Making Space to Broach Race, Ethnicity, and Culture Within the Context of EMDR

Participants will develop strategies for broaching the contextual dimensions of race, ethnicity, & culture using the Broaching Framework.

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Cultural Competence and Healing Culturally Based Trauma With EMDR Therapy: Innovative Strategies and Protocols, 2nd edition (Springer, 2022)

Tools for developing a culturally competent EMDR clinical practice and strategies for working with specific cultural populations.

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BIPOC Perspective on EMDR with Teenagers

BIPOC Perspective on EMDR with Teenagers: Cultural Insights and Challenges. Insights from the Summer 2022 issue of Go With That Magazine.

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EMDRIA Members Respond: How Can the Field of EMDR Therapy Increase Access of Care for BIPOC Individuals?

EMDRIA Members Respond to questions: “What opportunities do you see in the field of EMDR therapy to increase access of care for BIPOC individuals?” and “Do you have any favorite free resources regarding BIPOC populations and EMDR therapy?”

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EMDRIA Members Respond: How Can EMDR Therapists Increase Safety for BIPOC Clients?

EMDRIA members respond to: “How can EMDR therapists increase the sense of psychological, emotional, and/or physical safety for BIPOC clients?”

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Counselor’s Corner on Race Identity and NCs

Adapting EMDR History-Taking for Culturally Humble Approaches. Insights from the Winter 2022 issue of Go With That Magazine.

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EMDR Therapy: Insights to Serving Black Populations

EMDRIA members answer “What is something you would like EMDR therapists to know about Black and African American populations?”

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A review of the inclusion of ethnoracial groups in empirically supported posttraumatic stress disorder treatment research (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy)

This study assessed ethnoracial representation in United States-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for three evidence-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)—Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

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Somatic experiencing, EMDR, and brainspotting: An African-centered critique (Routledge, 2021)

This chapter addresses the historical trauma of African Americans and barriers to mental health treatment, including EMDR.

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EMDR Therapy and Persons with Disabilities

EMDRIA Member Mary Rixford, LPC, shares her experience utilizing EMDR therapy with clients who have differing abilities.

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EMDR Therapy and Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

EMDRIA member Andrew Seubert, LMHC, shares his experience utilizing EMDR therapy with individuals who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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Contemporary JEDI’s in EMDR Treatment

A Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) lens is critical to effectively engaging with clients, facilitating culturally relevant interventions and effectively addressing trauma.

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