We are acknowledging and celebrating EMDRIA members identifying as AANHPI for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month. We know that in therapy, our clients’ identity matters and that clients do best when the different aspects of their identity are encouraged and considered within the therapy relationship. Similarly, at EMDRIA, our members’ identity matters, and our goal is that EMDRIA members’ identities are considered, celebrated, and encouraged to be fully expressed and understood.
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We asked EMDRIA members and EMDR therapists to share 2-minute video clips responding to the following question.
“Describe a bit about your experience as a member of the Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander community and how your identity has informed, strengthened, and/or challenged your EMDR practice.”
***NOTE: It’s not too late! If you identify as Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander, use EMDR therapy, and want to share your experience on the question above, feel free to contact skaufman@emdria.org to ask how to join this project.
*** Erica Liu Wollin, MA, PsyD
*** Sherry Yam, LCSW
Please view last year’s AANHPI written responses here for more on this topic.
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Resources:
Archer, D. (2020, Fall). Racial trauma, neurons, and EMDR: The path towards antiracist psychotherapy. Go With That Magazine. Open access: www.emdria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GWT.2020.Vol_.25.Issue_.3.RacialTrauma.ALL_.pdf
Archer, D. (2021). Anti-Racist Psychotherapy: Confronting Systemic Racism and Healing Racial Trauma. Montreal, QC: Each One Teach One Publications.
Ashley, W., & Lipscomb, A. (2020, Fall). Addressing racialized trauma utilizing EMDR and antiracist psychotherapy practices. Go With That Magazine. Open access: www.emdria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GWT.2020.Vol_.25.Issue_.3.RacialTrauma.ALL_.pdf
EMDRIA. Antiracism Resources. www.emdria.org/publications-resources/practice-resources/antiracism-resources/
EMDRIA. Diversity and Cultural Competence Association Policy.
EMDRIA. EMDR and Diversity, Community, and Culture Online Community.
Hernandez, C. (2020, Fall). SPACEHOGS make a difference. Go With That Magazine. Open access:www.emdria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GWT.2020.Vol_.25.Issue_.3.RacialTrauma.ALL_.pdf
Levis, R. V. (2017). Placing Culture at the Heart of EMDR Therapy. In Nickerson, M. I. (Ed.), Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally-Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols (pp. 97-112). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
Levis, R. V., & Siniego, L. B. (2017). An Integrative Framework for EMDR Therapy as an Anti-Oppression Endeavor. In Nickerson, M. I. (Ed.), Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols (pp. 79-96). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
Nickerson, M. I. (2017). Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma with EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co.
PBS NewsHour. (2022, May 30). A brief but spectacular take on Asian American mental health. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syctKlrf-Ss
Smith, L., Proctor, G., & Akondo, D. (2021). Confronting racism in counselling and therapy training – Three experiences of a seminar on racism and whiteness. Psychotherapy and Politics International, 19(2), e1579. Open access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1579
Urdaneta, V. (2020, Fall). Engage in the conversation of race and racism with “Hot chocolate and cheese:” An idea you can implement. Go With That Magazine. Open access: www.emdria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GWT.2020.Vol_.25.Issue_.3.RacialTrauma.ALL_.pdf
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