Renewed Minds Therapy Services
Trauma-Informed Recovery Education

Break the Bond.
Reclaim Your Life.

Most people hear the term trauma bond and think about toxic relationships. This program explores a different kind of trauma bond: the emotional attachment formed between unresolved childhood trauma and addictive coping behaviors.

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Why Trauma Bonds?

Most addiction programs ask what. We ask why.

Many addiction programs focus only on behavior. The Trauma Bonds Recovery Education Program goes deeper — helping you understand why the bond forms between emotional pain and substances.

  • How trauma rewires the brain
  • Dopamine and the reward system
  • Emotional triggers and self-medicating
  • Survival mode and dysregulation
  • Healing through neuroplasticity
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The bond, made visible

Portrait of Terri McColl, LCPC
Meet Your Guide

Terri McColl, LCPC

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, trauma specialist, and author of Trauma Bonds. Owner of Renewed Minds Therapy Services with addictions training and an internship at Hope House of Laurel, Terri brings clinical depth and compassion to every lesson.

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Curriculum

Eight modules. One gentle path.

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8-Hour Program

Trauma Bonds Recovery Education

$97one-time · lifetime access

The complete trauma-informed program — neuroscience, inner-child healing, and practical tools to break the bond. Self-paced; complete in a weekend or stretch across 4 weeks.

  • 9 video modules (~8 hours total, self-paced)
  • All 8 core recovery modules + capstone review
  • Downloadable worksheets & capstone study guide (PDF)
  • Knowledge-check quizzes with retakes
  • Final exam with retake policy
  • Free recovery tools (check-ins, journal, breathing, more)
  • Printable completion certificate
  • Lifetime access — learn at your own pace
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Certificate issued upon successful completion.

Free Recovery Tools

Support that travels with you.

Six private, in-browser tools for the in-between moments. Track emotions, identify triggers, reframe thoughts, journal, breathe, and find one quiet truth a day. Free to use, no account required.

  • Emotional check-ins
  • Trigger identification
  • Thought reframing
  • Recovery journaling
  • Daily affirmations
  • Breathing exercises
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What's Included

Built for emotional safety

Self-paced learning

Move at the speed your healing needs — no deadlines, no pressure.

Mobile friendly

Continue your work anywhere, on any device, in any quiet moment.

Trauma-informed

Every lesson is built on neuroscience and compassion, never shame.

Downloadable certificate

Pass the Module 9 final exam with 85%+ to unlock your printable certificate.

Private & confidential

Your reflections and progress are yours. Always.

Interactive exercises

Reflection prompts, journals, quizzes, and somatic check-ins.

From the community

Healing, in their own words

"For the first time, I didn't feel like a 'broken addict.' I felt like a person whose survival response was over-active. This work gave me my agency back."
Program participant
Recovery, Year 2
"Terri's approach is the missing layer in addiction education. My clients understand themselves at a level that traditional programs simply don't reach."
Licensed therapist
Clinical referral partner
"I cried through Module 3 — in the best way. I finally understood why I kept going back. Nothing was wrong with me. I was surviving."
Program participant
Healing from complex trauma
Common questions

You're not the only one wondering

"You are not broken. Your brain learned to survive. Healing is possible."

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