This keynote will introduce you to the Working Within Diversity model of anti-oppressive practice. A model which has evolved from Myira’s extensive clinical experience as a Counsellor, Supervisor and Tutor/Trainer in delivering anti-oppressive…
Art-based creations and poetic practices have been healing agents across cultures and for generations. Both art and poetry offer space within a therapeutic context where time can momentarily pause as different inner voices receive the attention they…
This training will provide a deeper understanding of what it means to center Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, and Accessibility (DEIJA) in your EMDR therapy practice. Throughout the training, participants will not only be provided with…
Background and aimsDiversity and Transgender are discussed a lot in literature and newspapers in the last years. EMDR Therapy is based on humanistic point of views by Francine Shapiro, but diversity wasn’t directly named by her. Plurality is the…
When using EMDR with clients from very different cultural backgrounds, unexpected surprises may arise, leaving us unsure what to do next. This can happen when we're attached to (conscious or unconscious) cultural stereotypes, prejudice, or bias. By…
Treating Oppression Trauma with EMDR Therapy: But first, our own work! will introduce the underlying components of systemic oppression and provide ways to recognize, examine and address oppression trauma. This presentation will offer the opportunity…
This presentation will explore Liberation-Based healing practices and invite participants to integrate Liberation-Based healing practices and principles into the delivery of EMDR Therapy. This presentation will use lecture, case study review and…
According to a 2020 study in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the longer immigrants stay in the US, the higher their risk of psychiatric disorders. The pressure to acculturate to the majority culture while still maintaining connection to their…
There is an increasing awareness of the critical need to understand culture and societal context within the field of trauma intervention. With this comes the need to refine trauma conceptualization, terminology and treatment methods. This…
Everyone journeys through life with the same parts to their brain and ability to adaptively process information. With this in mind we will hike a 90 minute scenic route (view slides and client videos) exploring the world of persons with disabilities.…
This presentation addresses the experiences and research of LGBTQPIA2S+ individuals and community who have, are, or are at risk for experiencing domestic violence. We review the literature-supported best practices and share years of experience…
When Dr. Francine Shapiro created EMDR therapy as a person-centered, mindfulness-based, cognitive, behavioral, body-oriented, feminist, and interactive psychotherapy, incorporating elements of all the major psychological traditions, she paved the way…
Danielle Godfrey, a transgender woman, trauma therapist, certified in EMDR and an EMDRIA Consultant In Training will provide participants with an introduction to the wide diversity of Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) seeking EMDR treatment.…
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people sometimes experience gender dysphoria in addition to co-occurring issues like PTSD, depression, etc. While EMDR therapy treats these comorbidities and has been adapted to help people with diverse…
Many therapists struggle to broach discussions of race, ethnicity, and culture (REC) during treatment Yet ignoring clients’ specific and unique cultural contexts may preclude them from metabolizing trauma. An emerging body of research indicates that…
The AIP model applies across cultures, races, ethnicity, and generations. Attunement to these distinctions should guide our use of EMDR therapy’s eight phases in addressing the traumas and adverse life experiences within these critical social…
Listening to the experiences of LGBTQ+ clients, therapists and consultants/trainers is an important part of becoming more culturally responsive and highly ethical as an EMDR therapist. This panel presentation brings together a group of long-term EMDR…
The core human need for interpersonal connection and belonging is cited by Maslow, social psychologists, and many other respected theorists and researchers. Trauma and adversity, in this realm, includes interpersonal rejection, attachment failures,…
The Racial Trauma Protocol for high achievers is designed to implement the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) through the intersection of high achieving adults and a culturally competent lens. The Racial Trauma Protocol for high achievers includes…
A Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) lens is critical to effectively engaging with clients, facilitating culturally relevant interventions, and effectively addressing trauma. A JEDI approach to clinical practice includes critical…
A Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) lens is critical to effectively engaging with clients, facilitating culturally relevant interventions, and effectively addressing trauma. A JEDI approach to clinical practice includes critical…
This course provides a framework for understanding EMDR access across categories of diversity. Special EMDR examples will show implications for immigration, unlearning racism, and ways to modify EMDR for accessibility.
This presentation applies somatic psychotherapy principles to the practice of EMDR when working with culturally different clients. Fifteen researched multicultural competencies will be introduced deepening into nonverbal communications as a form of…
This paper tries to highlight the milestones of some of the Asian EMDR Associations and the evolution of EMDR Asia and the practices and challenges faced. Some of the issues are related to the parity of trainees’ qualifications with those from USA,…
This workshop continues the mission of the diversity mandate, as established by the EMDRIA Board in 2008, and is an elaboration, and more in -depth exploration of diversity issues in EMDR, begun at the 2009 EMDR International Conference in Atlanta…
The workshop will consist of a panel of EMDR clinicians who work with a particular population of clients with whom the clinician shares a background or heritage or with whom he/she has a deep sense of empathy and understanding. Each presenter will…
Working with traumatized clients from other cultures can be very demanding, and even frustrating: many times it just does not work out, despite your compassion and efforts. “Just staying out of the way” many times is not enough to do this job.…
This paper is a further progress report (see Blore, Farrell & Clifford 2008; Blore 2007) on data analysis from N=12 interviews from an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) study into Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) following successful EMDR…
In this keynote address, Philip Dodgson will outline some of the ways in which EMDR has been developed through the application of the Adaptive Information Processing model to new areas of clinical practice. Drawing on clinical material and published…
Here is an excerpt: "....I remembered courses and lectures etc. where all you hear is: Our western techniques and therapeutic ways don't work with people from other cultures. But nobody ever tells you what DOES work, or how to connect. So I decided…
The goal of this workshop is to determine connotation difficulties encountered in the application of important EMDR components like Safe Place, Negative Cognition, and VoC into one's native language; identify successful solutions already used in…
