Psychotherapist
DAVID ARCHER INC
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, QC, Canada
David Archer is an anti-racist psychotherapist, an EMDRIA certified Approved Consultant, a certified Brainspotting therapist, a clinical social worker, a couples and family therapist, and the father of a newborn from Montreal, Canada (Tiohtià:ke). He is an expert clinician who works in private practice with diverse clinical populations in the metropolitan area.
Skilled in the use of EMDR therapy, Archer provides both individual and group consultations to support other therapists. He specializes in efficient psychotherapeutic interventions that are designed to resolve the mental health consequences of traumatic experiences by using the principles of memory reconsolidation. Mr. Archer is the developer of an integrative clinical framework called Rhythm and Processing and is an author of the following books: Anti-Racist Psychotherapy: Confronting Systemic Racism and Healing Racial Trauma (amzn.to/3pSBfZX). Black Meditation: Ten Practices for Self-Care, Mindfulness, and Self-Determination (https://amzn.to/3JEnhm7), and his most recent book, Racial Trauma Recovery: Healing Our Past Using Rhythm and Processing (https://amzn.to/3C8HY89).
Mr. Archer has led workshops based on Anti-Racist Psychotherapy at the EMDRIA and ISSTD world conferences, as well as participated in numerous panel discussions and peer supervisions in local community circles. In addition to extensive work with immigrants and people of diverse racial origins, he spent several years as an addictions counselor in the Indigenous community of Kahnawake, where he cultivated a deeper understanding of culture, community, and the spirit of resilience. Special areas of interest relate to complex PTSD, racial trauma, addictions, relational conflict, and other socially constructed forms of suffering. Mr. Archer is an ally of LGBTQ, Black, Indigenous, and oppressed racial groups around the world. He provides experiential workshops on anti-racist psychotherapy to corporations, non-profit organizations and academic institutions.
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Monday, April 17, 2023
10:30 AM – 12:15 PM US Eastern Time