Trauma-Informed Care
Healing & Wholeness in Faith Communities
The Mission
Healing souls, equipping churches and transforming communities through spirit-led, evidence-based, trauma-focused care, training and culture.
Spiritually integrated | Evidence-based | Trauma focused
Why This Matters
Many churches are filled with faithful people who are silently struggling—burnt-out leaders, overwhelmed volunteers, and members carrying trauma, shame, or hidden grief. And that doesn’t even begin to cover what newcomers are carrying. The burden of grief and trauma is heavy, and no one is exempt.
Traditional discipleship and surface-level encouragement aren’t always enough. Trauma shows up in the body, in relationships, and in communities long after the event has passed.
And when someone opens up about something hard—a history of abuse, suicidal thoughts, or deep emotional pain—many leaders feel under-equipped to respond.
What do you say when someone might try to harm themself? What do you do when a person discloses that they’ve been harmed?
How do you protect the person, yourself, and the integrity of your ministry?
Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) offers a new way forward—helping faith communities become places of safety, healing, and revival.
What is Trauma-Informed Care?
Trauma isn’t just what happened. It’s the invisible wounds and survival patterns people carry, often hidden in plain sight.
Trauma-Informed Care shifts the question from:
“What’s wrong with you?” → to → “What happened to you?” → to → “What’s possible now?”
This framework equips churches, ministries, and leaders to:
✅ Recognize signs of trauma
✅ Understand its impact on the brain, body, and spirit
✅ Respond with compassion, dignity, and safety
✅ Navigate disclosures and crises ethically and confidently
✅ Create environments that restore trust and foster healing
✅ Ignite Holy Spirit-centered healing and revival that impacts the world
Free Resources to Get Started
Because I believe in Trauma-Informed Care so deeply, I want to place some impactful tools in your hands right away—practical resources you can use today to begin building safety, healing, and renewal in your faith community.
Trauma-Informed Care: An Introduction
Download these FREE introductory session slides to learn how trauma impacts the brain and body, recognize signs of trauma, and respond in ways that promote safety, healing and compassion.
Ministry Readiness Assessment
Get this FREE assessment for ministry leaders to evaluate current practices, identify areas of risk and opportunities for growth, and begin building a healing-centered, ethically sound ministry culture. Each section aligns with nationally recognized trauma-informed principles—adapted specifically for church and ministry settings
Practical Workbook for Everyday Leaders, Helpers & Healers
Get this FREE workbook for action steps, reflection questions and strategies to bring Trauma-Informed Care into your ministry and life.
Training Tracks for Every Level of Ministry
Our trauma-informed training is designed with tailored tracks so every part of your ministry—from administrators to volunteers to pastoral care teams—receives the tools they need to serve with safety, wisdom, and compassion.
✨ For Everyone (Foundational Training)
Focus: Foundational awareness & shared language of care
Experiential trainings that create a unified foundation of trauma-informed understanding across your ministry community.
Trauma-Informed Care
Understand trauma’s impact on faith and relationships; Recognize signs of stress and dysregulation; Respond with empathy and compassion
Suicide & Self-Harm Prevention
Recognize risk factors and warning signs; Respond safely and refer appropriately; Maintain hope-centered, non-anxious presence
Domestic Violence & Mandated Reporting
Understand power, control, and safety dynamics; Ministry response protocols and legal responsibilities; Support survivors while protecting confidentiality
Cultural Diversity, Bias & Blind Spots
Explore cultural humility and inclusion; Recognize historical and systemic trauma; Build bridges through empathy and awareness
🏛️ Tier 2: Administrative & Leadership Track
Focus: Systems, policies, and leadership culture
For ministry leaders and executive staff to integrate trauma-informed principles into church policies, leadership practices, and organizational culture.
Organizational Justice
Identify common breakdowns in justice within ministry systems; Discuss real-world ministry scenarios where justice principles can guide conflict resolution and accountability; Identify areas for growth in fairness, transparency, and inclusion across your ministry
Policies & Procedures Workshop
Develop or refining trauma-informed church policies; Build consistency and accountability at all levels of the organization
Values, Vision, Mission & Culture Workshop
Use the Transformation Workbook; Vision Casting: What is God calling us to do?; The Change Matrix: Sustain the Transformation
🤝 Tier 3: Helper Track (Volunteers & Pastoral Counselors)
Focus: Practical application & personal sustainability
Equip frontline ministry helpers with trauma-informed tools for effective, sustainable service.
From Principle to Practice: Trauma-Informed Ministry in Action
Interactive workbook for helpers and healers; Case studies, role-play, and reflective practice
The Occupational Hazards of Ministry
Understand compassion fatigue, burnout, and moral injury; Recognize early warning signs and protective factors; Strategies for restoration, supervision, and self-care
✝️ Tier 4: Pastoral Counseling Track
Focus: Advanced formation, counseling skills, and integration of faith and trauma care
A deeper equipping track for pastoral counselors, covering the heart and skills of trauma-informed, evidence-based, spiritually integrated care.
Orientation & Foundations
Call & commitment: purpose & scope of counseling ministry; Building trust and peer support (through active listening & teambuilding); Program expectations and ethical framework
Church Policies & Procedures
Review of trauma-informed church policy; Collaboration with leadership and crisis protocols
Counseling Theories & Models
Faith-integrated, trauma-informed frameworks
Ethics & Boundaries
Informed consent, confidentiality, and dual relationships
Assessment, Goal Setting & Treatment Planning
Special Topics: Emotional & Spiritual Integration
Bear in the Woods (Stress Response & Regulation)
Low & Alone (Depression & Faith)
ANTs & Core Beliefs (Cognitive Restructuring)
Forgiveness (Inner Healing)
Healthy Relationships (Boundaries & Repair)
Personality (Opposites DO attract!)
Parts of Self (Understanding Inner Dynamics)
Dissociation (Fragmentation to Integration)
Inner Healing (Spirit-Led Restoration Process)
✨ Every track is designed not just to inform—but to transform. Your ministry will be equipped to recognize trauma, reduce harm, and become a healing-centered community where leaders, helpers, and members thrive.