EMDR for Kids
Our therapists have specialized training to use EMDR with childr. This involves being able to explain EMDR to children and teens in ways that will make sense to them as well as integrating EMDR games and activities in therapy to capture their attention and harness the power of play and creativity in the therapy proce.
What is EMDR?
Sometimes yucky or scary things happen to us. When yucky things happen to us we begin to have mixed-up thoughts and feelings. We even begin to feel yucky in our bodies.
This is our way of trying to tell the story of what happened to us. We have three different story tellers: the heart, the mind, and the body. They each try to talk to us in their own way.
Your EMDR helper will help your storytellers sort out the yucky stuff to make room for good feelings and thoughts. Our bodies can start to feel better too.
Your EMDR helper will help you sort out the yucky or scary things that happened by playing games, telling stories, drawing, painting, and doing lots of other fun activities!
Our Storytellers
The Heart
The Heart
The Heart
Our heart storyteller talks to us in feelings and emotions.
The Mind
The Heart
The Heart
Our mind story teller talks to us in thoughts, images, and pictures in our mind.
The Body
The Heart
The Body
Our body storyteller talks to us through our body sensations such as racing heart, butterflies, or sore tummy.
EMDR Games & Activities
Using drawing, painting, and storytelling to help sort out the yucky and scary things that happened
Harnessing the Healing Power of Creative Play, Imagination, and Expression.
EMDR Helpers for Kids
Helper Amanda
Helper Heather
Helper Heather
Amanda the helper loves helping kids to sort out the yucky and hard stuff that has happened to them so they can feel better in their hearts, minds, and bodies!
Helper Heather
Helper Heather
Helper Heather
Heather the helper is great at helping kids sort out yucky stuff! She plays games and uses art and toys to help kids sort out the yucky and scary things that have happened to them.
Helper Petra
Helper Heather
Helper Petra
Petra the helper loves playing games and activities with kids to help them sort out the yucky and scary things that have happened to them.
COVID-19 EMDR Resources
The Story of the Oyster and the Butterfly
Help children understand the Coronavirus
and COVID-19.
Free to Download.
My Coronavirus Helping Box EMDR Version
This book uses EMDR Therapy procedures and should be guided by a trained EMDR Professional