Playful EMDR with Children and Their Caregivers - Live Webinar

Course overview

September 24, 25, 26, 2024 Live Webinar In this specialty training at the intermediate/advanced level, the focus will be on how to incorporate parents in the therapy room as essential partners to resolve traumatic memories. Attachment wounds and caregivers mis-attuned responses to adversity are a common source of the kinds of traumatic material that can be hard to heal. We will describe (and even show via video clips ) sessions which highlight attachment repair -focused play therapy and EMDR, and play-based dissociation interventions to manage challenges for trauma-exposed children and their parents and caregivers. Presenter Bios: Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in Buffalo, New York. Her specialties include attachment and child and adolescent trauma, and she also works with adult survivors. She is certified in EMDR, is an EMDR Approved Consultant and Trainer, a Registered Play Therapist and Supervisor, and an Approved Provider of play therapy continuing education through the Association for Play Therapy. She provides consultation in person and remotely, and gives trainings across the US and internationally. Her primary interest is in the intersection of play therapy and EMDR and has published on this topic including as contributor and co-editor of EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room:An Integrated Approach (2020). Email: ann.beckleyforest@gmail.com | Website: www.annbeckleyforest.com, playfulemdr.com Annie Monaco, LCSW-R, RPT-S, Child Trauma Institute & Trauma Institute and co-founder of Playful EMDR, an online hub for training and consultation in treating trauma-exposed children. Annie travels throughout the US and internationally providing a multitude of trauma-informed trainings and agency and therapist consultation. Annie is an EMDRIA approved trainer of EMDR, EMDR consultant and trainer of Progressive Counting. Annie also provides specialty trainings on attachment, dissociation, and EMDR with children and teens. Annie was a Director of Restorative Justice programs at a non-profit agency where she oversaw juvenile and adult offender programs for over 10 years. Presently her private practice includes a multitude of behaviors and issues including foster care, out of country adoptions, juvenile justice and dissociation. Annie is the co-editor and contributor of chapters for EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room, An Integrated Approach (2020). Email: monaco.training.center@gmail.com | Website: www.anniemonaco.com, www.playfulemdr.com Timeline: Tuesday, September 24 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM Wednesday, September 25 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Thursday, September 26 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Learning Objectives: Apply an in-depth attachment history of caregivers to assess for early attachment wounds and disruptions and the impact on their parenting Describe play-based animal archetypes to identify 8 adaptation strategies children use to cope with complex trauma and describe ways to employ these in the playroom as part of an extended preparation phase. Demonstrate how to use dissociation theory to educate parents about problematic behaviors. Demonstrate parent psychoeducation and coaching to support their highly dissociative children and engage hostile parts in sessions Describe the EMDR storytelling approach and 3 examples of cases where it is used with preverbal trauma, medical trauma and attachment wounds and structures caregivers as a resource. Explain the EMDR storytelling method integrated with play therapy as an invitation to processing for children with a narrow window of tolerance for trauma work Describe a targeting approach to the Phase 3 EMDR Assessment phase within the context of the childs post-traumatic play and symptoms Describe 2 strategies to work effectively in play therapy with angry and hostile self-states to resolve traumatic experiences and reduce violent behaviors. Describe an example of using a family play therapy activity prescriptively to help