EVENTS

January 15, 2025

Meet on 6 | 6th Floor Suite 6-180

Our physical environment can impact our emotions and behaviors, both negatively and positively. It has the ability to increase or reduce our stress levels. The spaces in which we live and receive services should communicate safety and promote supportive relationships. Otherwise, they can symbolize lack of dignity and agency, which is further intensified for individuals who have experienced trauma. This session will examine how Trauma-informed Design (TiD) can be used to create physical spaces that promote safety, resilience, and healing. Attendees will be introduced to our current understanding of trauma, how it can impact a person, and explore ways in which the built environment can exacerbate or alleviate those impacts. 

Janet Roche is a leader in designing for health and wellness. With a background with a B.S. in Social Work from Boston University, her Certificate of Business and Management from Harvard University Extension School, and nearly two decades of owning her own production company, she is now engaging her love of design, helping others, and business by owning her own company, Janet Roche Designs, LLC. Her company believes that they can find real design solutions to the human condition. In 2019 she launched her own podcast, Inclusive Designers™, and in 2020 started Trauma Informed Design Society along J. Davis Harte, PhD., and eventually adding Christine Cowart (2021). She and Christine do various presentations on Trauma and Trauma-informed Design for marginalized populations and consult on projects worldwide. She and Christine have started Trauma-informed Design Consultants, LLC. Meanwhile, the society’s book, Trauma-informed Design Framework: A Framework for Designers, Architects, and Other Practitioners, is out now.