Where Neuroscience Meets Relationships: Conceptualizing EMDR Through a Relational-Cultural Theory Lens
This training introduces participants to an integrative framework that bridges Relational Cultural Therapy (RCT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) through a neuroscience-informed lens while centering multicultural and social justice considerations in clinical practice. Participants will first explore the core concepts and foundational components of RCT, including mutual empathy, growth-fostering relationships, and the impact of disconnection within broader sociocultural contexts.
Building on this relational foundation, participants will examine the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model and the eight phases of EMDR, with attention to how cultural identity, oppression, and resilience influence memory storage, nervous system responses, and trauma processing. The training highlights culturally responsive adaptations of EMDR that honor clients’ lived experiences and relational worlds.
The final focus centers on conceptualizing EMDR practice through a neuroscience-informed RCT framework that aligns with social justice-oriented counseling values. Emphasis is placed on relational safety, therapeutic attunement, and advocacy-informed clinical decision-making to support ethically grounded, culturally responsive, and connection-based trauma treatment.
July 10th, 2026
9am-12pm
2.5 CEUs
Where Neuroscience Meets Relationships: Conceptualizing EMDR Through a Relational-Cultural Theory Lens
This training introduces participants to an integrative framework that bridges Relational Cultural Therapy (RCT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) through a neuroscience-informed lens while centering multicultural and social justice considerations in clinical practice. Participants will first explore the core concepts and foundational components of RCT, including mutual empathy, growth-fostering relationships, and the impact of disconnection within broader sociocultural contexts.
Building on this relational foundation, participants will examine the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model and the eight phases of EMDR, with attention to how cultural identity, oppression, and resilience influence memory storage, nervous system responses, and trauma processing. The training highlights culturally responsive adaptations of EMDR that honor clients’ lived experiences and relational worlds.
The final focus centers on conceptualizing EMDR practice through a neuroscience-informed RCT framework that aligns with social justice-oriented counseling values. Emphasis is placed on relational safety, therapeutic attunement, and advocacy-informed clinical decision-making to support ethically grounded, culturally responsive, and connection-based trauma treatment.
July 10th, 2026
9am-12pm
2.5 CEUs
