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Post-Traumatic Trust

A book by Terri McColl, LCPC, NBCC

Your Past May Have Changed How You Trust. It Doesn't Have to Determine Your Future.

Explore how childhood trauma can shape emotional safety, self-trust, relationships, and faith, and learn to approach trust with wisdom, boundaries, and discernment.

Paperback $19.99 · + $9.99 flat U.S. shipping for a single book

Post-Traumatic Trust paperback by Terri McColl, shown standing on a stack of copies

Title

Post-Traumatic Trust

Subtitle

Healing the Wounds of Trauma Through Faith, Truth, and Trust

Author

Terri McColl, LCPC, NBCC

Publisher

Renewed Minds Publishing House

What you'll explore

Understanding how trust was shaped — and how it can be rebuilt with wisdom.

Emotional safety

Why safety comes before trust, and how early experiences can leave the inner alarm running long after danger has passed.

Self-trust

Learning to listen to your own mind, wisdom, and discernment again.

Relationships

Why love and trust are not the same thing — and how to love without losing yourself.

Faith

How our view of earthly fathers can color how we see God, and how truth can bring new perspective.

Boundaries & standards

The difference between standards, boundaries, and expectations, and how each protects what matters.

Patterns over promises

Practical discernment: trusting consistent patterns of behavior rather than words alone.

An open journal and a cup of tea in warm morning light

Inside the book

Fifteen chapters, one steady journey toward wiser trust.

  1. 01When Trust Is Broken
  2. 02Trust Begins with Safety
  3. 03When Time Stood Still
  4. 04When the Alarm Never Stops
  5. 05When Wisdom Finds Its Voice Again
  6. 06Learning to Trust Your Mind Again

About the author

Terri McColl

LCPC · NBCC

Portrait of Terri McColl, LCPC, NBCC

Terri McColl, LCPC, NBCC, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and professional school counselor with nearly two decades of experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families. As founder of Renewed Minds Therapy Services in Maryland, her work centers on childhood trauma, anxiety, emotional regulation, addiction, grief, and rebuilding trust. In Post-Traumatic Trust, she brings together neuroscience, clinical insight, and Christian faith to help readers approach trust again with wisdom and discernment.

This book is offered as education and encouragement. It is not therapy and is not a substitute for individualized professional care.

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Paperback

Post-Traumatic Trust

$19.99

  • + $9.99 flat shipping for one book within the U.S.
  • Each additional printed item: +$3.00 shipping
  • Packed and shipped by the author — not print-on-demand

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