Trauma Informed Conversations
Hosted by the team behind Trauma Informed Consultancy Services, led by Jessica Parker, Director at TICS. This podcast explores how trauma-informed principles can transform the way we live, work, lead, and support others. Each episode dives into real-world conversations with experts, educators, and practitioners who are driving positive change through compassion, understanding, and awareness.
Whether you’re a leader, educator, clinician, or simply someone who wants to build safer and more supportive environments, Trauma Informed Conversations offers practical insights, reflective dialogue, and inspiring stories to help you embed trauma-informed approaches in every aspect of life and work.
Join us as we create space for empathy, learning, and meaningful connection — one conversation at a time.
Trauma Informed Conversations
Latest Episodes
Validation, Expression, and Storytelling: Shifting Emotional Literacy from Control to Connection with Sharon Paterson
How can parents, educators, and professionals support children in navigating their complex internal worlds and developing true emotional literacy? Far too often, emotional literacy gets confused with emotional control—praising children simply f...
Empathy, Grief, and Partnership: Shifting Home-School Dynamics from Conflict to Collaboration with Graham Chatterley
How can schools and professionals move past performative empathy to build genuine, supportive partnerships with the parents of children with SEND? Far too often, the intense pressures within the educational system pit schools and families again...
Movement, Regulation, and Belonging: Shifting Behaviour Management from Penalisation to Partnership with Neil Moggan
Episode DescriptionCan physical activity become a core vehicle for trauma recovery, emotional regulation, and deep belonging in our schools? Far too often, educational environments inadvertently re-traumatise children through beha...
The Art of Listening - Moving from "Fixer" to Supporter
The Art of Listening - Moving from "Fixer" to SupporterIn a world that moves quickly toward solutions, simply sitting with someone in their discomfort can feel counterintuitive. Yet, as we explore in this episode, true support often come...
Care-Experienced People (Mini-Series) - Episode 7: Parenting Without a Blueprint: Care Experience, Trauma, and Building a Village
What happens when you have to parent without a map? In this deeply moving and relational conversation, we sit down with care-experienced mum, kinship carer, and Churchill Fellow Terri-Anne Harmer to explore the complexities of rai...