Trauma-Focused Christian Coaching Cohort Begins Late September 2025

What were you made to do? 
Living Free Institute equips men and women for lifestyle and outreach ministry that is authenticated by the Holy Spirit and the attributes of His love. We are not aiming to theologize your head, but to empower your heart to follow the great commission of making disciples.  This means to be equipped, you will change your own heart space, learn by experiencing and inquire of the Holy Spirit. 
LEARN THROUGH EMPOWERMENT

Empowering you to empower the world around you. 

The trauma-focused Christian Coaching program empowers you to support individuals struggling with the aftermath of trauma, addiction cycles, relationship strains and other injuries of the heart. This coaching certification is recognized by our ministry, Living Free Institute, and will also carry the endorsement of ACADC (Association of Alcohol & Drug Counselor Institute) to further enhance its credibility. Both organizations boast a combined fifty years of experience in training and educating men and women in church settings, professional treatment environments, and beyond, utilizing Christ-centered healing and support.

Being called to be a coach is more than just a profession; it’s a sacred journey of walking alongside others in their personal growth while deepening your own spiritual connection with Jesus. As you embrace this calling, you harness the unique God-given gifts that are active, available and desperately needed to offer to a broken world. 

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equipping body, soul and spirit

The Framework of Coaching at Living Free Institute


  1. Safety: Our trauma-based approach will prioritize creating an atmosphere that is safe on spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental levels. This foundational safety allows us to learn how to cultivate a sense of security within ourselves, which then extends into our relationships with others.
  2. Connection: Healing and transformation are rooted in connection—with God, with our authentic selves, and with those around us. To foster true connections, we embrace vulnerability and authenticity as essential components of the healing process.
  3. Acceptance: Through the combination of safety and connection, grace becomes the guiding force in our journey. It allows us to be accepted just as we are while understanding that Jesus fills in any gaps. Here, it's perfectly okay to be imperfect; this acceptance paves the way for growth.
  4. Freedom: True freedom emerges holistically when our bodies, brains, emotions, thoughts, and needs align with God's heart. In this state of alignment, we can fully embody who we were created to be—free from shame's grip—and tap into the empowerment necessary to rise above past traumas.

Training materials

We have a variety of online and published resources. We have a unique perspective and will be using most of our own resources.While we have published books, much of the material and content we will use is not published and is designed uniquely to be applied to a wide variety of situations. 

Interactive Labs

The lab is an environment we will create to learn how to inject what we learned into interactive learning. Like any lab, there is a trial and error process, and we want to flush some of that out while we are in structured environment.  

Online Community 

Our course platform will allow for community interaction. You can ask questions,  connect,  get clarity on assignments and pursue anything relevant to the classes. All weekly materials are inside the course platform. 
Course contents

We integrate recovery and a healing process in the body, soul and spirit. 

Our approach emphasizes the integration of recovery principles into your coaching practice. We will use a wide variety of resources that focus on inner healing, codependence, addiction cycle, spiritual formation, trauma mapping, grief support and prayer ministry. We will explore how trauma impacts the body, soul, and spirit in helping clients find wholeness and restoration. You'll gain insights into these dynamics and learn how to incorporate them into your coaching sessions effectively.

Can coaching be your career?

How can use the coaching certificate? 
Trauma-focused recovery coaching has become a much-needed resource. Sometimes there's so much information on "what" to do or how to achieve healing in a moment, but very few resources help with day-to-day application. While counseling and therapy often delve into rooted issues from the past, coaches empower individuals to apply lessons learned in real-time situations. You’ll acquire an extensive toolbox filled with techniques and resources designed to support people on their journeys towards wholeness in Jesus!

In this program, we will discuss building a ministry/coaching business, ethics in coaching, formation of services, and marketing strategies if needed. We will also develop approaches for engaging pastors and recovery leaders about how coaching may serve a church or community need. This comprehensive focus ensures that you are well-prepared to make a meaningful impact through life recovery coaching while fostering growth within your community.
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What compentencies will a coach receive? 

We seek to unlock your unique gifts. Everyone's story and calling is different. However, here are some ways that coaches can expect to impact the world! 
  • Facilitates recovery processes by guiding individuals through challenges such as codependence, addiction, trauma, and relationship strains using experiential solutions.
  • Encourages spiritual exploration of personal belief systems to understand underlying motivations, gently guiding seekers deeper into their potential found in God.
  • Educates on trauma-informed approaches to comprehend how trauma affects the body, soul, and spirit while offering both practical and spiritual support options.
  • Advocates for codependence healing solutions within your area of influence.
  • Develops prayer ministries that utilize specific heart-healing techniques alongside other gentle methods for those who are suffering.
  • Offers support groups within your church or community that foster connections through shared experiences and supportive opportunities.

Frequently asked questions

Pre-requisites

If you aren't already a part of our ministry from counseling or classes, we would like you to read The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook. This informs us about your interest in the recovery process! You will have an interview with Stephanie Tucker. 

Live Classes

Classes are live once a week, but additional on demand will be offered. Classes will be two hours. Labs will require additional classes per week but can be scheduled in a more flexible manner. 

Course Topics (there is much more)

Some resources are offered to you on on-demand, but coaching classes are offered live. There will be fresh content that has not been published by our organization anywhere else. You will learn: 
  • Coaching and empathy
  • Spiritual Formation
  • Basement, Middle Floor and Upstairs Model
  • Trauma in the body, soul and spirit
  • Listening to the pain narrative to help orchestrate solutions
  • Forming coaching plans for people's pain and needs
  • Developing support groups and workshops
  • Understanding Codependence & Relational Pain
  • Understanding how to Support Addiction
  • Boundaries of the heart
  • And much more! 

Coaching Partner Work

You will be developing mock coaching by working with a partner with an entire process beginning to end. You will then find two additional people to apply strategies. They can be friends or family, but it is ideal if its someone who truly has issues that want resolved. This will then be presented in your final projects. 

Four-Day Intensive Training

You will meet for a four-day intensive in California. If you add the deliverance training, it is an additional $500 training certificate. 

Deliverance Ministry Add On

We will be covering inner healing and deliverance ministry through overview. But if you are seeking to focus on this ministry, it will require a speciality training. This training will be on-site in Temecula, CA and offered dependent on need. An additional fee is required. 

Chaplaincy Certificate Add-On

You have the opportunity to become a chaplain in addition to a coach through ACADC Institute. This comes with an additional $600 donation and will require a book, exam and additional training hours. 

On-site graduation

We will hold an on-site ceremony at the end of training in Temecula, CA. You can participate online if you can't make it live!  I may have additional opportunities for learning retreats to be decided. 

Final Oral Exam

You will discover throughout the training that the heart is the focus. The mind and intellect need to be involved, but it is the capacity to enter into grace and build a ministry based on wanting to reach hearts. Thus, you will not need a written exam, just an oral exam and a project that is presented to the group based on your completed externships. 

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