Restoring Connections: Rebuilding Relationships with Restorative Justice – Part 1

Restoring Connections: Rebuilding Relationships with Restorative Justice – Part 1

Many survivors experience victim blaming, minimization, and invalidation upon disclosing their trauma to loved ones, often resulting in isolation. This workshop will explore how restorative processes can be used as a tool to support survivors in addressing harmful, unsupportive ways in which loved ones responded to their disclosures of trauma and work to repair those relationships if that is what the survivor desires. Participants will learn about the restorative paradigm, experience a simulated restorative process, and consider how this service could support survivors we work with.