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Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Andi Brierley as they explore how stigma in criminal justice turns labels into lifelong identities and shapes whether people feel safe to speak about their past. We connect lived experience, criminology and policy to show how stigma can block rehabilitation and make reintegration harder than it needs to be. Defining stigma through Goffman and the idea of being deeply discreditedUnpacking discredited versus discreditable identities and why it mattersChallenging language like offender and ex-offender as timeless labelsNoticing how “disclosure” can reveal unequal social normsLinking stigma to institutions, politics and austerity narratives via Imogen TylerUsing David Garland to explain punitive policy and public fearQuestioning lived experience recruitment when DBS checks override intentArguing that relationships, housing, education and belonging support desistance Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Niamh Cullen in conversation on stigma and addiction and why drug-related deaths are more often driven by exclusion, trauma and missed connection than by a lack of services. We trace how labels, “choice” narratives and system design quietly add harm, then map practical ways to build hope through relationships. We explore:  Niamh’s career timeline from children’s homes to needle exchange, prisons, outreach and commissioningWriting a Safeguarding Adult Review after five street deaths and recognising lifelong trauma patternsStigma as a public health issue that contributes to drug-related deathsHow labels like “addict” erase strengths, roles and identityThe “it’s a choice” myth and the double bind it createsInternalised stigma, shame and the impact on self-worthWhy stigma can be subtler and stronger inside services than in communities“Engagement” expectations that ignore poverty and unstable housing Treatment gaps, outdated pharmacology and the harm reduction debateWhat trauma-informed practice looks like in real contact; names, kindness, eye contact and reflective practiceHow austerity and policy shifts change culture, partnerships and the workforceThe power of lived experience roles to rebuild trust and shift outcomesSupport the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Graham Chatterley, educator and parent on how stigma shows up in SEND, from school labels to healthcare dismissal and what it costs families when professionals assume the worst. We explore trauma, regulation and how to rebuild trust so parents and services can genuinely work as a team around the child. We explore:  Graeme’s journey from traditional behaviour management to trauma-informed education and SEND understandingHow autism traits can be masked by fight or flight until a child feels emotionally safeThe impact of labels such as EBD and how stigma shapes staff expectationsParent stigma in health and social care meetings, including being talked over or dismissedWhy exhaustion and grief can look like “unreasonable” behaviour in parentsEmpathy versus sympathy and why performative empathy breaks connectionIsolation, loss of support networks and the pull of social media validationPractical meeting skills: regulate first, slow down, make space to thinkSystem issues: austerity, funding disputes and the need for real multidisciplinary teamworkSupport the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail As we continue the series on 'stigma', join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Emmerline Irving as we talk candidly about obesity & stigma and why blame-based stories in the media and in healthcare block recovery, dignity and effective treatment.  We explore obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease shaped by biology, trauma, poverty and an obesogenic environment, naming what trauma-informed support can look like in real services. We explore:  Emmeline’s lived experience of obesity and her public health work across West YorkshireWhere GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide come from and why press coverage becomes stigmatisingWhy terms like “fat jabs” do harm and why “metabolic drugs” is more accurateThe bi-directional link between trauma and obesity and what we learn from lived experienceWhy weight management services can be re-traumatising and set people up to relapse“Food noise” and why clinicians often misread it as depression, anxiety or an eating disorderHow GP interactions show how stigma gets embedded in pathways and referralsObesity, poverty, double stigma and the commercial determinants of healthReframing obesity through both a trauma-informed lens and a clinical lensWhat personalised, essential care looks like before, during, and after treatmentYou can learn more about Emm's work here.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail We explore how stigma sticks to children when they are moved out of mainstream schooling and into alternative provision and how that shift can turn a young person into a visible “case” for the system to manage. We connect Goffman’s stigma theory with liminality, class and digital life, asking what it means to be a student when the ideal pupil is the only one the system truly recognises. What alternative provision means and how it differs from PRUsHow exclusion creates a liminal identity between being and becomingWhy AP is politically contested as either opportunity or segregationHow stigma becomes visible and fixed through labels and paperworkThe role of disciplinary language such as ‘at risk’ and ‘hard to reach’How blame often lands on the child and the motherWhy critical theory still matters for understanding structuresWhose voices are missing in AP research and practiceWorking class boys and the stereotype of the ‘angry’ young manClass as rational decision-making under risk and limited opportunityThe digital space as a new frontier for stigma and cultural capitalYou can find Craig on LinkedIn and at UWE (University of the West of England) Bristol. If you've enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing or reviewing. Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail A new series!  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Betsy de Thiery about why vague trauma language creates real harm, from shallow training to rising shame for people living with complex trauma. We argue for clearer definitions, better role boundaries in services and a return to community and connection as the foundation for recovery. RESOURCES: Trauma Recovery-UK, which is a highly specialised therapy centre charity for children and their families who have experienced trauma. www.trc-uk.org  Trauma Recovery Global https://www.traumarecoveryglobal.com/ Amazon links to books:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Betsy-de-Thierry/author/B07BB398RW?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1776341282&sr=1-1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Dr Cathy Malchiodi, expressive arts therapist,  challenge the idea that trauma-informed practice is a set of tools you can apply without relationship, culture and context. They explore how the arts can restore joy and capacity when the world feels stuck in long-haul distress, distraction and performative “quick fixes”. RESOURCES: Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, REAT www.cathymalchiodi.com   Director, Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute Author, Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy: Brain, Body and Imagination in the Healing Process | Guilford Press  Handbook of Expressive Arts Therapy | Guilford Press (October 2022) Contributing Writer, Psychology Today Online | Arts & Health, 6.5 million readers LinkedIn (39,000 followers) and Facebook (400,000 followers) for resources, articles and community networking in the fields of trauma, expressive arts therapy, sensory integration and neurodiversity Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with psychotherapist Graham Music about why trauma-informed practice cannot be reduced to training badges or compliance, and how real trauma work demands presence, humility and emotional stamina. We explore how helpers can stay close to pain without shutting down, over-identifying, or turning hope into a shallow performance. RESOURCES: http://www.nurturingnatures.co.uk/ Books here  Online courses here Newsletter sign-up (go on its good!)  twitter     linkedin instagram  Journal articles here Book chapters here  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry and Dr Lucy Johnstone as they explore why trauma-informed practice becomes diluted when services keep diagnosis, coercion and the medical model intact. They explore meaning-making, formulation and the Power Threat Meaning Framework as practical ways to build understanding without turning distress into disorder. RESOURCES: 'A disorder 4 everyone' events and resources: www.adisorder4everyone.com 'A straight talking introduction to psychiatric diagnosis' https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/sti-diagnosis Resources and information about the Power Threat Meaning Framework: https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/introducing-power-threat-meaning-framework A video about the Power Threat Meaning Framework: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWAv4IBsCjc Accessible introduction to the PTMF and how to use it: https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/a-straight-talking-introduction-to-the-power-threat-meaning-framework-an-alternative-to-psychiatric-diagnosis Follow the PTM Framework on Twitter @PTMFramework and on Bluesky: ptm-framework.bsky.social  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 1 of a 5-part series on Resisting the Dilution of Trauma Informed Practice. Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Dr Karen Treisman as they explore how 'Trauma-informed' came to be on websites, job adverts, strategies and posters everywhere, but what happens when the terminology travels faster than the creation of the opportunity for transformation?  Together they unpack how trauma informed care gets reduced to slogans, checklists and superficial signals, while day-to-day behaviours still communicate blame, shame and disconnection. Karen and Lisa explore why the mismatch between what a service promises and what it delivers can feel like betrayal, and how that can re-traumatise children, families and staff. They also get practical about what “modelling the model” looks like; noticing our own nervous systems, naming mistakes, apologising and doing relational repair, rather than hiding behind perfect-sounding language. If you want to think about trauma-informed organisational change that is honest, grounded, and safe, then you'll enjoy this conversation.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Lucy Kate Barnes as we talk about what it means to be openly care-experienced in public life and how we choose to tell our stories. This conversation was inspired by both Lucy and Lisa being nominated for different awards at the National Diversity Awards 2026.  They reflect upon:  navigating how to speak about trauma without being defined by it noticing how stigma shows up as pity and professional gatekeeping reacting to National Diversity Awards nominations and why representation matters thinking about legacy and what it means to have your work recognised arguing for belonging beyond servicesthe birth of Lawyers Who Carecalling for deeper trauma understanding across the legal profession and beyond You can vote for Lisa HERE and you can vote for Lucy HERE!  If you've enjoyed this episode, please consider sharing or reviewing.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in conversation with Fiona Holiday, Play Therapist and illustrator of the children's book on loss "Squirrel's Search for Love", a book conceived from Lisa becoming a Grandma and also having a life-limiting illness. There is an honest discussion about the early, foggy stage of creating when Lisa was unwell and how a strong collaboration can hold uncertainty until the story finds its shape. Fiona shares her craft process of building a sketchbook trail of ideas, creating consistency across pages and doing the preparation that lets the final artwork stay fresh. We also dig into why illustration and storytelling are such powerful tools for children’s bereavement and grief support. Pictures can carry meaning on a non verbal level, offering continuity, safety and tiny details that children return to as they make sense of loss.  If you’re writing a children’s book for the first time, or you're working with children and using a trauma informed lens, or you want to talk to children you're caring for about death with compassion, this conversation is for you. Buy the book HERE.  Learn more about Fiona HERE. Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry

Send us Fan Mail Join Dr Lisa Cherry in Conversation with psychic medium Nikki Leader for the final episode in this 6 part series on liminality!  We explore liminality in the world between worlds, tracing how trauma can open intuition and how small rituals help us cross from fear to becoming. We reflect on trauma as a portal to intuition and change, and rituals as bridges for separation, transition and integration.  Nikki gets a mention in my blog post on The New Year That Belongs to Everyone where we talk about 17th February!  You can find Nikki's website here and she is also on Instagram and TikTok.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Please share and subscribe the practice wisdom in this episode and create social change, one connection at a time. If you're feeling it, then leave a comment too! Learn more about Lisa here: www.lisacherry.co.uk Buy Books Here.  Connect on Linkedin, Instagram and Substack by searching for Dr Lisa Cherry