Restorative Justice and the Journey Towards Redemption with Dr. Elaine Leeder
Transforming Trauma
Brad Kammer
4.4 • 131 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Forgiveness can transform lives. In this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily explores the holistic practice of restorative justice with Dr. Elaine Leeder, a professor and prolific writer who's worked in mental hospitals, gerontology, foster care, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol counseling as a social worker and psychotherapist.
Elaine's current pro bono work with incarcerated individuals and those they've harmed is remarkable for its progressive approach to redemption. In her 28 years working with prisoners, Elaine has witnessed the devastating effects of early childhood trauma compounded by the consequences of institutionalized mistreatment. She has also experienced the power of collective healing. "People are not the worst things they've done," Elaine insists. Her empathetic statement complements the NARM principle that humans can repair persistent, outdated survival strategies through connection, attunement, trust, and autonomy.
About Elaine Leeder:
Elaine (Sneierson) Leeder MSW, MPH, PhD is Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita at Sonoma State University. For the last twenty-eight years, she has worked in prisons in NY and California as a professor and doing restorative justice victim/offender dialogues with people who have been harmed and those who have done the harm. She has seen forgiveness, remorse and transformation that has healed those traumatized by serious crimes.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Transforming Trauma podcast. |
| 0:08.3 | Transforming Trauma is presented by the NARM Training Institute. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm your host, Emily Ruth, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:15.9 | Hi, Transforming Trauma listeners. |
| 0:18.2 | We're so excited to share the power of healing from complex trauma with all of you. |
| 0:22.8 | It's inspiring to know that so many of you tune in to learn about how healing from complex trauma is possible. |
| 0:28.8 | Are you interested in deepening your understanding of NARM? We're excited to present the Inner Circle, |
| 0:34.4 | NARM's online learning community. Each month, members receive direct mentorship from NARM creator Dr. Lawrence Heller, NARM's online learning community. Each month, members receive direct mentorship |
| 0:38.7 | from NARM creator Dr. Lawrence Heller, NARM training director Brad Kammer, and other NARM faculty |
| 0:44.4 | as they present NARM demonstration sessions and provide extensive debriefs on applying NARM |
| 0:49.8 | with real clients. They also present live topic webinars that deconstruct the various elements of complex |
| 0:55.7 | trauma. Members also get access to archived material and other learning resources, as well as access |
| 1:01.6 | to a private Facebook group with other professionals learning NARM around the world. |
| 1:06.2 | The Inner Circle is a hub for the international NARM community where people working with complex |
| 1:10.6 | trauma come together to connect, network, and develop trauma-informed circle is a hub for the international norm community where people working with complex trauma |
| 1:10.9 | come together to connect, network, and develop trauma-informed projects to help our world. |
| 1:17.1 | You, our transforming trauma listeners, can receive a free 14-day trial with access to the |
| 1:22.3 | three-month archive by visiting www.narmtraining.com forward slash free trial. |
| 1:32.6 | And now for our interview. |
| 1:35.5 | Dr. Elaine Leader has been a writer since the 70s and a professor since 1977. |
| 1:41.0 | She has worked in mental hospitals, gerontology, foster care, domestic violence, and drug and alcohol counseling as a social worker and psychotherapist. |
| 1:49.6 | Elaine's most meaningful work has been in prisons, where she is now doing victim-offender dialogues with victims of crime and the men who committed these acts. |
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