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Digital Seminar

EMDR for Kids

Trauma-Informed Strategies for Young Clients and Their Grownups
Faculty:
Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW
Duration:
3 Hours 01 Minutes
Copyright:
04 May, 2023
Product Code:
POS059308
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

“Children don’t get traumatized because they are hurt. They get traumatized because they’re alone with the hurt.” – Dr. Gabor Mate

Watch Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, certified EMDR clinician and EMDRIA-Approved Consultant, for this 3-hour training to learn how to help families unravel complex trauma together so they can heal from the past and repair their relationship. Through the powerful lens of EMDR, clinicians will learn to:

  • Conceptualize complex trauma cases through the perspectives of both the child and the caregiver
  • Assess and improve caregiver engagement in EMDR treatment alongside the child
  • Reduce trauma-related symptoms
  • Develop interventions for conjoint EMDR therapy sessions
  • And more!

This course is not affiliated with EMDRIA and does not qualify toward EMDRIA credits or training.

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Faculty

Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW's Profile

Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW Related seminars and products

Spark All Wellness

Christine Mark-Griffin, LCSW, RPT, RYT, is an internationally recognized trainer, author of the award-winning EMDR Workbook for Kids, and Founder of Spark All Wellness and EMDR for Kids. She is the Lead Trainer for Transcending Trauma Through Yoga, an EMDR Institute and EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (EMDRHAP) Facilitator, and an EMDRIA Approved Consultant specializing in Attachment-Focused EMDR, play therapy, and trauma-informed yoga. Christine provides EMDR therapy for children and families, consultation for clinicians, and trauma-informed trainings for organizations worldwide. 


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is the founder of EMDR for Kids and Spark All Wellness and has employment relationships with Transcending Trauma Through Yoga, California State University. She is an affiliate partner with Bumble BLS, Wevana, and Bilateralstimulation.io. Christine Mark-Griffin receives a speaking honorarium, recording and book royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Christine Mark-Griffin is a member of National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and EMDR International Association (EMDRIA).

Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 


Objectives

  1. Conduct psychoeducational sessions regarding the efficacy and format of EMDR with children and their caregivers.
  2. Develop trauma-informed case conceptualizations using the EMDR treatment paradigm for children and their caregivers.
  3. Utilize assessment and engagement strategies with children and their caregivers during conjoint EMDR therapy sessions.

Outline

Psychoeducation: Teaching Kids and Families about Trauma and EMDR 

  • How and why EMDR is helpful 
  • The Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model  
  • 8 phases of EMDR; what to expect from treatment 
  • How trauma affects children and adults differently 
  • Interventions: The Tornado of Trauma, Windows of Tolerance 

EMDR-Based Case Conceptualization: Integrating Child and Parent Perspectives 

Learning the Story 

  • Holding different versions of the same story in the family 
  • Considering intergenerational trauma, attachment trauma and vicarious trauma 
  • Identifying target memories with kids and their grown ups 
  • Identifying common negative cognitions kids  
  • Identifying common negative cognitions for grownups in relation to child’s trauma 
  • A spectrum of parent involvement in therapy treatment 
  • Interventions: Graphing Strengths & Targets, Preparation for Story Telling Technique 

Setting the Goals 

  • How to develop individual and shared goals for children and caregivers 
  • Interventions: The Miracle Question, Future Templating 

Regulate, Repair, Reprocess: EMDR Strategies for Children and Their Grown-ups 

  • Developmental modifications for the EMDR standard protocol 
  • Collateral EMDR therapy for parents to target memories that interfere with responsible parenting and a secure attachment 
  • Interventions To Regulate: Magical Cord of Love, Singing Songs 
  • Interventions to Repair :I’ve got your back, Helping with Ouches 
  • Interventions to Reprocess: Story Telling Technique, Back and Forth Together 

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • School Social Workers
  • School Counsellors

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