Applying EMDR well with 2SLGBTQIA+ clients means understanding how discrimination, minority stress, and identity-based harm show up in memory networks, clinical presentation, and the therapeutic relationship.
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Presented by
Shaun / Sienna Bries,
LICSW, MSW-ITR
EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training
Anxiety, depression, relational difficulty, and identity distress are common presenting concerns — but the chronic, cumulative weight of discrimination, internalized stigma, and systemic exclusion shapes memory networks in ways that deserves a clear pathway to healing.
LPCs, LMHCs, and licensed counselors working in trauma-focused settings or with gender-expansive and 2SLGBTQIA+ clients.
LISWs, LMSWs, and psychologists working with adolescents or adults navigating minority stress, identity-based trauma, or systemic harm.
LMFTs and clinicians encountering identity fragmentation, relational trauma, or the intersection of minority stress and attachment across the lifespan.
This training uses the Minority Stress Model as a clinical framework within EMDR's Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model — helping clinicians understand how discrimination, identity-based trauma, and systemic harm shape memory networks, presenting concerns, and therapeutic engagement for 2SLGBTQIA+ clients.
Rather than treating affirming care as an add-on, the course integrates culturally responsive and identity-affirming principles into EMDR case conceptualization, assessment, preparation, and reprocessing across all eight phases.
The training combines lecture, clinical case examples, experiential exercises, and guided discussion to move from conceptual understanding to applied clinical strategy.
Applied frameworks for recognizing and addressing minority stress, identity-based trauma, and systemic harm within EMDR therapy across all eight phases.
01
Explain the Minority Stress Model and its relevance to clinical conceptualization and care for sexual and gender minority clients.
02
Critically assess the impact of heteronormative assumptions, provider bias, and limited research frameworks on 2SLGBTQIA+ client access to affirming care.
03
Demonstrate culturally responsive, AIP-informed assessment strategies, including inclusive documentation and communication practices that reflect diverse identities.
04
Implement EMDR interventions targeting distressing beliefs rooted in discrimination, internalized stigma, and identity-based trauma.
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Describe common negative cognitions and belief systems associated with minority stress and marginalization in 2SLGBTQIA+ populations.
06
Develop strategies to foster resilience through affirming resourcing and reprocessing outcomes in 2SLGBTQIA+ clients using evidence-informed EMDR interventions.
When clinicians have a framework for understanding how minority stress and identity-based trauma shape memory networks, they can move beyond symptom-level treatment and engage the deeper roots of distress.
Rather than interpreting identity-based harm through a general trauma lens, clinicians gain a structured way of understanding how discrimination, internalized stigma, and systemic exclusion continue shaping the present — and how to respond with informed, phase-specific EMDR interventions. From affirming assessment and inclusive documentation to AIP-informed case conceptualization and resourcing, the strategies in this training are designed to be applied starting with your next client session. This is not an add-on technique. Affirming care becomes part of how you understand memory networks, client experience, and therapeutic attunement.
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14 video modules, approximately 3.5 hours of content, at your own pace.
Followed by a required quiz (75% to pass) and course evaluation to release your CE certificate.
EMDRIA Certified Therapist · EMDRIA Consultant-in-Training
Shaun / Sienna Bries is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and EMDRIA Certified Therapist practicing in Massachusetts, where they provide individual, family, and group therapy for adolescents and adults. A two-spirited clinician, Shaun / Sienna earned their Master of Social Work in Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency from the University of Toronto and brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to their work with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.
Their research focus on decolonizing trauma work informs the lens they bring to this training — offering clinicians a grounded, affirming, and research-informed framework for applying EMDR therapy with gender-expansive and 2SLGBTQIA+ clients.
Read Shaun / Sienna's Full Bio →3.5 EMDRIA-Approved Credits
EMDR & Beyond is an EMDRIA-approved EC Provider (#15007). This program (#15007-DL113) is approved for 3.5 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA credits is limited to participants who have completed an EMDRIA-approved Basic EMDR Training.
3.5 APA-Approved CE Credits
EMDR & Beyond is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. EMDR & Beyond maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
Certificates are issued electronically after completion requirements are met.
Participants must complete the full on-demand curriculum and pass a post-quiz with a minimum score of 75%. Certificates are automatically released once the quiz is successfully completed.
Licensed professionals are responsible for contacting their regulatory board to determine individual course approval.
For on-demand products, refunds are available up to five (5) days after purchase if the product has not been accessed, less a $25 processing fee. No refunds will be issued after that point.
Written grievances should be submitted to Kenya Rocha at kenya@emdrandbeyond.com. Grievances will be reviewed and, when appropriate, corrective action will be taken.
This course complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There is no known commercial interest or conflict of interest related to this workshop. Accommodation requests: contact Kenya Rocha.
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