Linda is an extremely talented and skilled therapist and teacher. She has an exquisite understanding of both traditional and alternative practices and of energy medicine, with such a variety of tools and techniques in her repertoire. Her warmth, compassion, experience and humor make her a real leader in the field.
-- T.T.
Linda Yael Schiller has been a trauma therapist, consultant, and integrative practitioner since the 1980’s. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y.; after completing her undergraduate studies she lived in Israel for five years, subsequently moving to Boston, MA. Following her graduate degrees Linda worked in community mental health and adolescent treatment agencies before opening her private practice in 1987. While continuing her practice, Linda also received academic appointments at Boston University School of Social Work, Simmons University Post-Graduate Trauma Program, and Regis College, where she taught clinical practice and group work for 20 years. Her original theory on Stages of Group Development from a Relational Perspective is now taught world-wide in schools of social work. Linda has published two books on dreams and nightmares, a workbook on integrated trauma treatment, runs dream circles, and has published numerous articles, on-line classes, audio, and videotapes in the fields of trauma treatment, dreamwork, imagery, spirituality, energy psychology, and group work. She is a sought-after speaker in these fields.
In her extensive background Linda has received training and certification in many complementary and integrative psycho-spiritual and somatic practices. These include EMDR, IFS, EFT, TAT, Somatic Experiencing, HBLU, Focusing, Hypnotherapy, ADEP, Reiki, Enneagram, NLP, and Brain Gym. She has studied the neurobiology of trauma and dissociation and incorporates these methods into her work to address the neural patterns laid down by trauma and stress both at root cause and in present day life and dreams. An ongoing student of Kabbalah and mystical practices from many traditions, she has trained in and taught from multiple schools of dreamwork, including Jungian, Gestalt, Image-centered, IRT, lucidity and Shamanic healing.
In her free time Linda enjoys travel, dance, swimming, gardening, hiking, and reading historical fiction and sci-fantasy. She has been a member of her own dream circle for 40 years.
Dreams are the night language of the soul. Dreamwork opens us up to the deepest parts of ourselves. If we attend to our dreaming we can be rewarded with insight, creativity, and spiritual direction.
-- Linda Schiller