Season 1 Episode 24: The Healing Power of Survivor Impact Panels

About This Episode

Survivors deserve a variety of options for support, justice, and healing.

In this episode, Ruth and David start by interviewing Janette Barcenas, a survivor, practitioner, and researcher involved with U.S.-based survivor impact panels. Janette shares how her healing journey was strengthened by her participation in survivor impact panels and one-on-one dialogues with people who had chosen violence. David and Ruth’s second guest, Matt Johnston, a Licensed Professional Counselor and manager of these dialogue programs, describes how the structure of these programs help both survivors and perpetrators. Their third guest, Dr. Kate Sackett Kerrigan, shares the research behind the programs, including the increases in empathy, guilt, and a greater understanding of partners’ perspectives by perpetrators.

Additional Resources

• Podcast: Season 1 Episode 17: Choose to Change: A New Community-Based Men’s Behavior Change Toolkit

• Podcast: Season 1 Episode 20: Partnering with Survivors Using Restorative Practices: An Interview with Dr. Eloise Sepeda

• Online Course: Working with Men as Parents: Fathers’ Parenting Choices Matter

• Safe & Together Institute’s domestic abuse–informed trainings

• Safe & Together Institute’s upcoming events

• David Mandel’s book Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform the Way We Keep Children Safe from Domestic Violence