EMDR with Children and Teens Trainings
Child Therapists, Teen Therapists, and Play Therapists, welcome to our trainings page!
Our courses are designed in a way for you to learn how to playfully adapt EMDR Therapy with all ages of children.
To help navigate what courses would benefit you most, we have labeled our trainings Beginner, Beginner/Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced. Click here for a Flowchart on how these trainings fit together.
If you are not yet trained in EMDR check out our BASIC trainings on the Trainings Tab above
Let’s Play EMDR: Fundamentals of EMDR with Children in a Play Therapy Setting
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
LIVE ONLINE (not recorded)
May 7 & 8, 2025 | 10:45am – 3:00pm EST each day
EMDRIA credits and Play therapy credits!
(meets APT requirements for virtual webinar hours)
Level: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
Treating Children’s Attachment Wounds with Play Therapy Interventions: Creative and Playful Solutions for Child Therapists and Play Therapists
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In person and LIVE ONLINE
Location: University at Buffalo Campus. Exact location to be determined.
June 23, 2025 | 9:00am – 5:00pm EST
Level: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
Indiana Association for Play Therapy: Using Play Therapy to Heal Wounded Attachment and Dissociation
Featuring Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In person at the Delaware Township Community Center
June 26 & 27, 2025 | 8:00am – 4:30pm EST each day
Minnesota Association for Play Therapy Annual Conference
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
Location: In person at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Pkwy Eagan, MN 55121
Dates: Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th, 2025 | 8:30am – 4:00pm EST each day
Cost: Members: $300 | Non Members: $350
CEs: This two day training is approved for 12 APT Contact CEs.
Dissociation with Children and Teens: Effectively using parts work with hostile, aggressive and destructive self-states
Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
This training is for EMDR and non-EMDR therapists in the time zones of Singapore, Australia, and Europe.
2025 Dates: Virtual training on Zoom. 2.5 hour modules.
– January 15th & 29th
– February 5th, 19th & 26th
– March 5th & 12th
– April 2nd & 16th
Optional Discussion Meetings: Integration of material with your own cases. 90 minutes in length: Has same start time as training dates.
– February 27th
– April 3rd
– April 17th
Click the brochure for more information.
Why Does My Child Act Like This?
What Parents can do for their child who are using dissociation strategies
Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
Be sure to click on the correct registration link, as there are separate links for therapists and parents.
Part 1 – March 31st. 11:45am to 2:30pm (EST)
Part 2 – April 7th. 11:45am to 2:30pm (EST)
Register for Therapists — Register for Parents
Click the brochure for more information.
Play Therapy Training Series: HYBRID
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S
Foundations of the Play Therapy Relationship: March 3-4, 2025
Play Therapy Models and Applications: April 14-15, 2025
Play Therapy to Heal from Trauma: May 5-6, 2025
- All days are 9:00am – 4:30pm EST.
- HYBRID: In person in Amherst (Buffalo) New York OR live online (all times mandatory).
- Popular in-depth play therapy training series for beginning and intermediate level clinicians.
- For more information and registration, click “website” below.
Trauma Therapy for Challenging Teens and Their Caregivers: LIVE Online
Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S and Nicole Wolasz, LCSW-R
Dates: (EST)
April 28th & 29th, 2025. 9:45am-3:00pm
April 30th, 2025. 9:45am-3:30pm
- Cost: $300 13 CE’s
- All dates are mandatory
- This training is for EMDR, Progressive Counting, TF-CBT and Accelerated ResolutionTherapists.
Mini Sandtray Summit 2025: Attachment, Sandtray, and Connections
With this one-day virtual summit, you’ll see how attachment wounds appear in the sandtray and throughout the therapeutic relationship. You’ll also get tools, skills, and connections to build your toolbox within the attachment, sandtray therapy, AND EMDR world.
April 11th, 2025
9:00 am – 5:00 pm CST
10:00 am – 6:00 pm EST
For more information, click “Register”
Advanced Integrative EMDR and Play Therapy
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
2025 Dates Pending
Level: MASTER
Payment plan available
