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Jul 2024
36m 43s

EMDR Therapy, Work Trauma and BIPOC Wome...

EMDR International Association (EMDRIA)
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According to the Lean In Project 2021 report, "Women in the Workplace: Black Women," more than 60 percent of Black women have been personally affected by racial trauma in the last year. In a 2024 report from Lean In, "The State of Latinas in Corporate America," only one percent of C-suite executives are Latina.  How can EMDR therapy help women of color deal with their trauma? Find out with Marisol Erlacher, LPC.

Musical soundtrack, Acoustic Motivation 11290, supplied royalty-free by Pixabay.

Produced by Kim Howard, CAE

Learn more about EMDR therapy at www.emdria.org.


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