EMDRIA Members Respond: Community Cultural Wealth for Black History Month

EMDR therapists celebrate Black History Month using the lens of Community Cultural Wealth to identify resources in their clients.

Examining the EMDR flash technique on racial trauma and incorporating family functioning (Texas Tech University, 2023)

This dissertation assessed the efficacy of self-administered EMDR – Flash Technique (EMDR-FT) in reducing distress from racial trauma memories and delved into the role of family function.

Celebrating Community Cultural Wealth

EMDR therapists can use the lens of Community Cultural Wealth to identify internal and external resources in their clients.

IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) in EMDR Therapy

Panelists provide practical ideas for providing affirming EMDR services to diverse clients with an emphasis on intersectionality.

BIPOC Perspective on Staying Centered

BIPOC Perspective on Centering in an Uncentered World. Insights from the Fall 2022 issue of Go With That Magazine.

Antiracist EMDR Therapy

David Archer, MSW, MFT is devoting his EMDR therapy practice to helping his clients (and the broader EMDR therapy profession) understand what it truly means to be an antiracist EMDR therapist.

Leadership Series: Culturally Based Trauma and Adversity: Recognition, Definition, and Implications

This course offers the term Culturally Based Trauma & Adversity (CBTA) for trauma based in social, cultural or societal circumstances.

Empowering Youth and Families: Anti-Racist Psychotherapy using EMDR Therapy

This presentation will explore recommendations for conducting EMDR therapy from an anti-racist perspective.

EMDR Therapy with Native Americans/First Nation Peoples

Many Native American/FNMI people experience trauma due to the Residential School/Boarding School era, intergenerational trauma, racial inequality, and ongoing oppressive systems.

EMDR Therapy, PTSD and Treating Black Men and Adolescents

Dr. Allen Lipscomb, LCSW, associate professor, director of Minority Male Mentoring (M3) discusses how clinicians can help treat PTSD in Black men and adolescents who have experienced racial trauma.

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?”

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.