This chapter offers a culturally attuned approach to therapeutic alliance and therapist self-awareness by placing culture at the center of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. The chapters address the use of EMDR therapy to heal the transgenerational impact of anti-Semitism, working with the LGBTQ population, healing people with intellectual disabilities, treating refugees and asylum seekers, as well as providing the reader with information on how EMDR therapy can be adapted culturally individual customers. EMDR professionals are often required to complete training in cultural competence or cultural diversity as part of their graduate degrees and as part of their license renewal. However, they may not have considered how EMDR therapy is not only an evidence-based, trauma-informed approach to care, but also a culturally competent form of therapy.
This interactive, self-directed e-learning course helps the EMDR professional build connections and become a more culturally competent physician. Highlighting the importance of cultural competence, this groundbreaking book focuses on the use of EMDR therapy with specific cultural populations and socially based identities.
