ALIVE  Level 2

1. The nature of trauma and the trauma healing journey – Review
   • Friends caring for friends
   • Stages and transitions along the healing journey
2. Trans-generational trauma and systemic abuse
   • Transgenerational trauma, inherited trauma, communal trauma, historic trauma and abuse
   • Understanding and caring for people suffering from inherited trauma
   • God of generations
3. Redeeming the past, learning to forgive
   • Many steps to forgiving and many ways to remember
   • Forgiveness and the Kingdom of Heaven
   • Healing prayers of the wounded soul
4. Redeeming the past, learning to remember
   • Many ways to remember
   • You celebrate what you remember and how you remember it.
   • Prayers of vengeance can be healing- meditations on Psalms.
   • Vengeance deferred and vengeance redeemed
5. Biblical reflection
   • Conducting a personal reflection session
   • Reflecting on a portion of the scripture with reference to a life event
   • Reflecting on a life event with reference to scripture
6. Understanding and responding to stress
7. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and common shock
8. Caring for those on the edge
   • Self-harm, suicide
   • Listening skills
   • Seeking help
9. Caring to listen, listening to understand
   • Listening is more than hearing
   • Compassionate listening

10. Making Christ known
    • Experiencing prayer
    • Being present in my community
    • Being and becoming a witness