Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Trauma exposure author and educator
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky founded the Trauma Stewardship Institute and wrote Trauma Stewardship. She has worked for more than three decades on trauma exposure.
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About Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
Laura van Dernoot Lipsky started the Trauma Stewardship Institute and leads it as director. She has written Trauma Stewardship and The Age of Overwhelm, and she hosts the podcast Future Tripping, which focuses on conversations about overwhelm. She is described as a pioneer in the field of trauma exposure and has worked nationally and internationally for more than three decades. Much of her work involves being invited to help communities after catastrophes such as fatal storms or mass shootings. Alongside this, she has long been active in community organizing and in movements for social and environmental justice. She serves on the advisory board of ZGiRLS, which supports young girls in sports, and she helped found the International Transformational Resilience Coalition.