
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

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.

Inside the book
Fifteen chapters, one steady journey toward wiser trust.
- 01When Trust Is Broken
- 02Trust Begins with Safety
- 03When Time Stood Still
- 04When the Alarm Never Stops
- 05When Wisdom Finds Its Voice Again
- 06Learning to Trust Your Mind Again
About the author
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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