Healing-Centered Peacebuilding: An approach to preventing violent extremism

Peacebuilding, Violent Extremism, CVE, Kenya, CHRIPS

Community-based trauma healing practices are claiming their space in preventing and combating violent extremism (P/CVE), as well as peacebuilding praxis. These resurgent practices go by different labels and names including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), trauma healing, trauma-wise peacebuilding, psychosocial wellbeing, trauma-informed and responsive peacebuilding, and healing-centered peacebuilding amongst others