Dr. Omar Reda, a Harvard-trained trauma expert, gives valuable insights and guidance on generational trauma and shares practical ways to overcome and break the cycles of trauma in our families.

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- More about Dr. Reda: https://www.dromarreda.com
- More mental health talks at MCC: http://mcceastbay.org/mental-health

This program was hosted in collaboration with Averroes High School.

Dr. Omar Reda is a board-certified psychiatrist, Harvard-trained trauma expert, humanitarian, and author who’s devoted much of his career to helping people recover from psychological trauma. Trained as a medical doctor in his home country of Libya, Dr. Reda found himself about to be jailed for engaging in humanitarian activities, fleeing the country in 1999. After settling in the US, he went on to train at Harvard and the University of Tennessee. Considered a “global trauma expert,” Dr. Reda has consulted for the UN and WHO and has extensive experience working with survivors of all kinds of trauma (with a soft spot in his heart for children and refugees). He works on breaking family cycles of trauma through the Untangled model of care used in communities across the USA and abroad. His latest book, The Wounder Healer W.W. Norton & Company, 2022), calls upon healers to break free from the cycles of secrecy, toxic stress, and silent suffering so they can continue to empower and inspire those in their care.

This talk was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on August 5, 2023.

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