Faith-Anchored Informed Trauma Healing
7 Steps
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The F.A.I.T.H. Project unites Christian beliefs with widely accepted, time-tested trauma-informed models from mental health, medicine, and domestic violence. It draws its strength from both faith and science.
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Seven steps to transform trauma into spiritual health and healing in your faith community
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The seven steps start with each of the 6 vowels
(A, E, I , O , U, and Y) plus Rest.
- Each step contains many resources to facilitate your church in becoming trauma-informed including personal narrative, trauma statistics, trauma insights, Bible study, worship music, PowerPoint presentations, sermon outlines, templates for making community connections, trauma-informed policies and procedures, and links to additional helpful resources.
- Each step has three parts which focus on accomplishing the 3 F.A.I.T.H. Project Goals
- we educate about trauma
- we promote spiritual growth
- we strengthen our church
When you join the F.a.i.t.h. project,
together . . .
Steps
we educate about trauma
we promote spiritual growth
we strengthen our church
A
Acknowledge trauma is widespread
accept all can be affected
act to promote awareness
E
Educate
Empathize
encourage
I
Identify trauma
imitate christ's trauma response
intervene
O
organize help
open your heart
offer hope
u
understand how to heal
unburden survivors
unite
y
yearn to be safe
yield to holy spirit
yearn to reach others
Rest
rest
refocus on god
