Healing Justice: Holistic Self-Care for Change Makers

Loretta Pyles, Oxford University Press (2018)

This book explores the concept of “healing justice” as a trauma-informed practice that can empower social practitioners to “cultivate the conditions that might allow them to feel more connected to themselves, their clients, colleagues, and communities.” Through case studies, critical analysis of terms commonly used in the self-care context, and by sharing specific skills, it presents self-care as an act of resistance to “disconnection, marginalization, and internalized oppression.” It also critically explores the commodification of self-care, and offers suggestions on how self-care practices can be shared with community members who might have less access to wellness resources.