#1 Reason Why Christian Spaces Are Often Not Trauma-Informed (Finally!)

7 Reasons Christian Spaces Often Lack Trauma-Informed Care Strategies

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Reason #1: Not understanding how power works.

Here’s the thing: If you don’t understand how power works, you will always misuse it—even when you mean well.

Unhindered, unsilenced, fully potent trauma-informed spiritual care is about power.

• It’s about honoring the power of clinicians whose expertise is grounded in the science of mental health.

• It’s about recognizing spiritual power that destroys yokes without relying on bodily systems.

• It’s about sharing power with those we serve.

• And it’s about planting opportunities for clients to be empowered—especially where their belief systems were fractured or abused.

But many Christian spaces don’t understand that power.

They use Scripture, prayer, and spiritual gifts recklessly, not because they intend harm, but because they don’t realize how much power those tools actually hold. These things can rebuild lives, yes. But when used without wisdom, sensitivity, or context, they can also destroy.

That’s the cost of not understanding power:

• A tool meant to heal becomes a weapon.

• A prayer meant to comfort becomes pressure.

• A word meant to guide becomes control.

Trauma-informed spiritual care requires us to notice and respond to power dynamics, especially in spaces where spiritual leadership carries weight. That includes restructuring how authority shows up. That includes helping those who were once overpowered and spiritually violated see God as a partner in their healing, not as a silent witness to their abuse.

So many well-meaning leaders want to help—but they were never trained to assess power in the room. So they rush to fix what they don’t understand. They assert authority amiss.

They label spiritual discomfort as rebellion—when what they’re witnessing is someone’s trauma response.

Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention® equips leaders and clinicians to use power with intention—to notice the power they carry, to honor the power others hold, and to dismantle the dynamics that keep people silent, stuck, or scared.

Power isn’t the problem—unexamined power is.

If you’ve ever questioned whether your good intentions were doing more harm than good, this is your invitation to lead differently.

→ Learn to hold power with integrity—and become a safer space for those healing from misused authority.

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Conscious Coore is the founder of Flamingo Trauma Recovery, the creator of the Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention® framework, and author of Fundamentals of Trauma-Informed Spiritual Intervention. With a background in psychology, education, and inner healing ministry, she equips faith-aligned professionals to integrate clinical care and biblical wisdom for lasting transformation. Through her work with Jesus in the Marketplace, she highlights where Safe and Sound work is happening, even in spaces that often overlook the need for it.

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