Roshni Chabra, LMFT is as an Indian Lesbian Intersectional Feminist Therapist and is the Founder and President of the Lavender Healing Collective. Roshni is also Co-Owner, Chief Clinical Officer, and MET(T)A (Mindfulness and EMDR Treatment Template for Agencies) Protocol Agency Director at StartAgain Associates. Roshni has a bachelor’s degrees in Women’s Studies and Psychology and a master’s in Feminist Clinical Psychology. She is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist, Approved Consultant and Adjunct Faculty at the Institute for Creative Mindfulness. Roshni has over 20 years in mental health specializing in BIPoC LGBTQ+ mental health, neurodiversity, sexual violence and chronic pain/illness.

Stephen Dansiger, Psy.D., MFT, is the creator and founder of the MET(T)A Protocol (Mindfulness and EMDR Treatment Template for Agencies), which utilizes Buddhist psychology and EMDR therapy to create an agency’s primary clinical practice system. He is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Certified Therapist who provides EMDR Training and Advanced Topic workshops as Senior Faculty for The Institute for Creative Mindfulness. He is the co-author (with Jamie Marich) of EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care and Healing Addiction with EMDR therapy: A Trauma-Focused Guide. In addition to maintaining a private practice in Los Angeles, he presents and teaches internationally.

Sharon directs Waco Family Medicine Counseling where she provides EMDR therapy to underserved populations. She completed Dr. Shapiro’s 2000 EMDR basic training, Certification (2002), and Approved Consultant (2004). She trains with Rick Levinson and teaches EMDR therapy at Baylor University. She served EMDRIA as Heart of Texas Regional Coordinator and Standards & Training Committee volunteer. She served two EMDRIA Board terms (2007-2010, President 2009, 2018-2020). As Co-chair (2019)/Chair (2020) of the Virtual Training and Therapy Task Force, she helped develop Virtual EMDR Therapy Guidelines and Virtual Training Standards. She was awarded Outstanding Contribution and Service to EMDRIA in 2015.

Viviana Triana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Supervisor, an EMDR Certified Therapist, Approved Consultant and Trainer. Viviana was born in Colombia, South America and considers herself bilingual and bicultural. Viviana has worked as a therapist with children, teens, adults, and families who have experienced complex trauma in settings such rape crisis, youth homeless and domestic violence shelters.  Viviana has been published in professional journals in addition to contributing to the Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy – 2^nd Edition book and EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach.  Viviana is also an advanced EMDR training provider on the EMDR therapy protocols for Early Intervention & Ongoing Traumatic Stress. Currently she works at the Senior Programs Director for Youth180 an organization that provides Mental Health and Substance Misuse support for youth and their families.