BPO Wellness Week: Anti-Racist Psychotherapy and Black Meditation with David Archer

A two-day group practice session. Each session will be about one hour in length. You will learn acupressure based self-soothing practices, grounding techniques, and visualization exercises that can reduce feelings of stress and help to cultivate a positive racial identity. This workshop will be highly experiential and require you to practice during and outside of the workshop.

Please note this is not talk-therapy, no disclosure is needed, but we will assist in getting you to access your inner resources. Each session will begin with a grounding meditation followed by practical self-care skills, and then we will debrief.

David Archer is an anti-racist psychotherapist, EMDRIA certified EMDR consultant, clinical social worker, couples and family therapist, and mindfulness meditator from Montreal, Canada (Tiohtià:ke). He is an expert clinician who works in private practice with diverse clinical populations. He specializes in efficient psychotherapeutic interventions that are designed to maintain long-lasting changes. He previously authored the highly acclaimed book, audiobook, and eBook called Anti-Racist Psychotherapy: Confronting Systemic Racism and Healing Racial Trauma as well as the follow-up book for personal care called Black Meditation: Ten Practices for Self-Care, Mindfulness, and Self-Determination.

*Please note that this event is being hosted for Concordia's Black student population. Thank you for your understanding and solidarity.

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