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Trauma-Informed Faith-Centered Recovery

Restoring Integrity

Healing Sexual Brokenness Through Trauma Recovery, Faith, and Relational Restoration

A 10-module comprehensive course for individuals ready to break free from pornography addiction and compulsive sexual behavior — integrating clinical expertise, nervous system science, and Christian faith to rebuild identity, restore relationships, and walk in lasting transformation.

10 Modules 10–12 Hours Evidence-Based Faith-Centered
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$399
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✓ All 10 module lessons
✓ Pre & post assessment tests
✓ Trauma-informed content
✓ Biblical foundations & spiritual growth
✓ Relapse prevention tools
✓ Community & accountability resources
What You'll Gain

Comprehensive Recovery Across Every Layer of Your Life

1
Understand the neurobiology of addiction and compulsive behavior — so you stop blaming yourself and start healing strategically.
2
Identify trauma roots and attachment wounds that drive compulsive coping — addressing the source, not just the symptom.
3
Transform shame-based identity beliefs into truth-centered identity in Christ — freedom from the "I am dirty" narrative.
4
Build emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills that replace compulsive behaviors with healthy coping.
5
Develop a personalized relapse prevention plan with trigger identification, urge surfing, and accountability structures.
6
Restore relational capacity — emotional intimacy, trust, vulnerability, and healthy boundaries in all your relationships.
7
Integrate faith into your recovery through grace-centered transformation, spiritual disciplines, and identity in Christ.
8
Build sustainable long-term recovery systems — daily rhythms, lifestyle restructuring, and ongoing emotional/spiritual growth.
Dr. Donetta Quinones
Course Instructor
Dr. Donetta Quinones, PhD, LPC, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor · Certified Trauma Specialist · Institute Founder

Dr. Quinones brings over two decades of clinical experience specializing in trauma, addiction, and relationship healing. Her approach integrates evidence-based therapeutic modalities with faith-centered principles, creating a space where participants experience genuine transformation — not just behavior management, but identity renewal. Grounded in polyvagal theory, attachment science, and a deep commitment to Christ's healing work, this course reflects her life's mission to help individuals reclaim their God-given worth and walk in restored integrity.

Counseling & Psychology LPC — Licensed Professional Counselor LMHC — Licensed Mental Health Counselor Trauma Specialist Completion Documentation
10-Module Curriculum

Your Complete Recovery Journey

Each module builds on the last — a structured path from understanding to transformation.

1
Foundation

Understanding Pornography Addiction and Compulsive Sexual Behavior

Establish a clinical and personal understanding of addiction pathways, neurochemical reinforcement, and the progression of compulsive behaviors.

Topics
  • Defining pornography addiction
  • Compulsive sexual behavior cycles
  • Neurochemical reinforcement and dopamine
  • Escapism and emotional numbing
  • The progression of compulsive behaviors
  • Shame-secrecy cycles
Objectives
  • Understand addiction pathways
  • Identify compulsive cycles
  • Recognize emotional drivers
  • Develop self-awareness without self-condemnation
2
Trauma & Attachment

Trauma, Attachment Wounds, and Sexual Coping Behaviors

Explore the relational roots of compulsive behavior — childhood trauma, attachment injury, emotional neglect, and the survival adaptations that drive sexual coping.

Topics
  • Childhood trauma and attachment injury
  • Emotional neglect and abandonment wounds
  • Loneliness and emotional deprivation
  • Sexual behavior as emotional regulation
  • Dissociation and fantasy escape
  • Trauma bonding and shame conditioning
Objectives
  • Identify trauma contributors
  • Recognize attachment-based coping
  • Understand emotional survival adaptations
  • Explore relational roots of compulsive behavior
3
Neurobiology

The Neurobiology of Addiction and the Nervous System

Understand the brain-body connection — dopamine pathways, habit loops, fight-flight-freeze-fawn responses, and how nervous system dysregulation fuels compulsive behavior.

Topics
  • Dopamine and reward pathways
  • Habit loops and conditioned responses
  • Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn dynamics
  • Stress and compulsive behavior escalation
  • Nervous system dysregulation
  • Rewiring behavioral pathways
Objectives
  • Understand the brain-body connection
  • Identify nervous system activation patterns
  • Develop awareness of conditioned responses
  • Build strategies for nervous system regulation
4
Identity & Shame

Shame, Identity Distortion, and Hidden Self-Beliefs

Distinguish toxic shame from conviction, identify shame-based identity beliefs ("I am dirty," "I am unworthy"), and begin rebuilding identity through truth and grace.

Topics
  • Toxic shame vs. conviction
  • Shame-based identity beliefs
  • False self-development and internal fragmentation
  • Emotional hiding and secrecy
  • Identity inconsistency and double-life functioning
Objectives
  • Identify distorted self-beliefs
  • Understand shame psychology
  • Begin rebuilding identity stability
  • Anchor identity in truth and grace
5
Cognition

Cognitive Distortions and Relational Integrity

Identify rationalization, minimization, emotional reasoning, entitlement thinking, fantasy attachment, and objectification — and begin restoring internal congruence.

Topics
  • Rationalization and minimization
  • Emotional reasoning and entitlement thinking
  • Fantasy attachment and objectification
  • Relational disconnection patterns
  • Internal incongruence
Objectives
  • Identify distorted thinking patterns
  • Understand how cognition fuels compulsive behavior
  • Begin restoring internal congruence
  • Align beliefs, values, emotions, and behaviors
6
Emotional Skills

Emotional Regulation and Distress Tolerance Skills

Build DBT-based distress tolerance skills, grounding techniques, mindfulness practices, and healthy coping alternatives that replace compulsive behaviors.

Topics
  • Emotional avoidance patterns
  • Anxiety, stress, and compulsive urges
  • Emotional regulation tools
  • Grounding techniques and DBT skills
  • Mindfulness and emotional awareness
Objectives
  • Build emotional regulation skills
  • Increase distress tolerance
  • Reduce dependency on compulsive coping
  • Develop healthy coping alternatives
7
Relapse Prevention

Triggers, Temptation, and Relapse Prevention

Identify environmental, emotional, relational, and spiritual triggers, build the HALT framework, practice urge surfing, and develop behavioral interruption strategies.

Topics
  • Trigger identification (all types)
  • HALT framework (Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired)
  • Urge surfing techniques
  • Behavioral interruption strategies
  • Accountability structures
  • Relapse vs. lapse understanding
Objectives
  • Identify personal trigger patterns
  • Develop relapse prevention strategies
  • Strengthen recovery awareness
  • Build sustainable protective systems
8
Relationships

Healthy Intimacy, Attachment, and Relationships

Distinguish emotional intimacy from fantasy intimacy, develop secure attachment patterns, rebuild trust, practice vulnerability, and heal betrayal wounds.

Topics
  • Emotional intimacy vs. fantasy intimacy
  • Secure attachment development
  • Rebuilding trust with self and others
  • Vulnerability and emotional honesty
  • Sexual integrity in relationships
  • Healing betrayal wounds
Objectives
  • Understand intimacy dysfunction patterns
  • Develop healthier relational patterns
  • Strengthen relational integrity
  • Build emotional safety in relationships
9
Spiritual Restoration

Faith, Grace, Repentance, and Spiritual Restoration

Integrate faith into recovery through grace-centered transformation, spiritual warfare awareness, renewing the mind, confession, and identity in Christ.

Topics
  • Grace vs. condemnation
  • Repentance and transformation
  • Spiritual warfare and temptation
  • Renewing the mind (Romans 12:2)
  • Confession and accountability
  • Rebuilding trust with God
Objectives
  • Integrate faith into recovery
  • Understand grace-centered transformation
  • Strengthen spiritual identity and restoration
  • Develop spiritual disciplines for healing
10
Long-Term Recovery

Long-Term Recovery and Restored Living

Build sustainable recovery systems — daily rhythms, lifestyle restructuring, purpose and calling, emotional maturity, and ongoing relapse recovery planning.

Topics
  • Sustainable recovery systems
  • Daily recovery rhythms
  • Lifestyle restructuring
  • Purpose, calling, and identity
  • Maintaining accountability
  • Walking in restoration
Objectives
  • Create long-term recovery plans
  • Establish sustainable healing practices
  • Strengthen ongoing emotional growth
  • Anchor in purpose and calling
Who This Course Is For

Designed for the Individual Ready for Real Change

Whether you're in early recovery or deeper in your journey, this course meets you where you are.

🔒

Struggling with Compulsive Behaviors

If pornography or sexual compulsivity has become a cycle you can't break on your own — this course gives you the clinical and spiritual tools to stop.

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Carrying Shame and Identity Pain

If shame, secrecy, and "I am unworthy" narratives have hijacked your sense of self — this course helps you reclaim who God says you are.

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Wanting Clinical Understanding

If you want to understand the neuroscience, attachment patterns, and trauma roots behind your behaviors — not just tips, but real transformation.

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Seeking Faith-Centered Recovery

If you want your faith integrated into your healing — not a secular program with a Bible verse bolted on, but genuinely Christ-centered recovery.

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Building Long-Term Sobriety

If you've done work before but keep relapsing — this course builds sustainable systems, not just short-term strategies.

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Rebuilding Trust and Relationships

If broken relationships, betrayal wounds, or intimacy dysfunction are part of your story — this course addresses the relational restoration alongside the personal healing.

Our Foundation

Christ-Centered. Clinically Grounded. Trauma-Informed.

Restoring Integrity is built on the conviction that true freedom comes through the work of Jesus Christ — and that clinical understanding and spiritual formation are not opposites, but partners. We believe healing happens at the intersection of neuroscience, therapeutic skill, and the grace of God. You don't have to choose between your faith and effective treatment. Here, you get both.

Begin Your Recovery Today

You were not created for shame, secrecy, and shame-based isolation. You were created for connection, integrity, and life — life to the full.

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Program Clarity

GraceRoot courses are psychoeducational learning programs, not emergency care, legal advice, or a replacement for therapy. Certificates document GraceRoot completion. Court, employer, board, or continuing education acceptance should be confirmed before purchase unless a page states a specific approval.

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