THE PODCAST

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The Podcast

Trauma Informed Conversations is produced by Trauma Informed Consultancy Services (TICS), an organisation dedicated to embedding trauma-informed, relational, and compassionate approaches across services and systems.

Hosted by Jessica Parker, Director of TICS and experienced trainer, researcher, and mental health professional, the podcast offers reflective discussions and grounded insights to support anyone working with people — from schools and social care to leadership and community practice.

Whether you’re a practitioner, policymaker, carer, or leader, these conversations invite you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the human heart of your work.

Episodes

Care-Experienced People (Mini-Series) - Episode 4: Adoption Beyond the Happy Ending: Trauma and the Stories That Shape Us with Annalisa Toccara-Jones
Adoption is not an endpoint. This special episode of Trauma Informed Conversations explores the lifelong legacies of adoption, the pressure to be “grateful,” and why adoptees need space to tell the full truth.
6th January 2026
Care-Experienced People (Mini-Series) - Episode 3: Sibling Kinship Care – Holding Families Together with Dr Lorna Stabler
This episode explores the realities of sibling kinship care, as Carrie Wilson and Dr Lorna Stabler discuss the emotional and practical challenges of raising a sibling while navigating trauma and unsupported systems. Through lived experience and research, they highlight the love, complexity and resilience within kinship families and the need for more flexible, trauma-informed support.
10th December 2025
Trauma-Informed Research and the Hidden Burden on Care Leavers
In this episode, we’re joined by Carrie following her BBC Breakfast interview about the realities faced by care experienced young people. We dig deeper into her PhD research on financial need, the hidden weight of family privilege and the systemic issues that continue to disadvantage young people leaving care. Carrie also unveils her new Trauma-Informed Researcher and Educator Suite, designed to improve the way we research, teach and shape systems that affect vulnerable groups. A must-listen for educators, policymakers, social care professionals and anyone passionate about trauma-informed practice.
28th November 2025
Care-Experienced People (Mini-Series) - Episode 2:  Trauma-Informed Storytelling & Keeping Lived Experience at the Centre with Sophia Alexandra Hall
This episode features journalist Sophia Alexandra Hall discussing how care-experienced people are often placed into limiting media narratives and how this can cause harm. She and Carrie explore trauma-informed, collaborative storytelling that gives people more control over their stories, drawing on Sophia’s own experiences, her work at The Big Issue, and her focus on safer, more ethical approaches to sharing lived experience.
20th November 2025
Trauma-Informed Research: Bridging Data, Lived Experience & Co-Production
This episode looks at what changes when research is done with people rather than on them, as Carrie Wilson and Dr Nikki Luke discuss blending data, mixed methods, and lived experience without losing the human story. They share examples of co-production, ways to reduce harm, and how to fund genuine inclusion, offering practical steps to make research more relational and trauma-informed.
11th November 2025
Care-Experienced People (Mini-Series) - Episode 1: The Trauma of the Care System - Healing Within Traumatised Institutions
In this episode of Trauma-Informed Conversations, host Carrie Wilson speaks with Dr Lisa Cherry and Ian Thomas about the deep-rooted trauma within care systems and the challenges of fostering healing in institutions not designed for it. Their dialogue explores institutional harm, relational leadership, and the transformative power of authenticity, compassion, and belonging.
31st October 2025
From Conference to Conversation: The Story Behind Trauma Informed Conversations
In the first episode of Trauma Informed Conversations, Jessica Parker and Carrie Wilson reflect on the origins of the podcast and the unique TICS model, emphasizing compassion, connection, and sustainable systems change. Sparked by the energy of a recent conference, the podcast offers a grounded space for ongoing reflection and honest dialogue around trauma-informed practice.
14th October 2025
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