The Guide to Trauma-Informed and Emotionally Mindful Conflict Practice

With a restorative focus, this book offers a perspective that views collective and historical trauma and emotions as powerful transformative resources, amplifying the voices of the marginalized. Rinker integrates theory and practice, forging human connections with the reader through storytelling, and provides profound insights for peacebuilders and practitioners, guiding them in conflict resolution and nurturing the collective potential for sustainable change--Gaurav J. Pathania, Assistant Professor of Sociology & Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University Jeremy Rinker offers an innovate and refreshing reassessment on trauma and its remedies at personal and societal levels. He argues convincingly that relevant contexts for viewing trauma must be reconceptualized by practitioners working to halt cycles of violence and to promote healing processes, not only to reckon with social injustices but also to acknowledge and engage with emotions as a crucial part of addressing trauma. This book provides invaluable insights for practitioners and theorists from disciplines as diverse as psychology, trauma counseling, social work, sociology, mediation, peacemaking, and peace-buildings. It will provoke useful reflection and reevaluation of widely held assumptions about the nature of trauma and how to prevent and ameliorate trauma-induced suffering.--Douglas P. Fry, professor of peace and conflict studies, UNC Greensboro; co-author of Nurturing Our Humanity