An African-Centered Perspective on Bilateral Stimulation and Healing: Homestudy
A pre-recorded webinar that includes video recordings from the latest live version of this sought-after course.
Join Dr. Kellie, Dr. Jamie, and special guest panelist, Rossina Schroeer-Santiago for this EMDRIA advanced topics course, offering participants a model for how therapists can better serve their BIPOC clients in trauma-focused care. The four healing arts of drumming, dancing, storytelling, and silence are the foundational practices in indigenous approaches to healing. This presentation specifically explores the rich tradition of drumming and dancing, both bilateral practices, in African cultures. Content is also delivered, with an experiential component, on storytelling and silence. Historical, anthropological, and psychological connections are explained, with numerous opportunities to connect personally with the material. Implications for EMDR therapists, specifically in our ever-evolving inquiry on mechanisms of action in EMDR therapy are discussed. Themes of empowerment for BIPOC clients are highlighted through cultural connection and attunement, specifically through the practice of self-tapping or personal drumming within EMDR therapy as options for BLS/DAS. Supporting BIPOC clients in exploring the connection to their indigenous origins, and the healing practices that accompany those origins, can be critical to the trauma recovery process. This four-hour course is led by the teaching wisdom of Dr. Kellie Kirksey, an African American EMDR and expressive arts therapist with extensive training and personal practice in the healing traditions of Africa and India. EMDR therapy author/ trainer and expressive arts therapy trainer Dr. Jamie Marich joins to offer her commentary from an EMDR therapy perspective. The co-presentation components will offer participants a model for how therapists can better serve their BIPOC clients in trauma-focused care.
This is an intermediate-level course that is a replay of a live, interactive webinar originally offered on August 13, 2021.
More information about CE credit hours offered can be obtained by clicking on Information & Registration.
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After completing a course evaluation, participants will receive their certificate via email. If the certificate has not been received after 24 hours, please contact us. Please contact us with any questions or concerns at support@instituteforcreativemindfulness.com.
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Welcome: Course Description, Objectives and Code of Conduct
FREE PREVIEWAgenda
FREE PREVIEWCourse Materials: Supplementary Handout
Course Materials: Power Point
Course Materials: Zoom Settings for Quality Drum or Rattle Sound Over Telehealth
More Information and Resources
Participant-Provided Connections and Resources
Land Acknowledgment
Morning Part 1
Morning Part 2
Afternoon Part 1
Afternoon Part 2
Link to EMDRIA-Required Quiz
Completing Your Course Evaluation and Downloading Your CE Certificate
Course Evaluation