I approach healing as political, communal, and transgenerational.
Eila Strand
MSW, LICSW
I’ve been practicing community-centered healing since 2011, through various therapy modalities and mutual aid projects. My own healing path has included years of somatics, therapy, and organizing. I’m descended from British and Scandinavian settlers - lots of teachers and missionaries. I’m continuously reckoning with that lineage, and I also belong to a lineage of trans radicals working toward freedom and repair. Over the past decade, I’ve been active in grassroots movements focused on ending white supremacy, abolishing prisons, building worker power, and stopping deportations. Some other things that bring me life are linocut printmaking, sharing soup, and being in the woods. I feel at home working with organizers, survivors, and trans people. Whether you fall into all or none of those groupings, I’d love to hear from you if this resonates.
Training & Coursework
University of Washington School of Social Work - MSW, 2016
Vancouver School for Narrative Therapy - 5-Day Foundations Certificate (2017)
Generative Somatics - Somatics and Trauma (2018)
Catalyst Project - Anne Braden Anti-Racist Organizer Training Program (2021)
Strozzi Institute - Somatic Bodywork Level 1 (2022)
Internal Family Systems Institute - IFS Level I (2022)