‘Oh, it is a special gift you give to me … ’: a phenomenological analysis of counsellors in Cambodia

Jordan, Lorien S.; Seponski, Desiree M.; Armes, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/21507686.2019.1629470

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“…Our results align with the WHO (2013a), which suggested that the use of EMDR in diverse situations must proceed with caution, as cultures may interpret the method as inappropriate. Authors have emphasized the importance of cultural consideration of individualistic Western ideals, in which diagnoses such as PTSD are based, as well as treatments that coincide that might not be applicable in collectivist cultures (Jordan et al, 2019;Seponski et al, 2014). In our observations, it did not appear that the EMDR implementers took a culturally informed approach to clinical training and service implementation.…”

Section: The Problematics Of Emdr's Pushmentioning

confidence: 64%

The politics of humanitarian aid

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Seponski

Kelley

2022

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The global expansion of psychotherapy through humanitarian aid is a political act. International aid organizations assert power over resource-scarce countries, make critical decisions about who receives care, who provides care, and what modalities are delivered. Once embedded in a country, programs exert influence between international interests, local governance, and the targeted population. This study adds to the limited information on how the humanitarian aid phenomenon is experienced by the practitioners who must navigate these conflicts through a case study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in Cambodia. As a non-Western nation with a colonial and autogenocidal history, Cambodia offers a unique perspective for those interested in the concerns and challenges of globalized psychotherapy. As found in this case study, EMDR as humanitarian aid and a mental health movement pushes traumatology while simultaneously necessitating the need for EMDR. Findings suggest that Cambodians working as psychologists become dependent upon and caught between competing aid organizations.

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Section: The Problematics Of Emdr's Pushmentioning

confidence: 64%