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Integrating Play and EMDR: Treating Complex Trauma in Children and Families

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Working with kids affected by complex trauma—whether intergenerational, attachment-based, or vicarious— can be difficult, especially when their caregivers are coping with traumas of their own. 

Watch Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, for this dynamic 3-hour recording on how to use EMDR therapy to help both children and their grownups heal from complex trauma…together. 

In this training, Christine offers practical techniques, insightful guidance, and case examples as she walks you through how to: 

  • Facilitate conjoint EMDR sessions with kids and their caregivers 
  • Provide trauma-informed psychoeducation 
  • Engage children in EMDR with creative, play-based interventions 
  • Identify and repair relational ruptures with the child and caregiver 
  • And more! 

This training is not affiliated with EMDRIA and does not qualify towards EMDRIA credits or training.

Here's What You'll Learn


Getting Started: EMDR-Focused Assessment and Treatment Planning 

Case conceptualization through the lens of EMDR 

Utilizing the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model 

Child Friendly 3 prong approach 

How to bring playfulness into clinical assessment 

Strategies for learning the family’s trauma narrative 

Identifying target memories for kids and their caregivers 

Interventions: Playful assessments, sentence completions, Turtle of Tolerance 

 

Resourcing: Play-Based Interventions to Build Support and Enhance Resilience 

The importance of resourcing in EMDR – and why play enhances its efficacy 

Bilateral-inspired games and activities 

Using creative arts to reimagine trauma stories 

Repairing attachment and ruptures through play 

Puppets, sandtray, dollhouses, toys, building blocks, and more 

Interventions: Rescue Play, Building & Rebuilding, Attachment Resource Development & RDI 

 

Reprocessing Complex Trauma: Playful EMDR Strategies for Children and Their Grown-ups 

Assessing child and grown up readiness for conjoint sessions 

Playing the “EMDR” game with kids & grown ups 

Modifying standard EMDR protocol to be developmentally appropriate 

Co-regulation techniques for the caregiver 

Interventions: Story Telling Technique, Reprocessing Together, Future Templates 

 

Everything You're Getting


  • 3 hours of video content
  • Up to 3.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

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Integrating Play and EMDR: Treating Complex Trauma in Children and Families
Digital Seminar
$169.99

Meet Your Experts


Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW

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Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, is a certified EMDR therapist and EMDRIA-approved consultant. She is the owner of Spark All Wellness, a private practice specializing in EMDR therapy with children, EMDR consultation for clinicians, and trauma-informed trainings for professional organizations. Christine started her social work career in child protective serves and later transitioned to school-based mental health, where she was a clinical supervisor and trainer. Christine lectures at California State University, Monterey Bay, where she teaches undergraduate courses in abnormal child psychology. Christine lives in San Francisco with her husband, two children, and dog. The things that make her happiest include her family and friends, a good cup of coffee, baked goods, yoga, traveling, cycling, music and dancing.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is the founder of EMDR for Kids and Spark All Wellness and has employment relationships with Transcending Trauma Through Yoga, California State University. She is an affiliate partner with Bumble BLS, Wevana, and Bilateralstimulation.io. Christine Mark-Griffin receives a speaking honorarium, recording and book royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is a member of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150106
Duration:
3 hours
Copyright:
Feb 20, 2025
Format:
Audio and Video

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