Trauma | Resonance | Resilience
Hosted by Dr Lisa Cherry, this podcast is a multi-agency, inter disciplinary resource for those who work in education, social care, criminal justice or health and to listen to conversations that make a difference. Utilising the wisdom of lived experience, academic research and practice knowledge, we will support you in your work of developing trauma informed, relationally focused practice developing safe, supportive and healing environments. Our collective focus is threefold; preventing harm, not adding to harm, seeking to mitigate harm when it has already happened. Join us as we explore better ways of working together, sharing emerging research the best practices, all while deep diving into empathy, connection and authenticity.
Episodes
Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Beth Vecchione on Care to Dance, a venture set up by Beth to bring the power of dancing to children experienced in, or experiencing care.
Care to Dance can be found HERE! And you can connect with Beth HERE!
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Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Amelia Brunt in conversation on trauma, whether supervision is s*xy and meeting yourself more deeply!
*Since this podcast was recorded we have added a new date for the training that was mentioned which you can find here.
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Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Whitney Iles speak on growing up with trauma, to working with communities living with violence, neurodivergence and moving into her body to begin to heal.
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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Lou Lebentz as they explore trauma, trauma recovery and therapy.
Lou Lebentz is a trauma educator, speaker, and creator of The Voyage® a mind-body-soul recovery framework used by clinicians, coaches, and changemakers worldwide. Lou brings over two decades of clinical therapeutic experience and her own lived journey through trauma, addiction, and illness into everything she teach...
Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Betsy de Thierry as we explore trauma recovery, shame and rupture & repair.
Betsy's latest book can be purchased here and Betsy can be found on all social media platforms.
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Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Jules Hillier, CEO of Pause, as they explore trauma informed approaches to the organisation and how having cancer has influenced how she strives to lead an organisation where the workforce is regulated enough to do the deep work.
Pause is a national charity that works to improve the lives of women who have had, or are at risk of having, more than one child removed from their ca...
On 9th October 2025, we are hosting our Dream Big! conference in Manchester and we are nearly sold out! So we thought we'd have a little competition for someone to win a ticket!
This conference will open up a space, providing insights and interventions, experiential moments of somatic sensations and a felt sense of being held. As a not for profit event we have ensured that you will be cared for throughout and you ...
Join Dr Lisa Cherry in converstion with Sarah Johnson as they explore belonging in education. Sarah's research is looking at belonging in alternative provisions and Lisa's research looked at belonging as understood by adults who were care experienced and excluded from school. There is a space in the middle of both of those pieces of research where they meet. Find out more about Cultviating Belonging as an an...
Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Vicki Shevlin, founder of Social Work Sorted and generous podcast host on Social Work Sorted, as they untangle how to simplify some of the more prickly aspects of social work.
You can find Vicki here:
Web - https://www.socialworksorted.com/
LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/vicki-shevlin-820171256
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Dr Lisa Cherry is in conversation with social worker Ian Thomas, where we discuss lived experiences of addiction, recovery and compassion.
You can find Ian on LinkedIn.
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Dr Lisa Cherry is in this conversation with social worker Jonny Hoyle where we discuss how AI isn’t the future; it’s the present. Social work needs to have the difficult conversations and steer the destination rather than waiting, not knowing or misusing it.
We explore how the work around this is in two parts which should interact; technology and ethics. We need to use technology for the things we decide it should do, ...
Dr Lisa Cherry is in conversation with Prof Richard Rose talking about the development and creation of therapeutic life story work which is now a widely used practice in much social work around the UK, Australia and many other countries. We talk about fractured childhoods, missing pieces and our deep desire to figure out who we are and where we're from.
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Chris explores the trauma of abandonment and privilege – Elite boarding schools, their impact on Britain and the world, the wounded leaders that come from them, generational trauma and the wounds that have to be healed in adulthood.
Chris invites us to face into the abuse legacy of UK private schools, why there is much left to do and it’s not “all better now” as the schools would have us believe.
Lis...
In this fantastic episode not only does Lisa talk to Ric Flo about music, belonging and care but we release Big and Bold.
Dr Lisa Cherry commissioned Ric Flo to create a piece of music from her research on belonging, communicating some of the themes, direct quotes and general sense of the wisdom given by the research participants.
Our conversation contextualises the whole process.
You can...
Find out from Jessica Parker how you can unlock the full potential of your school community by joining TICS DfE quality-assured Practising as a Trauma Informed Mental Health Lead (SMHL150) which allows you to become a certified lead. The best bit? It is fully funded for schools in England.
“Creating schools, services & systems that make the difference for children, young people and their families"
Emma Easton is the Education Manager of Spartans Community Education which provides youthwork led, trauma informed alternative education for primary and secondary children and young people, when mainstream is asking for more than they have to give. She works within these nurturing settings and leads a committed team of youth workers, teachers, volunteers and befrienders who know that relationships are at the heart of ...
In this three part, one off series, Dr Lisa Cherry is in conversation with Nikki Leader, close friend, energy healer and Sound Therapist, as they navigate cancer together. Join them as they explore the trauma of diagnosis, inner strength and allowing the beauty from within to shine!
This episode has a sharp focus on endings and beginnings, self awareness with a discussion on death so do take care if that feel...
In this three part, one off series, Dr Lisa Cherry is in conversation with Nikki Leader, close friend, energy healer and Sound Therapist, as they navigate cancer together. Join them as they explore the trauma of diagnosis, inner strength and allowing the beauty from within to shine!
This episode has a sharp focus on self care, collective and energy!
Episode One is here and Episode Three is here.
In this three part, one off series, Dr Lisa Cherry is in conversation with Nikki Leader, close friend, energy healer and Sound Therapist, as they navigate cancer together. Join them as they explore the trauma of diagnosis, inner strength and allowing the beauty from within to shine!
Episode Two is here and Episode Three can be found here.
Find Nikki here:
Insta - @nikkileader
Web - www....
In conversation with Lisa Cherry today is Colby Pearce who is a Clinical Psychologist who lives and works on Kaurna (pronounced “Garna”), Nurungga (pronounced as it reads), and Nukunu (pronounced “nookunoo”) country in the land known as Australia. Across the last twenty-eight years Colby has worked continuously with children and young people recovering from a tough start to life, and adults who interact with them in c...
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