Dr Lisa Cherry

Dr Lisa Cherry is the Director of Trauma Informed Consultancy Services Ltd leading a dynamic and creative organisation that provides a 'one stop' approach to delivering on research, consultancy and learning and development. Lisa is an author, researcher, leading international trainer and consultant, specialising in assisting settings, services and systems across the public sectors to create systemic change to the way that we work with those experiencing and living with, the legacy of trauma. 

Lisa has been working in and around Education and Children’s Services for over 35 years and combines academic knowledge and research with professional expertise and personal experience. Lisa has worked extensively with Social workers, Educators, Probation Workers and those in Adult Services, training and speaking to over 35,000 people around the world including in the US, Australia and Pakistan and across the whole of the UK.

Lisa has produced multiple pieces of research for various settings and Lisa's own MA research looked at the impact on education and employment for care experienced adults who experienced school exclusion as children in the 1970's and 1980's. In February 2024 Lisa completed her DPhil research at The University of Oxford in the Department of Education. The research asked "How do care experienced adults who were also excluded from school make sense of belonging?"

Lisa is the author of the hugely successful and award winning book 'Conversations that make a difference for Children and Young People' (2021), ‘The Brightness of Stars’ 3rd Edition (2022) and Weaving a Web of Belonging (2025). 

Testimonial

Lisa’s unique combination of experience, knowledge, skill and personality has been instrumental in our on-going journey to become a trauma-informed organisation. We approached Lisa after hearing her deliver a keynote speech at a national conference in the hope that she would be willing to design and deliver foundational TIP training for our practitioners. Lisa was incredibly responsive and collaborative in the design phase which ensured the course was tailored to our needs. 

The content and delivery was everything we hoped it would be. Lisa's extensive knowledge together with her engaging style and ability to create a safe space for the groups was exceptional. Feedback about the training from attendees has been excellent:

‘Very gripping and fascinating, very engaging and I took a lot away from the training that I could use every day not just in my job role’.

‘Lisa Cherry was an excellent trainer, passionate and engaging. Content and style of delivery was also excellent’
‘The trainer and the delivery style was simply fantastic. She captivated the whole room’.

We would recommend Lisa unreservedly and look forward to working with her as we continue on our journey to become a trauma-informed organisation.
Grace Strong (know leading The Violence Reduction Partnership)

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