What Christian Clients Secretly Want (But Rarely Get)
- Conscious Coore
- Aug 22, 2025
- 2 min read
7 Reasons Christian Spaces Often Lack Trauma-Informed Care Strategies
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Reason #3: No Room for Resistance
Here’s the thing: People drop their defenses when they feel safe. Not when they’re corrected. Not when they’re confronted. Safety changes everything.
If you're still following this series, then I think it is safe to say that you are either one of the wounded, part of the solution, or both. You may also have felt alone in noticing the issues and voicing your concerns. You're not too sensitive, you are aware.
Here’s the brutal truth about why so many Christian counseling spaces fail to be trauma-informed: far too often, they are centered on the values of obedience and rebellion.
Let me be clear. Obedience and rebellion are deeply rooted and meaningful concepts in Christian spirituality. Scripture engages them. Doctrine depends on them. They shape our worldview, our discipleship, and our understanding of sin and sanctification.
But when we bring those same ideals uncritically into the counseling space, we limit the depth at which we can support people who are navigating trauma.
Why does that matter so much?
Because in trauma-informed care, resistance is not rebellion. It’s not defiance. It’s not even necessarily disagreement. In trauma-informed care, resistance is anticipated. Expected. Normal.
Not because the person receiving care is hardened or disobedient, but because their nervous system is doing its job. Because their mind, body, and spirit have learned that safety is not guaranteed.
If a counselor interprets every pause, shutdown, or hesitation as rebellion…If a leader sees their inability to receive a word as disobedience…Then they may be missing what’s really going on.
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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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