EMDR With Children in the Play Therapy Room

EMDR With Children in the Play Therapy Room

This pioneering guidebook fully integrates the theoretical foundations and practical applications of play therapy and EMDR in order to maximize healing in children with trauma. By highlighting the work of innovative EMDR therapists and play and expressive art therapists and their pioneering clinical work, the authors provide a fully integrated approach to using EMDR in a play therapy context while being faithful to both play therapy principles and the eight phases of the EMDR standard protocol. This book provides in-depth discussions on how leading innovators integrate their modalities-TraumaPlay, sandtray, art therapy, synergetic play therapy, child-centered and developmental play therapy-with EMDR and includes real-life examples of assessment, parent and child preparation, and developing emotional resources for reprocessing trauma using EMDR in play or expressive therapy, as well as a comprehensive look at complications of dissociation in trauma processing and how to manage these. Corresponding to the eight EMDR phases are 12 interventions, each comprised of a brief rationale, step-by-step directions, materials needed, case examples, and supporting visual materials.