Join us for a Saturday afternoon with Dr. Omar Reda, a Harvard-trained trauma expert, to gain valuable insights and guidance on generational trauma and learn practical ways to overcome and break the cycles of trauma in our families.
Saturday, August 5 | 10 a.m. to noon | MCC Prayer Hall | Join in person or watch live at mcceastbay.org/live
Sponsored by Averroes High School and MCC East Bay.
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 trained 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 Wounded Healer” (W.W. Norton & Company, 2022), calls upon healers to break free from the cycles of secrecy, toxic stress, and silent suffering to continue to empower and inspire those in their care.
Dr. Reda leads the Daughter Father Bonding Project, a family healing project designed to bond daughters and their fathers. This relationship is scary; both daughters and fathers deserve to heal and strengthen their bond by opening channels of communication and building bridges of trust.