Biblical Trauma Care Specialist Course

The Biblical Trauma Care Specialist course will help you to acquire the essential skills and knowledge for identifying and comprehending trauma from a Christian perspective. Gain a comprehensive understanding of yourself and learn how to connect with trauma survivors at their level and empower them through authentic connections and responses, all while utilizing a trauma-informed perspective.

Are you ready to add Trauma Informed Care into your church, career, or life?

  • Have you been looking for a trauma-informed program that incorporates your Christian values?

  • Are you looking to enhance your ability to support others on their journey by incorporating Trauma-Informed Care into your skill set?

  • Are you ready to help members of your church or those in your life to the next level and gain a better understanding of how trauma plays a significant role in our spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental health?

If you answered yes to any of these questions,
then this program is for you!

Who is this course for?

  • Church leaders/small group leaders

  • Ministry leaders

  • Pain to Purpose facilitators

  • Educators

  • Medical providers

  • Therapists/Counselors

This course will enable you to add a foundational knowledge of trauma-informed care to your already existing profession and into your everyday life, all while integrating scripture and biblical knowledge into the program. 

What you will learn in this course …

  • Biblical Perspective on Trauma: Delve into the definition and understanding of trauma through a biblical lens.

  • Integration of Theology, Neurology, and Psychology: Gain a cohesive understanding of how theology, neurology, and psychology converge to shape our comprehension of trauma.

  • Impact of Childhood Trauma: Uncover the far-reaching effects that childhood trauma has on individuals and their ability to navigate emotions.

  • Emotional Management and Empathy: Explore how trauma influences our emotional management and learn strategies to understand others' emotions more effectively.

  • Psychological Aftereffects: Understand the survival strategies, coping mechanisms, and responses associated with trauma, including somatic trauma responses like fear and shame adaptation.

  • Embodied Trauma: Recognize how trauma shows up not only in the mind but also within the body.

  • Relationship Dynamics: Explore the profound impacts of trauma on personal and professional relationships.

  • Familial and Cultural Embedding: Investigate how trauma becomes embedded in families and cultures, unraveling the complexities of intergenerational trauma.

  • Framework for Trauma Experience and Healing: Gain insights into a detailed framework outlining how individuals experience trauma and embark on their healing journey.

  • Trauma, Attachment Styles, and Relationships: Analyze the interplay between trauma, attachment styles in both children and adults, and its implications for our psychosocial development and relationships.

  • Shame vs. Conviction: Delve into the nuances of shame and conviction, understanding the distinctions between the two.

  • Supporting Those Grieving: Learn effective ways to support individuals navigating recent losses in their lives.

  • All this and so much more!

What People Are Saying

  • "This course equips participants with practical tools and spiritual insights that lead to lasting change. It has given me—and so many others—a new way to live, filled with hope, healing, and connection."

    -Brooke

  • "The essential information offered here has deepened my understanding of trauma and how it affects our brains, our bodies, our spirit, our relationships--our entire lives ... With so many people white-knuckling their way through life with unresolved pain and trauma, this material - presented in this way - can transform the church and beyond."

    -Jodi

  • "The training provided a solid foundation for understanding trauma and offered practical, compassionate tools for working with individuals seeking to walk forward after challenging experiences. It was both a stepping stone in my coaching journey and a personal encouragement in how to approach sensitive situations with grace and wisdom."

    -Laura

  • After taking the Biblical Trauma Care Specialist course, I not only feel more equipped to help serve those that I minister to, but I also have experienced a healing and restoration of my own heart and life.

    -Bob

Class Details & Information

Our journey kicks off the week of April 14, 2025. Following this, our group will meet weekly for nine consecutive weeks, with each session lasting 90 minutes.

You have the option to select from two available time slots: Mondays, 1-2:30pm EST, or Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm EST. Feel free to attend whichever session suits your schedule best.

Cost: $2000, payable in full or payment options are available. Payment option would be $550 non-refundable deposit due at registration, then 3 additional payments of $550.

Included in the cost for this 10 week course will be handouts so you can follow along, lifetime access to the recordings, and direct accessibility to me during monthly office hours for questions, discussion and connection.

Please note: additional classes will be provided if you decide you’d like to move on to become a coach. Students will need to meet all requirements for the BTCS class by completing the 10 week course, tuition paid in full, complete all homework assignments, and pass the exam before they can move forward to become a coach.

Meet Your Guide

Teresa was born into generations of trauma and abuse: alcohol, domestic, emotional, and verbal. She also found her oldest brother in his room, after he had ended his life through suicide. Even more recently, Teresa took a DNA test for fun, only to discover that the man who raised her wasn’t even her father. Teresa is now certified in trauma recovery and she helps people process their past, uncover their places of trauma, and come into the wholeness that Jesus came to give. She serves as the Coaching Director for Nothing is Wasted Ministries.

Teresa is highly trained in trauma recovery, having completed numerous advanced courses. Her education includes Somatic Embodiment with Dr. Linda Thai and various classes through Trauma Solutions with Dr. Diana Poole Heller, such as Healing the Roots of Shame and Intro to Attachment. Through the IAOTRC, she has taken advanced courses on topics like Not Parent Expected (NPE), Shame, and Narcissistic Abuse. Additionally, Teresa has developed her own class on Spiritual Abuse.

Teresa Glantz

Frequently
Asked
Questions

  • This training is for you if you have ever asked:

    • What is wrong with me?

    • Why in the world is that person behaving that way?

    • Where was God when my own trauma was happening?

    • This training is for you if you’ve ever felt like you wanted to support those around you, but didn’t know how.

  • While refunds are offered, I am confident that you will never even want one. There is a ton of flexibility built into this training that allows it to work for you and I know that it will change everything for you.

    Deposits are non-refundable and refunds are only available for those who pay in full before the course starts.

    Refunds are offered on a tiered structure:

    • ·After week 1 or 2 = $1200

    • ·After week 3 = $1050

    No refunds will be issued after week 4.

  • All course materials will live in an online platform that is easily accessible from your computer or phone. Weekly classes will be 90 minutes long and held on zoom with replays available. Each week, you’ll have access to the course materials prior to class so you can always arrive feeling prepared.

  • In addition to the 90-minute classes, you will have weekly homework assignments and be encouraged to engage in your small group. Overall, weekly time investment may average 2-3 hours.

  • I understand that life happens. It’s important to maintain flexibility and allowance for stuff that comes up. I will make every effort to ensure that you feel supported and that you’ll be able to successfully completing the training.

  • At the end of this training, you will be a Biblical Trauma Care Specialist!

    A Biblical Trauma Care Specialist provides trauma informed services and connections and builds both personal and professional relationships in a trauma informed manner that supports the authenticity and well-being of both parties. A Biblical Trauma Care Specialist is not a stand-alone career. Rather, it is an additional certification that allows you show up in the world and the impact you make in every life you touch, starting with your own.

  • Once you've completed this course, you can take an additional course to become a Biblical Trauma Trained Coach. Details on this course will be provided soon.

  • Teresa is highly trained in trauma recovery, having completed numerous advanced courses. Her education includes Somatic Embodiment with Dr. Linda Thai and various classes through Trauma Solutions with Dr. Diana Poole Heller, such as Healing the Roots of Shame and Intro to Attachment. Through the IAOTRC, she has taken advanced courses on topics like Not Parent Expected (NPE), Shame, and Narcissistic Abuse. Additionally, Teresa has developed her own class on Spiritual Abuse.

  • The BTCS course will have occasional homework.

    After you have completed the course, all homework assignments, and paid full tuition, you will then have an opportunity to take the final exam, which you must pass with a score of at least 80%. Study guides will available.

    After you meet those three requirements you will be a Biblical Trauma Care Specialist. Your credential will come from Nothing is Wasted Ministries.

Can’t make it this cohort?

We’ll offer another cohort of BTCS in the Fall of 2025. If you would like to be among the first to hear about the course offering and secure your spot early, fill out the form below. This course will enable you to add a foundational knowledge of trauma-informed care to your already existing profession and into your everyday life, all while integrating scripture and biblical knowledge into the program. If you want to be the first in line to register, fill out the form below and we’ll give you first dibs to register before the next class offering goes live.