Healing Intensive Begins October 18, 2025 (with or without coaching)

Christian Coaching Cohort Begins January 2026 

Registration is open with limited spaces! 

What were you made to do? 
Living Free Institute equips 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. 

Empowering you to empower the world around you. 

This next year we are offering TWO track of coaching to meet the demands of both codependence training AND trauma based heart healing.

The first year program (Level 1 Christian Codependence Coaching)  is entirely online and offer 6 months of training and interactive work. You will work with others to find ways to implement and navigate the complexities of codependent within the framework of books, resources and coaching tools. This will introduce trauma principles, but only for the purposes of understanding how to help facilitate the overall needs. In Level 1 you will help people identity, address and work through general recovery principles.  You will introduce concepts such as definitions, relationships, boundaries and identity. 

Level 2 training is entirely directed towards heart discipleship healing alongside trauma mapping. This is much more advanced track that will involve mentoring, a healing intensive and an ongoing and active prayer and healing room training. This is for people that want to go entirely all in into ministry and work through the many facets related to trauma, soul damage, spiritual crisis and spiritual warfare. 

Both coaching certifications are 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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The Framework of Coaching at Living Free Institute

TRANSFORMATION
Transformation begins when we stop managing symptoms and start addressing the root of our identity. It's not just about doing better—it’s about becoming whole. True transformation invites us into the deep work of renewing our minds, restoring our hearts, and realigning our lives with God’s design.

DISCIPLESHIP
Discipleship is more than following—it’s becoming. It’s the daily process of walking with Jesus, learning His heart, and letting His truth reshape us from the inside out. Through intentional relationship and surrendered growth, we step into the life we were always meant to live.

FREEDOM
Freedom is not a one-time event—it’s a lifestyle. It means living unchained from the lies, wounds, and survival patterns that once held us back. In Christ, we discover that freedom is not about perfection, but about living in the safety of grace and the power of truth.

AGENCY
Agency is the ability to choose differently because you’ve been changed deeply. It’s what happens when healing produces clarity, and clarity leads to action. With restored identity comes restored power—power to set boundaries, to live purposefully, and to rise with confidence in who God says we are.


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.

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. 

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.
  • The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook
  • A House that Grace Built
  • Boundaries & Breaking Cycles of Pain
  • Job: Misunderstood
  • Christian Identity Trauma Mapping
  • Prayer and Healing Deliverance Manual
  • Customized coaching materials exclusive to training

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 codependence recovery coach receive? 

In Level One Training you will be able to : 
  • Facilitate recovery processes by guiding individuals through challenges such as codependence, addiction, trauma, and relationship strains using experiential solutions.
  • Encourage spiritual exploration of personal belief systems to understand underlying motivations, gently guiding seekers deeper into their potential found in God.
  • Advocate  for codependence healing solutions within your area of influence including with the constructs of imbalanced relationships and addiction based dynamics.

What compentencies will a advanced heart healing coach  receive? 

In Level Two Training you will be able to : 
  • Learn about personal trauma and navigate trauma through a three-part model (intensive required) 
  • Learn about the brain, nervous and physiological aspects of trauma
  • Learn about healing the heart and its place in trauma release
  • Understand spiritual principles of trauma and how trauma responses can be rewired
  • Develop a heathy balance of spiritual warfare in the healing process

Frequently asked questions

Pre-requisites

For Level One Coaches, you only need to be familiar with The Christian Codependence Recovery Workbook and be open to exploring the principles at a deeper level.
For Level Two Coaches, you will need to attend a healing intensive (this can be done at any point or you will qualify for this if you already attended a healing intesnive. This is a minimum two year program. You do not need to commit to this program until AFTER you finish the Level One process. 

Live Classes

Classes are live once a week, but additional on demand will be offered. 

Coaching Partner Work

You will be developing mock coaching by working with a partner with an entire process beginning to end.  For Level Two, you will be part of an active inner healing prayer ministry where you will learn by being prayed over and praying over others in a team setting. This will not be mock, but will be based on real experiences.  Through prayer, we will begin to establish the deeper heart healing work. 

Prayer and Inner Healing

This program is no longer stand alone. It is part of the Advanced Training. 

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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