Religion is not inherently traumatizing; however, religious institutions, leaders and doctrines have caused harm. Join us for a deep, honest, and healing workshop where we explore the journey of deconstructing rigid, conservative religious beliefs—and begin the sacred work of rebuilding authentic spirituality. This workshop is for anyone navigating the complex terrain between faith, doubt, and personal truth.

What This Workshop Offers:

Space to learn about religious trauma, adverse religious experiences and ways of healing from such things. We'll unpack themes like purity culture, spiritual bypassing, and ways religion can be traumatizing.
Personal Storytelling: Through guided reflections and small group sharing, we’ll hold space for the grief, rage, confusion, and clarity that often surface.
Somatic Awareness: Going beyond intellectual processing by dropping into how our body feels as we talk about our religious history.
Reconstruction: Begin to explore what a meaningful spiritual life could look like for you now—whether it includes God, Universe, something else, or no label at all.

Book Deanna to Speak at Your Event

Contact Common Light Pathways to book Deanna to speak to your group or organization.