Getting creative with EMDR & dissociation for children and teens
Description
How do we help children and teens make sense of the internal fragmentation of dissociation? This session will focus on using playful, creative, and somatic strategies to support a titrated approach to EMDR preparation and processing phases for these young people. Interventions that borrow play therapy modalities such as fantasy, puppets, sand tray, and expressive materials, can help us work with the “parts of self” and defensive adaptations within dissociation to move from the preparation to processing phases of EMDR in a developmental sensitive way, even applicable with some adult clients. An active and flexible approach to EMDR makes us bolder in leading young people to trauma work, even in cases with significant and complex early trauma. Experiential activities and case examples will touch on children and teens and their unique developmental challenges, as well as how to structure the participation and support of attachment figures.
Format
Conference
Language
English
Original Work Citation
Beckley-Forest, A. (2024, April). Getting creative with EMDR & dissociation for children and teens. Presentation at the 1st EMDRIA Summit, Bellevue, WA
Citation
“Getting creative with EMDR & dissociation for children and teens,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 3, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/28686.