HOLD ON TO YOUR SPIRITUALITY WHILE HEALING FROM RELIGIOUS TRAUMA
Unlock the tools to heal from your trauma and transform your relationship with God, opening the door toward peace, clarity and reconnection.
Beneath the surface, countless Christian believers carry unseen wounds from religious systems that promised love, but often delivered fear, control, or shame.
Connecting with God can be one of the most meaningful, healing and beautiful parts of life. A relationship with Him can bring peace, comfort, purpose and a deep sense of being known and loved. Maybe you've felt that connection before. Maybe you haven't yet. If you’ve lived through trauma—especially Complex Trauma—connection can feel complicated, confusing or even painful. Often, the first step toward a deeper relationship with God is courageously questioning what we’ve been taught about Him.
This course isn’t just about understanding Complex Trauma—it’s about questioning the God you’ve been taught about, and allowing yourself the permission to ask questions and learn about Him in a new way. After all, God invites us to ask questions: "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world." (1 John 4:1)
What You’ll Learn
Emotions – Understanding how the Bible speaks about fear, doubt, depression, anger, shame, grief, joy and faith through trauma lenses
Shame – Facing feelings of unworthiness, guilt over “big sins” and learning how God’s love meets us with grace, not condemnation
Characteristics of Complex Trauma – Focusing specifically on Religious Trauma, we’ll identify the patterns and effects of spiritual abuse and how Scripture helps untangle truth from harm
Conflict – Exploring power, manipulation and how healthy, God-centered conflict is different from what trauma teaches us
Relationships and Boundaries – How trauma impacts trust, connection and boundaries—and how healing is possible with support, Scripture and safe community
Basic Needs and God’s Compassion – As physical and spiritual beings, part of recovery is learning to take care of ourselves with the same care God shows us
Here’s a Glimpse of What We’ll Cover
The ALIGN With God Self-Study course is a wonderful way to understand how healing from Complex Trauma and building a relationship with God can go hand-in-hand.
Course Highlights
Affordable pricing: Available for 6 Payments of $75.00 - gain access to powerful parenting tools at your own pace.
More than 52 Lessons: A comprehensive curriculum focused on spiritual abuse and devotionals.
18 Hours of Video Content: Dive deep into each lesson with easy-to-follow video content that guides you step-by-step.
Suitable for All Denominations: While some modules are tailored to specific issues, each lesson can be adapted for further learning.
Course Curriculum
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How to Use This Course
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Course Overview
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Lesson 1: Trust
Complex trauma often leaves us expecting abandonment or betrayal, making trust difficult. In this lesson, you’ll explore how God patiently rebuilds trust through consistency, safety, and love that does not fail.
Lesson 2: Humility
Pride and self-reliance can feel like protection after trauma, but they also keep us isolated. In this lesson, you’ll learn how humility opens the door to healing by creating space for God’s grace, support, and deeper connection.
Lesson 3: Repentance
Trauma can distort our view of repentance, making it feel like shame or punishment. In this lesson, you’ll see repentance as a life-giving turn back toward God, where honesty and surrender lead to restoration.
Lesson 4: Forgiveness
Forgiveness can feel impossible when wounds run deep, but God shows us a path beyond bitterness. In this lesson, you’ll discover what forgiveness is (and isn’t), and how it begins to free both us and others from the weight of the past. -
Lesson 1: Faith
Faith is often misunderstood as certainty without struggle, but real faith can hold questions and weakness. In this lesson, you’ll learn how faith is about trusting God’s character even when life feels uncertain.Lesson 2: Doubt
Doubt is not a sign of failure but a doorway to deeper faith. In this lesson, you’ll explore how God meets us in our questions with patience and truth, and how doubt can grow into greater trust.Lesson 3: Fear – Part 1
Fear can protect us from danger, but when shaped by trauma it can keep us stuck in survival mode. In this lesson, you’ll examine unhealthy fear versus holy reverence, and how God’s presence speaks peace into our anxieties.Lesson 4: Fear – Part 2
Even when fear feels overwhelming, God invites us into courage and safety with him. In this lesson, you’ll learn practical ways to face fear through faith, community, and the steady reassurance of God’s love. -
Lesson 1: Becoming One
We were created for closeness with God and one another, yet sin and trauma often leave us hiding in shame and fear. In this lesson, you’ll explore God’s original design for intimacy, how trust and connection were broken, and how he continues to invite us into healing and restoration.
Lesson 2: A Child of God
For those hurt by distorted images of “fatherhood,” seeing God as Father can feel unsafe or painful. In this lesson, you’ll uncover the truth of God’s compassionate, welcoming heart, learn how shame and fear distort our view of him, and discover what it means to live securely as his beloved child.
Lesson 3: Healthy Supports
Healing from trauma doesn’t happen in isolation—we were made for family and community. In this lesson, you’ll see how God provides belonging through spiritual families and safe relationships, and explore practical ways to build healthy supports that model trust, love, and resilience.
Optional Resource: Religious Trauma and Abuse
Sometimes trauma comes not just from family or life experiences, but from harmful religious teachings or environments. This resource helps you understand the difference between trauma and abuse, recognize how unsafe beliefs and practices can distort your view of God, and begin identifying steps toward healing and healthier faith.
It’s time to break the cycle of trauma and build a rich connection with God.
Each set of lessons is designed to support healing through a gentle process that connects trauma recovery with examples and stories from the Bible. The course is designed to go at your pace, with space to stop, reflect and care for yourself along the way.
ALIGN FAQs
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When you enroll for an ALIGN course, you get indefinite access to the course materials, as long as you have your Thinkific account.
You also get 6 months of access to that course’s Community page within Thinkific.
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Our courses are hosted through Thinkific. Log into Thinkific and go to your Dashboard to see all of your active enrollments.
If you have any issues accessing your courses, reach out at contact@timfletcher.ca.
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Our ALIGN courses have all been developed to be gentle, self-paced ways to step into your healing journey from complex trauma. They are intended to be self-guided, so most ALIGN courses do not include group sessions.
Our ALIGN With Your Needs course holds optional bi-weekly group sessions, and our ALIGN With God course has monthly, publicly available webinar lessons. These are accessible within the safe communities for those courses.
Our ALIGN courses do not grant access to one-on-one coaching with our team. Send us an inquiry if you’d like to learn how to get one-on-one coaching.
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You will gain indefinite access to the ALIGN course materials as long as you have your Thinkific account.
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No — our ALIGN courses have been developed as a place to begin your healing journey. You can do one course or many, and it does not matter in which order. However, we do recommend starting with ALIGN With Your Needs. You might also want to try some of our bite-sized Evergreen courses first.
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Yes! During checkout, check the “This is a Gift” box and Thinkific will prompt you to enter the recipient’s information.
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Currently we are growing our Evergreen course library frequently to offer more affordable and introductory options for all. If you’re looking for more in-depth options, our ALIGN Self-Study courses and our most popular resource, LIFT Live Online Learning are great options.
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No, our courses and programs are not accredited. They have been developed as an affordable and gentle way to begin learning about and recovering from complex trauma and its characteristics.
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Our courses and programs are online-only and hosted through the Thinkific learning platform. You can access them through your computer, tablet, or smart phone. We recommend using a computer or tablet for the best experience.
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Our ALIGN courses are self-paced and self-study only, so you can get started right away. You will be working through lessons, watching videos, and working through exercises.
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If you’d like a more interactive and comprehensive experience, we encourage you to explore our LIFT Live Online Learning Program.
If you’re looking for more guidance, book an Intake Session with us! Our team will be happy to get to know you and make program recommendations.
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No! You do not have to go through any ALIGN courses to join the LIFT program.
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If you still have more questions about our courses and programs, reach out to us at contact@timfletcher.ca!
Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you. - Gabor Maté
Our programs and training environments encourage participants to look at early childhood environments with a different type of lens; not only focusing on seemingly obvious, (largely traumatic) events, but on all of the pieces that may have played a role. We investigate biological, psychological, social and spiritual factors with a measure of curiosity, compassion and love. By examining the entire picture, we are able to see that several aspects of early childhood can be traumatic, resulting in shame-based identity development, unsound coping adaptations, and unhealthy relationship attachments.
We’re here to safely connect with, and explore that journey of discovery - together!