David Archer

21/10/2026

We're back at it again!

Join me and Thomas Zimmerman for the Fourth Cohort for our EMDR therapy trainings.

We currently have about 30 people in this group but still have space for scholarship applicants that are available.

*Scholarship Submission Deadline: October 24th.*

If you or someone you know would like to join our last EMDR training for 2026 the link for the training is in the description.

The scholarship application is also there if you know some awesome colleagues in financial need who want to attend an awesome EMDR training.

Thank you so much.

13/10/2026

Looking for a foundational EMDR Therapy training for Clinicians of Color?

Look no further.
Tag your favorite therapist.
This is what we have planned for you.

If you need a refresher or if someone you know would like to attend, then come join us.

Update: I am now an APA Approved CE provider so you get APA credits now.

Note: All the scholarships have been applied for this training but there are other ones available for future trainings.

13/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: I'm flying to LONDON this March!

(This is my accompanying announcement video, been meaning to upload it!)

It is a great honour to have been selected as a keynote speaker for EMDR UKs 30th Anniversary Conference.

I've got presentations about Anti-Racist Psychotherapy and using Rhythm and Processing in an EMDR therapy context.

What a milestone.

Looking forward to delivering awesome presentations across the pond.

Note:

Will take a break from my . My one year old daughter now has four teeth coming in at the same time. Time is a luxury. Sleep is a blessing. Self-care yall!

Anyway, we've got presentations to tend to and trainings to deliver.

Blessings and strength to you all.

05/10/2026

Men, we must do better.

The controversy surrounding the Cornell situation has brought tears to my clients.

They relived their trauma.

Their flashbacks recalled the cultural context that allows violence to take place without consequence.

They remembered the inadequate responses of the institutions meant to protect them.
We must advocate against oppression in all of its forms. And we must understand how attachment interacts with relational betrayal. This is at the heart of the vast majority of complex trauma and dissociation.

Trauma lives in our relationships so we must heal our communities.

Let's learn about cultural betrayal trauma theory and institutional betrayal, and how generalization occurs in EMDR therapy when we heal multiple memories.

02/10/2026

Wanted to thank you all for believing in me.

After all of the writing, studying, and refining of my research I'm now a PhD Candidate!

TL;DR:

This means I have completed my coursework and all that's left is the dissertation.

I also have a special giveaway...YAY.

For academics/curious/nerdy/therapists:

My research is based on an autoethnographic account of a Black therapist treating complex racial trauma using the Rhythm and Processing (RAP) psychotherapy approach.

I will also use a hip hop album as a decolonial arts-based approach toward knowledge dissemination for the public while raising awareness on Afrocentric research.

Go to my website. Add yourself to the mailing list.

Get the giveaways listed in the video.

28/09/2026

Every Child Matters.

Let's remember this on Orange Shirt Day.

The harm from residential schools echoes even to this day.

Truth and Reconciliation involves acknowledging the holocaust of Indigenous people from European colonizers.

Over 175 million people.

We must heal the suffering of the past as well as the epigenetic reverberations that cause vulnerabilities in the present.

This weekly consult we will look at how our education falls short on Indigenous people. We will acknowledge the atrocities that are often overlooked like the enslavement of Indigenous people in what so-called New France and Canada.

There will also be an explanation of how I help even white people with racial trauma events with a client who had the Wiccan faith, experiencing a past life trauma of being burnt at the stake for her spiritual practices.

Like, share, subscribe, all of that good stuff. Thank you.

25/09/2026

Can you heal with Hip Hop? Yes.
But not just Hip Hop, anything of your choice.

Join a monthly a RAP Technique workshop.
Low-cost and no-cost options are always available.
And we've got one coming up this Tuesday the 29th.

What is RAP (Rhythm and Processing)?

By using music, online videos, or even scenes of nature, the RAP technique uses advances in neuroscience to help reduce emotional overwhelm for your clients.

It's the subject of my doctoral research on complex racial trauma and it's also great for your own self-care.

Let the world know. Share it with your favorite therapist. Come learn with us.

21/09/2026

As an artist and psychotherapist, we have to talk.

Therapy is not neutral.

Even if a topic is painful to discuss, the therapist risks siding with the client's oppressor if they stay silent or choose to say "I am not complicit."

Cowardice is inconsistent with artistry.

It takes guts to go up on stage. But let's not lie to ourselves. Art IS and ALWAYS will be political.

Especially when you have power, privilege, and influence.

Ed Sheeran is not an , but hopefully he learnt that this week too.

We need people who do not look like us to have our back and if everyone has each other's back, we outnumber the racists.

Honour your ancestors. Heal your trauma. Fight for oppressed people everywhere and anywhere.

17/09/2026

If you were wondering what the books were all about, this short video gives a quick reintroduction.

Filmed at the Black Psychology Association McGill event in March 20...

13/09/2026

How su***des happen.

One of the most challenging topics is one of the most essential topics.

For National Su***de Awareness Week, we have to consider the systemic aspects of harm that contribute to su***de.

In Dr. Jason Arday's case we understand that anti-Black racism played a devastating role. Other white academics with worse allegations were faced with nothing like the over 240 articles and coordinated attacks toward him.

[For more information, read this article by Dr. Ibram X Kendi:

Jason Arday Faced 30 Stories in 12 Days from 15 U.S. Media Outlets. A White Colleague Accused of More Serious Misconduct Faced None

Link:

https://theemancipator.org/2026/08/19/investigations/how-did-us-media-outlets-cover-cambridge-professors-accused-of-misconduct-for-jason-arday-30-articles-over-12-days-for-a-white-professor-they-didnt/

]

But we also need to take a look at the internal system, the neurobiological aspects, the complex trauma related intrapsychic elements that lead parts of people to think about self-harm and self-ending.

It's not easy, and it takes time, but in practice I have found that once we can get people to feel different they can think different.

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This information is purely for educational purposes, seek a mental health professional in your area if in need of specific interventions or assistance for your specific experiences.

For more information you can visit International Association for Su***de Prevention
https://www.iasp.info/wspd/

In the US for immediate assistance, the 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline provides free, confidential support 24/7 by calling or texting 988

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