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 contexts. This panel discussion highlights and attempts to familiarize attendees with clinically relevant racial, cultural, generational and immigration concerns often present yet frequently unrecognized or misunderstood when viewed cross-culturally or interracially in servicing the BIPOC community. This discussion focuses on some of the unique racial/ethnic/cultural interplays that influence clinical aspects of the Black, Latinx and Asian Pacific communities and impact EMDR therapy in Phases one through eight. With understanding and awareness clinicians can more effectively utilize EMDR’s three-pronged approach in helping clients negotiate racial trauma within American culture.

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Evelyn Wright, LCSW;
Diane DesPlantes, LCSW;
Kaitlyn Kuo, Psy.D.;
Cecelia Penailillo, LMFT