Foundations of Healing-Centered Practice (Monday)

Quarters
Winter Signature
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Arita Balaram

This course will introduce students to how academics, activists, and practitioners have worked to address the root causes of violence and imagined possibilities for change. The course will offer opportunities for students to explore first-person accounts from people differently positioned in relationship to institutions of punishment and healing in order to understand both the challenges and possibilities of engaging in healing-centered work. Topics will include trauma, liberation, and healing justice, restorative vs. retributive justice, conflict resolution, de-escalation, mind-body awareness, and social-political consciousness.

This course is available on Monday or Wednesday evenings. Class meetings for this course are held completely online.

This is the second of three courses that comprise the Trauma Informed Engagement and Healing Certificate at Evergreen. Courses must be taken in sequential order.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

2 - Social Psychology

2 - Sociology of Health

Registration

Students must complete The Social Psychology of Trauma and Healing before taking this course.

Signature Required

Prerequisite: Students must take the Social Psychology of Trauma and Healing course first if enrolled in the certificate.

Academic Details

This offering is connected to the Trauma-Informed Engagement and Healing Certificate at Evergreen. For more information visit: https://www.evergreen.edu/academics/professional-continuing-education/t…

Psychology, sociology, community organizing

4
25
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

Schedule

Winter
2026
Signature
Remote (W)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Evening
Schedule Details
Olympia