Creating Healing Spaces: Insights from Shared Wellness Leaders

Chris Martin and Dr. John Thvedt, leaders at Shared Wellness, share decades of experience in their article featured in the ODP Positive Approaches Journal. Their work emphasizes the importance of creating safe, empowering environments and outlines practical strategies for fostering recovery and resilience in individuals with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and trauma histories. By integrating thoughtful design and wellness principles, they demonstrate how trauma-informed care can transform not only individuals but also the communities that support them.