Contributive, Not Causative: Trauma-Informed Biblical Care for Those Who Have Abused Others

Education and accountability are critical to confronting abusers, but what are we to do when the abuser has been a victim of abuse as well? Does the Bible offer hope and practical care for those who must wrestle with the complexities of the cruelty they have experienced, which they now perpetrate on others? In this breakout, we will consider a theologically-grounded approach to understanding and addressing past trauma that also calls abusers to own and repent of present acts of abuse.