Trauma Informed Conflict Resolution with Kai Cheng Thom

How do trauma and oppression contribute to the endless cycles of conflict and destruction in our communities? How can embodied intelligence help us to unwind cycles of violence and find new ways of embodying healthy, generative conflict? In this dynamic workshop, bodyworker, mental health educator, and award-winning author Kai Cheng Thom works with participants to open up somatic resources for understanding and working with conflict in our personal and communal lives. Trauma sensitive and anti-oppressive perspectives are integrated to allow for safe(r), socially conscious strategies to emerge. Kai Cheng Thom is an author, community worker, somatic healer, lasagna lover, and wicked witch based in Toronto. She has spoken and published widely on the topics of trauma, transformative justice, and mental health. A former clinical social worker, Kai Cheng has also spent over a decade working in public sector mental health with LGBT youth and their families, an experience that continues to inform her work today. She is also the author of four award-winning books, including the Stonewall Award-winning essay collection I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE.Website: https://kaichengthom.com/