Trauma and Healing Systems – Laura Calderon de la Barca, Kazu Haga, and Thomas Hübl

About this episode

The episode explores the significance of trauma healing for systems change and the collective approaches necessary in today's crises.

In the second panel conversation of this mini-series, guest host Jamie Bristow is joined by Laura Calderón de la Barca, Kazu Haga and Thomas Hübl to explore the rising significance of trauma healing for systems change. As trauma moves from the margins to the mainstream, the conversation asks what we are really naming when we speak of trauma, and how unprocessed experience shapes not only individual lives, but relationships, communities and whole societies. Together, they reflect on the growing recognition that healing need not be a solitary pursuit, and that collective, systemic and intergenerational approaches may be vital in an age of compounding crises. The result is a thoughtful and far-reaching conversation about whether our capacity to relate wisely to trauma may help determine how we meet the pressures of a rapidly changing and imperiled world. Laura Calderón de la Barca, PhD is a psychotherapist specialized in collective, systemic and intergenerational trauma, as well as a collective healing researcher, educator, consultant, and lead author of Healing Systems, the #1 read article of the Stanford Social Innovation Review for 2024 Kazu Haga is an educator and practitioner…

People in this episode

Host: Jamie Bristow

Guests: Laura Calderón de la Barca, Kazu Haga, Thomas Hübl

Topics covered

• trauma healing
• systems change
• collective healing
• intergenerational approaches
• community relationships

Keywords

• trauma
• healing
• systems change
• collective approaches
• intergenerational trauma

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