Healing-Centred Design is a transformation framework, rooted in trauma-informed practice.

It blends systemic, creative and reflective approaches, helping future-makers to design lasting change.

You can,

• Evolve difficult life experiences into powerful leadership qualities
• Create replenishing work despite adversity
• Make brilliant things happen

Social change designer Kerry Tottingham lives with chronic pain but hates the idea of a limited life. So, with her sister-led company A Brilliant Thing CIC, she created Healing-Centred Design and uses it everyday to dismantle inequality and channel positive power, enabling everyone to do brilliant things.

‘In a world that is increasingly individualistic it can be challenging to access a sense of safety and connection. This book creates a wonderfully accessible and reassuring framework that is truly inspiring, compassionate and much needed.’ – Dr Sula Windgassen PhD MSc, Health Psychologist and Director of Mind Body Blossom Clinical Health Psychology practice

‘…offers so much more than just how to apply Healing-Centred Design in the workplace. It’s about embracing each person wholeheartedly, welcoming in individual experiences and working at each others edges to create positive change! This book will transcend so many roles across various sectors and will support leaders to advocate, model and celebrate all team members – LinkedIn

‘This is a remarkable book exploring the healing journey of pain to power , whatever that looks and feels like for you. I love the way it blends beautiful, heartfelt, poetic prose with practical, actionable steps we can take to make the internal and external shifts in consciousness. Kerry is the real deal when it comes to creativity and social change work. A necessary and hopeful book for these times’ – Amazon 5*

‘I have read ALOT of books on personal development and this one is so unique. Kerry’s writing style is rich, honest, informed and personable. Each chapter has a nugget of wisdom and a lovely take away for you to explore for yourself’ – Amazon 5*

In a world that is increasingly individualistic it can be challenging to access a sense of safety and connection. This book creates a wonderfully accessible and reassuring framework that is truly inspiring, compassionate and much needed. – Dr Sula Windgassen PhD MSc, Health Psychologist and Director of Mind Body Blossom Clinical Health Psychology practice

A must read for individuals who want to discover and seize the silver lining in chronic pain. It is a vital tool for people working in community, health and social care, therapists and HR managers. Readers are gently guided through the author’s popular Healing-Centred Design practice delivered to the public sector and business through her company ‘A Brilliant Thing CIC’. – Michaela Lavender, Managing Editor Public Money and Management, a highly-respected international journal covering finance, policy and management issues in public services

Kerry’s book is full of the warmth, generosity and a depth of knowledge and curiosity that she exudes herself and is a real treasure trove to delve into and come back to over a lifetime of navigating the twists and turns that we face. There are both practical and magical guided elements and this books gives us the ultimate permission to take care of ourselves and the world around us however that may be … a mighty and compassionate force for change and perfectly timed. – Lory Povah, Creative Health Consultant

• Cover
• Support for Healing-Centred Transformation
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Welcome
• Chapter 1: Doorway one: Pain
• Chapter 2: Doorway two: Principles
• Chapter 3: Doorway three: Process
• Chapter 4: Doorway four: Practice
• Chapter 5: Doorway five: Your power
• Appendices
• References
• Index

FORMAT / ISBN / PUBLICATION DATE / RRP

Paperback / 9781788607742 / June 17, 2025 / £14.99

Hardback / 9781788607735 / June 17, 2025 / £24.99

Ebook / 9781788607759 / June 16, 2025 / £7.99

Paperback and eBook Bundle / £16.99

Kerry Tottingham

Kerry Tottingham, co-director of A Brilliant Thing CIC, specializes in social change through creative coaching, co-production, and innovation practices, collaborating with national funders, NHS and nonprofits to drive systemic change. A certified leadership coach, Kerry drew on her own experience of chronic pain to develop the Healing-Centred Design framework, blending trauma-informed practice and systems thinking to promote social justice.