Duration: 53m 44s
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Deran and Linda discuss how the decontextualization of historical trauma can result in the pathologizing and stereotyping of cultures, families, and individuals. They identify the various expressions – emotionally, psychologically, and behaviorally – of unmetabolized grief at the individual, family, cultural, and societal levels. Linda shares how to engage in somatic techniques to expand the nervous system’s capacity for grief and reclamation.
Linda Thai, LMSW ERYT-200, CLYL, is a trauma therapist and educator specializing in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma. Linda’s work centers on healing with a particular focus on the experiences of adult children of refugees and immigrants.
Linda assists internationally-renowned psychiatrist and trauma expert Dr. Bessel van der Kolk with his private small-group psychotherapy workshops aimed at healing attachment trauma. She has a Master of Social Work with an emphasis on the neurobiology of attachment and trauma. Linda is passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels.
