DEI Session: A Decolonized Approach to Therapy with Linda Thai

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Join us for our upcoming DEI session on A Decolonized Approach to Therapy with Linda Thai!

In this 90-minute conversation we’ll reflect on how our understanding of attachment and relational healing has been shaped — and often limited — by colonial paradigms. Together, we’ll explore how systems of oppression such as racism, sexism, and ableism influence both our relationships and our work as therapists. This session invites us to bring awareness to these dynamics in clinical practice and personal reflection, and to reimagine attachment through a decolonized and holistic lens — one that honors connection not only with early caregivers, but also with ancestors, spiritual traditions, chosen families, broader communities, and the natural world. We come together with the intention to open our relational imaginations, challenge inherited biases, and move toward healing, connection, and collective liberation.

This session will also include a space for Q&A to address your questions and share insights.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding how colonial history and oppression impacts attachment and mental health. 
  • Expanding our clinical understanding to include culturally rooted, multi-layered relationships. 
  • Gaining practical skills in somatic and embodied practices that support healing attachment wounds.
  • Acquiring resources to foster attachment and genuine belonging in a diverse and interconnected world.

Event Information:

DATE: Saturday, September 13, 2025 

TIME: 3pm to 4:30pm ET (Convert to your time zone here.)

Online on Zoom

This event is exclusively for past and current Compassionate Inquiry Participants. 
This event is not open to the general public.

Recording will be sent to all registered participants.

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About Linda Thai

Linda Thai, LMSW is a trauma therapist who specializes in brain and body-based modalities for addressing complex developmental trauma. As an educator, she adeptly communicates on trauma, attachment, and the impact of oppressive systems. Her teaching is infused with empathy, storytelling, humor, research, practical tools, applied knowledge, and experiential wisdom.

She has assisted 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 works on the traditional lands of the Tanana Athabascan people (Fairbanks, Alaska) with those recovering from addiction, trauma, and mental illness. Passionate about breaking the cycle of historical and intergenerational trauma at the individual and community levels – Linda is redefining what it means to be wounded and whole and a healer. 
For more information on Linda’s work please visit https://www.linda-thai.com/

Three-Tier Pricing Based on Affordability:

The majority of all registration fees will be used to subsidize Compassionate Inquiry professional training and mentorship scholarships. Participants are encouraged to note that their registration directly supports future students in accessing these invaluable training opportunities.

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The Regular cost of this DEI Session is $50CAD

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The Regular cost of this DEI Session is $50CAD

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The following prices grant you access to the same product:

Discounted Rate

You can choose to participate on this session for the price of $30 CAD

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Higher (Supporter) Rate

You can choose to participate in this session for the higher valued price of $70 CAD. When you choose to pay a higher rate, you help us continue offering CI courses to people with different financial means than your own.

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Donation Rate

You can choose to participate in the workshop for a donation rate by adding a value of your choice to a Supporter Rate ($70 CAD). With this option you help us continue offering CI courses to people with different financial means than your own.

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Our purpose is to provide educational spaces and resources for our CI Community to explore DEI-related issues, deepen their understanding, and work together towards building a more inclusive, compassionate and supportive community.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Meet our Compassionate Inquiry Creators:

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Dr. Gabor Maté:
Retired physician, bestselling author, an internationally renowned speaker and the creator of the Compassionate Inquiry approach to psychotherapy.

Dr. Maté evolved his therapeutic approach over the course of a 20-year personal journey. It emerged as a synthesis of his work with patients in family practice, palliative care, and addiction rehabilitation. He later developed the system further while facilitating integration workshops focused on healing trauma through the use of psychedelics.

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Sat Dharam Kaur N.D
Co-creator and CEO of Compassionate Inquiry. She supported Dr. Gabor Maté in structuring the Compassionate Inquiry approach and developing the online training.

She is a naturopathic doctor, teacher and author, who combines naturopathic medicine with Compassionate Inquiry, yoga, breathing practices and meditation to support others in healing and integrating mind, body and spirit. She is a Compassionate Inquiry Founding Facilitator, Compassionate Inquiry Mentor as well as a Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner.

Refund policy:

There are no refunds available for this event.

For additional questions, please email [email protected].

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