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Thursday, 6th February 2025
09:00 - 17:00
Oxford Town Hall, St Aldate's, Oxford OX1 1BX, UK
What might it mean to be trauma informed if we take a collective rather an individual view?
What if we use our creativity as well as academic rigour to ignite and sustain our motivation?
How could our practice change if we consider trauma through lenses that extend beyond 'treatment'?
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The aim of our 2025 conference is to explore how these questions influence our working lives when we keep our focus on what works well.
What can you expect?
We will be showcasing a number of our trauma informed areas of work led by respected speakers and thought leaders in the field of trauma. These influential voices bring deep expertise, lived experience, and innovative approaches to trauma-informed practice, inspiring positive change within communities.
Dr Angela Kennedy
Clinical Psychologist, Founder and Co-Director of TICA
Dr. Angela Kennedy is a long-standing leader in Trauma Informed Approaches in the UK, founding the national network that became the CIC while leading Trauma Informed transformation for NHS-England and a major mental health trust in 2019. You can read more of Angela's research here.
Dr Khadj Rouf
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr Khadj Rouf has worked for the NHS since 1991 and is a trained cognitive therapist. She is passionate about creative ways of healing from trauma, and in joining the dots between individual healing and social justice.
Innocent Mahiya
Qualitative Researcher
Innocent has experience in studying vulnerable populations using a variety of methods including participatory approaches and ethnographic inquiry, currently working on the research project within the Behavioural and Qualitative team (ARC WEST), Sharing learning to embed trauma-informed systems across public services.
Dr Michelle Farr
Senior Research Fellow at National Institute for Health
Dr Michelle Farr is a Senior Research Fellow at National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West) and Bristol Medical School. She specialises in participatory research methods, and co-production approaches, alongside the evaluation of implementation of trauma-informed approaches at organisation and system levels.
Christopher Bailey
Arts & Healing Lead,
World Health Organisation
Christopher Bailey is the Arts & Health Lead at WHO Headquarters. The message of his work is to amplify the WHO definition of health, which states that health is not merely the absence of disease and infirmity but the attainment of the highest level of physical, mental, and social wellbeing.
Tina Ellen-Lee
Artistic Director and cofounder of Opera Circus, singer/actress turned consultant and mentor, leader in international youth arts, producer of music theatre and chamber opera, partner of Professor Nigel Osborne for 20 years, and recipient of the European Citizen’s Prize, a Winston Churchill/Finzi Fellowship, FRSA, and Salzburg Global Fellowship.
Artistic Director and cofounder of Opera Circus
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Dr David Creese
Dr David Creese is a writer and academic with lived experience of work-related PTSD and moral injury. He has lectured in Classics at universities in Canada and the UK.
Writer and Academic
Dr Cara Courage
Dr Cara Courage, Culture, Communities & Place Consultant-Director, is a globally renowned placemaking, arts and heritage sector leader, named in the top 10 of place-thinkers worldwide and a ‘strategy angel’ for the culture sector.
Culture, Communities & Place Consultant-Director
Linda Dobraszczyk
Retired Children’s Commissioner in Public Health
After 37 years as a community pharmacist, and after a bereavement, Linda retrained in Public Health and worked hard to drive the trauma informed agenda across all her local public and third sector services.
Siofra Peeren
Síofra is a trauma survivor researcher working as a Research Associate at King’s College London. Her research focuses on transforming health system responses to interpersonal trauma, particularly complex trauma and sexual violence.
Research Associate at King’s College London
Dr Katharine Chaudhuri
Dr Katharine Chaudhuri is a Clinical Psychologist, whose career has spanned the NHS, private practice and she is currently working for the Covid-19 Inquiry, as part of the Support and Safeguarding Team. Katharine has a longstanding interest in working with complex trauma clinically. More recently, her focus has widened to include applying trauma-informed approaches to organisations and cultures.
Clinical Psychologist
COVID-19 Inquiry
Dr Natalia Lewis
Dr, researcher, Senior Lecturer in trauma-informed heath care
Natalia Lewis is a researcher with a clinical medical background and expertise in trauma-informed health care and health system responses to domestic abuse and trauma.
Angie Sweeney
Senior Lecturer User Led Research at King’s College London
Angie Sweeney is a trauma survivor and has been conducting survivor research since the late 90s. Angie is currently Director of the Service User Research Enterprise (SURE, King’s College London).
Programme Details
We are so pleased that so many deeply wise, trauma informed leaders are joining us to present their work and motivations.
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Hear a worldwide perspective on the importance of collective action through culture and the valued work of the World Health Organisation in this field by one of the most engaging speakers you will ever get the chance to see.
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If we are serious about removing some of the internalising of the trauma lens, then we need to pay attention to our environment. So much untapped transformational energy is in the places we inhabit and you can hear from a leading light in the placemaking field.
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The evidence base for a trauma informed approach is still patchy and yet if we want to be trauma informed we need to make sure we are effective and do no harm. England's stars of TI research will share what we are learning so that you can be inspired to support a TI learning culture.
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Our working lives give us great purpose. You will hear from healthcare staff about the impact of them attempting suicide when young and how they found a life worth living. They bring their own lived experience through a documentary that captures themes from a research programme and you will see the importance of work and relational connection. Stories shape our culture and by showing this film we hope to challenge stigma and give hope to people who are struggling.
Yet burnout, moral injury, and work related trauma can deeply affect our lives too. In this session, we’ll explore how to reclaim a sense of fulfilment by drawing on the collective wisdom of those who have navigated these challenges. Insights from the National COVID Inquiry and the role of creative writing in addressing work-related harms will guide us in charting pathways toward new ways of working.
Maybe you have wondered about the intersection between human rights principles and a trauma informed approach. Our workshop will explore and the relationships between rights-based and trauma- informed approaches.
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Young people who have experienced traumatic contexts should always be a focus of attention in order to pre-empt issues further down the line. You will be able to walk amongst a forest of washing of customised clothing made by care leavers about their identities and hopes for the future. We have an incredibly experienced Charity showcasing the value of music to engage young communities in the UK and abroad, particularly in war zones.
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You can see that we place appreciative approaches at the core of what we do. Trauma may be difficult to face, but we can face it better through solidarity. Come and join us.
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What your ticket offers
All access pass to speakers with a choice of workshops
Exhibition hall with stalls
Opportunity to develop your network
Opportunity to become a TICA member for free
Refreshments and Hot fork Buffet Lunch
A calming space to step away, recharge, and find peace, offering a quiet space for comfort and reflection during the conference
Peer Supporters available through out the day
Online Registration available up to two weeks before the event
Downloadable digital conference pack
Belonging
We want to make the conference venue and presentations as accessible for all delegates therefore we have ensured the following:
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A calming space to step away, recharge, and find peace, offering a quiet space for comfort and reflection during the conference
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Peer Supporters
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A Venue that is accessible
If you require additional support, such as a carer or interpreter, please contact us at info@traumainformedcommunityaction.org . We will be happy to discuss how we can accommodate your needs and their attendance.
We have a small number of free places for those who want to attend but who have limited funds. Please email info@traumainformedcommunityaction.org to apply.
We look forward to welcoming your contribution to our conversation in Oxford on the 6th February 2025. We hope that anyone with an interest in supporting positive mental health will find our approach dynamic, empowering and hopeful.