is a father, a husband, professional social worker, couple and family therapist and anti-racist psychotherapist from Montreal, Canada. The original name of this unceded territory is “Tiohtià:ke” as originally called by the Haudenosaunee people of this land.
As an author, keynote speaker and with over 15 years of experience working with people who have overcome anxiety, depression, addictions, eating disorders, and racial trauma, Archer is a specialist who helps people of all backgrounds, nationalities and social identities.
Archer is a recipient of Concordia University’s President's Task Force on Anti-Black Racism Award and the Emerging Leader award in EMDR therapy from EMDRIA.
These recognitions reflect his contributions over the years in racial trauma recovery.
As the only Black male EMDR Approved Consultant in Canada, he has a personal commitment to addressing the wounds of systemic racism and fostering healing for all diverse identities in the Montreal communites.
He is also an EMDRIA certified Approved Consultant from Montreal, Canada (Tiohtià:ke) who specializes in treating complex PTSD and complex racial trauma using memory reconsolidation-based approaches.
Archer is the developer of an integrative therapeutic approach called Rhythm and Processing (RAP) Strategies which uses memory reconsolidation and Africentric principles to create a culturally responsive framework to assist in recovery from complex PTSD, identity-based stresses and treatment resistant disorders.
Mr. Archer has been a keynote presenter for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr symposium at the University of Michigan, a plenary presenter for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, as well as a plenary presenter for the EMDR International Association.
Links to his social media can be found at instagram.com/archertherapy
He provides both individual and group consultations to support other therapists.
His written contributions are part of the required reading for EMDRIA Approved EMDR trainings. He also provides consulting to organizations, group practices, and corporations internationally.
Special areas of interest relate to complex PTSD, racial trauma, addictions, mindfulness, and vicarious growth.
Mr. Archer seeks to increase the number of Black EMDR therapists, anti-racist therapists of all backgrounds, and revolutionary therapists in all disciplines.
Mr. Archer is regularly invited to serve on number of panels, workshops, plenary discussions, and was on radio and television. He has a been a guest on several podcasts (you can see them here).
His third book is called Racial Trauma Recovery: Healing Our Past Using Rhythm and Processing. This is an integrative clinical framework that describes his primary means of helping clients to heal from social identity based forms of suffering using strategies from diverse modalities as well as the Rhythm and Processing Technique.
His fourth book is called Black Mountain: Fight for the Future. It is an Afrofuturistic science fiction novel that revolves around youth who undergo an ancestral transformation ceremony to fulfill their destiny fighting against an intergalactic faschistic government bent on achieving global supremacy. The use the power of the elements to cultivate self-understanding, recover from their trauma, and protect the oppressed.
The fifth book is called Transforming Complex Trauma: Reflections on Anti-Racist Psychotherapy. This book was meant to be a consolidation of the ideas from the previous books in a simpler language. It was also meant to explain the need to revolutionize our perspective on therapy and bring awareness to Rhythm and Processing Strategies for the purpose of racial trauma recovery and complex trauma treatment.
The goal? To find the most effective ways to transmute all forms of suffering into wisdom.
