My Journey into KC Trauma Healing

I first heard of the Trauma Healing Institute at a strategic prayer meeting I attended in 2018, and I was immediately interested in learning more. I talked with Mark Davis, and he shared details of the program with me. I have a desire to help others heal from trauma and wanted to receive training to gain a deeper understanding along with tools to help in that area. 

I enrolled in the trauma healing training course in 2019 and was very impressed with the simplicity of the model along with the effectiveness of the curriculum. The class that I enrolled in was in-person with around 34 participants from all different backgrounds. What I loved about the classes was that we each had a small group that we interacted with, and it really felt like a team in addition to the full class curriculum and participation. And I became FB friends with several of my team members and we stay in touch.

Participating in a class setting gave me such a feeling of camaraderie. The atmosphere felt like such a “safe place” where many people shared stories of their personal healing journey of past trauma. And there were some people who shared their current struggles and how they were working through the healing process.

I have experienced personal trauma in the past as I’m sure most people have and what I learned from the class is that trauma is REAL, that we all experience it differently, and that just as we would need to get help if we had a physical injury, trauma is an injury of the heart…though it is invisible it is just as real and does not heal on its own.  We are spirit, soul, and body and those parts are inseparable. Unhealed trauma can affect other parts of us and sometimes we need help to receive healing to be healthy and whole. I love the simplicity of this curriculum and its effectiveness of it. And to be with others who have gone through trauma and have healed was a powerful experience for me. 

As we progressed through each chapter of the curriculum along with the group activities, I began to become aware of a very personal trauma that my family experienced 12 years earlier that I thought was “healed”.  It began to come to the surface, and I became keenly aware that I had actually buried it deep in my soul.  I thought “OK God I can work through this in the privacy of my own home alone with You…I could never share this with anyone” …so I pushed down those forgotten painful emotions to work on “later”.

By the last day of the class, I felt so safe, and I knew that God wanted me to share my past traumatic experience with the class, so I stood trembling and shared and cried and shared some more.  Immediately the whole class surrounded me and hugged me and prayed for me as I cried and cried. I did not feel ashamed or alone. My pain was no longer buried, and I can honestly say that my heart is truly healed at last!

I am eternally grateful for the trauma healing institute training course and the personal healing that I received. I look forward to helping others know that they are safe, that they too can allow those painful traumatic experiences to surface, and that they too can find healing, restoration, and freedom. 

Isaiah 61:1 (AMP version)

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the wounds of the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captive and freedom to the prisoners.