Resisting the Dilution of Trauma Informed Practice

Dr Lisa Cherry OBE is an author, researcher and leading international trainer specialising in helping services change the way we work with those experiencing and living with the legacy of trauma. Lisa has worked extensively with Social workers, Educators, Probation Workers and those in Adult Services, training and speaking to over 35,000 people around the world including in the US, Australia and Pakistan and across the whole of the UK.

As we become more aware of trauma and its impacts, services are rightly seeking to become more trauma informed in their approaches with children, parents/carers and families. Truly trauma informed practice has the power to transform lives however there are risks that practice is being swallowed up by compliance (tick-box culture) and misunderstanding.

Lisa has recorded a 5 part series reflecting on this struggle: Resisting the Dilution of Trauma Informed Practice — Dr Lisa Cherry

Grab a cuppa, have a read and consider taking this important conversation into your team meetings or supervisions.

Click the following links to listen to the podcast discussions:

Episode 1, Dr Karen Treisman Exploring When Trauma-Informed Becomes A Buzzword

Episode 2, Dr Lucy Johnstone on Mental Health Services and the Dilution of Trauma-Informed Care

Episode 3, Dr Graham Music on How To Stay With Trauma Without Shutting Down

Episode 4, Dr Cathy Malchiodi on Art and Trauma Informed Practice

Episode 5, Betsy de Thierry on Why We Should Stop Calling Everything Trauma