EMDR with Kids: Integrating Play Throughout the 8 Phases with Fidelity
Date:
June 12 - 14, 2025
You are EMDR trained. You work with kids.
And yet, when you step into your playroom, you still wonder...
How do I actually make this work?
This is where the HOW becomes clear.
You learned the 8 phases of EMDR.
You were taught the AIP model.
You practiced the basic protocol with a peer, maybe even experienced it yourself, and it was powerful.
But now? Unless you're reading from a script, you're not quite sure how it all fits together.
And deep down, you know kids deserve more than a scripted version of EMDR.
They're not miniature adults.
Their brains are still developing.
Their needs are different.
Your confidence wavers.
Your energy for EMDR with your child and teen clients is fading, not because you don’t care, but because you just don’t know how it works in the playroom.
You were trained to do this work with adults, but when it came to children, they were barely mentioned.
So here you are, surrounded by puppets and your sandtray and shelves of miniatures, trying to piece it all together.
Not because you have to,
But because you care that much about getting it right.
This training was created for exactly this reason.
To bridge the gap between what you were taught to do with adults and what kids actually need.
To bring EMDR to life in a way that makes sense in the world of play, regulation, and relationship.
And to remind you: you are not alone in this.
You believe in the power of play.
You value movement, metaphor, and trusting the process.
You know trauma doesn’t always show up in words.
You work with children who have lived through things they can’t explain with words alone.
Play is how they communicate, how they process what’s happened, and how they begin to heal.
What happened, or what didn’t happen, still lives in their body, their behavior, their relationships.
And you want to help them.
Truly help them.
I created this course for you...
Welcome to EMDR with Kids: Integrating Play Throughout the 8 Phases with Fidelity
This Advanced EMDR Training Is For You If:
✔️You’ve completed an EMDRIA-Approved Basic Training (or are in the process)
✔️You work with children, adolescents, or families
✔️You feel unsure how to apply EMDR with younger clients
✔️You’re grounded in play therapy, expressive therapy, or movement-based work
✔️You want to support deep trauma healing without abandoning what you know works in the playroom
✔️You want a training that honors fidelity to the EMDR model while adapting to the developmental and nervous system needs of children and teens
What You’ll Learn
✔️How to integrate play therapy techniques across all 8 phases of EMDR
✔️Ways to prepare children and adolescents for trauma work through sensory, relational, and expressive methods
✔️How to gather history and identify targets through nonverbal, play-based expression
✔️How to implement bilateral stimulation in ways that are developmentally safe and meaningful
✔️Use of the AIP model to guide reprocessing in a way that honors a child’s internal rhythm and capacity
✔️ Integration of Sandtray and other creative modalities within a structured EMDR framework
✔️How to engage caregivers as supportive resources without compromising the child’s sense of safety or autonomy
✔️Application of these approaches in both in-person and virtual settings
An EMDR Refresher, Already Waiting for You
You’ll get a 3-hour prerecorded refresher I created on the 8 phases of EMDR.
It’s there so we’re all starting from the same place, solid when it comes to fidelity and ready to explore how EMDR works with kids through play, regulation, and relationship.
Credits for Continuing Education
Jackie Flynn is an EC Provider (#19012), and this program (#19012-30) is approved for 18 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA Credits is restricted to those who have completed an EMDRIA-Approved Basic EMDR Training.
This training is approved by APT Approved Provider Jacqueline Flynn (#20-628) for 15 Live CE hours for in-person participation.
We're in the process of getting this course co-sponsored and approved for state licensure.
Check the tab at the top for the current status of approval.
Instructor
Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT-S™
EMDRIA-Approved Trainer and Consultant
Author of The EMDR with Kids Flip Chart: A Play-Based Tool for Trauma Processing, Nervous System Regulation, and the Transformation of Adaptive Behaviors
You don’t have to choose between PLAY and FIDELITY.
You don’t have to push children into something that doesn’t fit just to stay within a model.
And you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
This training will give you a clear, supportive, developmentally grounded approach to using EMDR with kids and teens in the way you’ve always hoped it could be done.
With structure. With integrity. And with deep respect for the wisdom of play.
Space is limited to ensure a high-quality, supportive experience.
Register now and take the next step toward bringing EMDR to your kid clients.
Featured Speaker
EMDRIA Approved Consultant and Advanced Trainer