For over thir­ty years, Dr. Gita Ari­an Baack has been con­sult­ing and coach­ing indi­vid­u­als and orga­ni­za­tions. Her inter­ven­tions con­sis­tent­ly result in pos­i­tive change and indi­vid­ual empow­er­ment. Her most recent work has been research on the effects of trau­ma inher­it­ed through gen­er­a­tions. This has put her on a path to help Inher­i­tors, as she calls the descen­dants of trau­ma, to reclaim their lives and build on their resilience. She recent­ly found­ed the ​“Cen­tre for Trans­for­ma­tion­al Dia­logue” to help indi­vid­u­als and com­mu­ni­ties that have inher­it­ed dev­as­tat­ing lega­cies. Dr. Baack’s work has helped descen­dants of Holo­caust sur­vivors, Indige­nous peo­ple, African Amer­i­cans, and Asian and oth­er com­mu­ni­ties strug­gling with the after­ef­fects of trau­ma. Dr. Baack holds a PhD from Tilburg Uni­ver­si­ty, The Nether­lands, in asso­ci­a­tion with Taos Insti­tute, and an MA in Human Sys­tems Inter­ven­tion from Con­cor­dia Uni­ver­si­ty, Mon­tre­al, Cana­da. She is the author of Poems of Angst and Awe, a prac­ti­tion­er of Social Con­struc­tion and Appre­cia­tive Inquiry, and a social activist, liv­ing and work­ing in Ottawa and abroad.