EMDR For Kids

Welcoming the EMDR twin hand puppets, Eyesic & Eyela to the Spark All Wellness Therapy therapy office where we can't wait for them to meet all of the little ones we work with in our EMDR child therapy practice ! 💛

What's your favorite type of BLS to use as an EMDR therapist ? 😂

Final day of the EMDRIA conference ended in a dance party over at EMDR for Kids!

The final advanced EMDR training for the year !

Join Christine Mark-Griffin in her signature EMDR for kids: Adapting the 8 phases live webinar to learn how to adapt EMDR for children & their families! 💛

Exclusive discount now during EMDRIA conference! Get 25% off with the code EMDRIA26

Join us at a networking event and enjoy shopping some amazing vendors.

This FREE event is in conjunction with our Cal APT Conference (August 28-29 with Ann Beckley-Forest LCSW, RPT-S™ and Annie Monaco LCSW, RPT-S™), but you don't have to attend the conference to attend the Networking event.

All are welcome!

The event will take place:

When:

Friday, August 28th,

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Where:

The Dana on Mission Bay
1710 W. Mission Bay Drive,

San Diego, CA 92109

Day 1!

✨ Meet Eyesic & Eyela, the EMDR twins! 👀

From our best-selling books to your therapy room,
These little twins are ready to help healing bloom! 🌸

Cute little hand puppets, ready to play,
Helping kids feel safe, connected, and okay. 💛

Move them back and forth—left, right, left, right,
Making bilateral movement feel playful and light! ✨

And with your favorite buzzers, they’re ready to go,
Adding tactile fun to help EMDR flow! 💫

The EMDR Twins arrive at the EMDRIA conference!

Our new Be a Unicorn🦄 EMDR resourcing video just launched on our Youtube channel! ✨

With the goal to remind kids of all ages how magical and wonderful they are ! 💕

Check out our website www.emdrforkids.com for more resources or our Youtube Channel for more videos like this!

EMDR Resourcing with art & making animals with air dry clay! 🦁

This is one of our favorite ways to help kids resource an inner strength such as feeling confident , calm , patience or brave . 💜

Step 1: Have the child identify a quality or characteristic they would like to have more of for a current problem they have! " I want to feel braver!" (when I go to the doctors) or "I want to stay calm" (when a classmate is mean to me). ☺️

Step 2: Have them come up with an animal or creature that represents that quality for them and have them create it with clay or play-doh! ( In this example the child picked a lion to represent being brave being away from mom despite her separation anxiety) 🫟

Step 3: Have the child select a memory of a time they were brave! Have them noticed what they see, the positive thoughts , how they feel & any good body feelings that go along with the selected memory. 💭

Step 4: Add a few slow sets of BLS to help child integrate the resource & use the animal or creature they created if possible! The child may choose to follow the animal they created with their eyes or even tap the animal gently for their back & forth movement ! 👀

‼️Please note that this intervention should only be offered by therapist fully trained in EMDR! ‼️

If you are not yet trained in EMDR though, you can still do all of the following steps 1-3 & omit step 4 of adding the bilateral stimulation! 🥰