Inside-out & bottom-up - Integrating neuroscience, EMDR, & play therapy

Through an integrative theoretical framework, participants will be invited explore the Neuroception of Safety from a deeply creative level through an innovative and playful integration of EMDR and the Polyvagal theory. The “Ceptions” (Neuroception, Proprioception, Equilibrioception, Interoception, Temperoception, Exteroception, Nociception) will be introduced through the Power of Play Therapy. Participants will explore how to increase client’s mind-body awareness and monitor/reduce the distress response (SUDS) through the integrative use of EMDR, play, and the expressive arts. By integrating foundational EMDR knowledge with cutting-edge neuroscience, participants will create representations of "the ceptions" and learn how they fit within the AIP model and the 3-pronged protocol, and how to blend them throughout all 8-phases of EMDR. This integration is particularly helpful with children during the history taking, preparation, assessment, and body scan phases to teach clients how to identify their arousal states, and how to become detectives of their own nervous systems.

Conference

English

Dora Henderson

Henderson, D. (2023, August). Inside-out & bottom-up - Integrating neuroscience, EMDR, & play therapy. Presentation at the at the 28th EMDR International Association Conference, Arlington, VA