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Healing for the Wounded

Trauma and Biblical Counseling

Trauma can affect the heart, mind, body, relationships, faith, and sense of safety. Restoring Hope Ministries provides biblical counseling for those carrying wounds from painful experiences, while recognizing that some situations may also require medical, legal, emergency, or licensed professional care.

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Care for the Wounded

RHM believes every person is made in the image of God and must be treated with dignity, patience, and compassion. Trauma care must never be rushed, shamed, or handled carelessly.

Biblical counseling helps counselees bring pain, fear, shame, anger, confusion, and suffering into the light of God's truth and mercy — at a pace that honors the person's experience.

Common Trauma-Related Concerns

Spiritual wounds
Relational betrayal
Abuse recovery support
Church hurt
Family trauma
Fear and hypervigilance
Shame and self-blame
Grief connected to traumatic events
Difficulty trusting God or others

Safety and Referral

RHM takes safety seriously. If there is active danger, abuse, self-harm risk, medical crisis, or legal concern, additional support may be needed.

Biblical counseling should never prevent someone from seeking emergency help, medical care, lawful protection, or licensed clinical support when needed. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Hope in Christ

The gospel does not erase the reality of suffering, but it gives hope in the middle of it. Jesus is gentle with the broken, near to the crushed, and faithful to redeem.

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Care That Is Measured — Because People Are What Matter

Restoring Hope Ministries tracks the well-being of every participant in our clinical and faith-based services using empirically validated screeners, clinical interviews, behavioral analysis, and self-report — so we can honestly see whether the people we serve are getting better.

This rigor reflects the training of our founder, Dr. Jeffrey Gross, who earned an M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology and is continuing his Psy.D. studies in Clinical Psychology, with completion anticipated in 2028. His Th.D. in Theology and Ph.D. in Christian Counseling complement that clinical education with theological preparation for Christ-centered soul care.

At Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, he served as a Student Psychologist and later Chief Student Psychologist, supporting veterans and first responders with traumatic brain injuries through the BRAVE program. His work included assessment, individualized treatment planning, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, psychoeducational and process-oriented groups, and peer supervision. His experience also includes supervised psychological testing of clergy at Milwaukee Psychotherapy Collaborative, recovery-focused group development at The Manor by Windrose, and case management and peer-support supervision at Biehl Bridges to Recovery.

Continuing education in assessment, trauma, neurobehavioral conditions, supervision, ethics, and risk management further informs this approach. Together, these experiences help shape RHM’s commitment to careful assessment, responsible documentation, collaborative care, and attention to each person’s spiritual, relational, emotional, and practical needs. His clinical psychology doctorate remains in progress; this background does not replace the qualifications or licensure required for regulated clinical services.

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