Equipping Communities
Understanding Spiritual Trauma
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What trauma is and is not
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How trauma affects body, mind and emotions
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Fight, flight, freeze, fawn
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Inter-generational trauma
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Collective trauma
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Spiritual trauma and attachment patterns
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Trauma and neuroscience
Your Story Matters
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Being heard and believed
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What happened is not okay
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Noticing a problem doesn't make you the problem
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How your story shaped your beliefs
Best Practices for Leaders
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​What does healthy leadership look like?
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Leading in the upside down kingdom of Jesus
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Where do we go from here? Next steps to change
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Engaging with trauma survivors - listening and presence
Coming Alongside Survivors in Community
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Healing steps for survivors
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Trauma-informed care and support
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Importance and timing of referrals
Spiritual Trauma & Identity
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How one's view of God is impacted by spiritual trauma
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Teachings, beliefs and experiences that make it difficult to believe in God's love
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Attachment patterns and core beliefs
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God and neuroscience
Power, Leadership and Trauma
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​Recognizing the dark side of leadership
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Scripture used in harmful ways
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Abusive tendencies & systems: DARVO and narcissism
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The nature of religion in grooming abuse etc.
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How systems protect abusers
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Inherited patterns in systemic abuse
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Responsibility and ownership to report
The Issue of Forgiveness
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How NOT to use Matthew 18
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Taking the pressure off
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Forgiveness is a process and personal
Art and Creative Expression in Healing
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Why is this important?
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Benefits of spiritually expressive arts
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Creative healing practices
Healing Core Beliefs
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How core beliefs drive behaviour and can foster a healthy life
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Messages we believed and received from family, society, theology, culture
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Core beliefs from attachment patterns
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Rediscovering authenticity from the inside out
The Creative Expression of God
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Discovering God as an artist
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We are created in His image and likeness
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Co-creating with the Creator
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Building a creative community
Reawakening Your Creativity
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Creativity and what happens in the brain
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The role of creative arts in healing trauma
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How creativity helps with problem solving
Resources for Leaders
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When and who to call
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Building your toolbox
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Suicide Warning Checklist
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Preventative measures in your community