EMDR Playground™ IMMERSION
Bring EMDR to Life Through PLAY, ART, MOVEment, Somatic Work, and Fidelity
Hosted by Jackie Flynn, EdS, LMHC-S, RPT-S™, RST-C/T, EMDRIA Trainer and Registered Play Therapy Supervisor™
January 14 - 17, 2027 | Cocoa Beach, Florida Earn up to 18 CEs (APA, APT, EMDRIA Approved)
A Transformational, Hands-On EMDR Experience
When trauma doesn’t fit neatly into words, EMDR can still move.
EMDR Playground Immersion helps EMDR-trained clinicians work more confidently with children, teens, and clients with complex trauma through play, sandtray, movement, art, sound, somatic work, symbolism, and relational attunement all while staying grounded in the 8 phases.
Available in person and virtually, this experiential training gives you practical tools, a stronger clinical map, and more confidence when sessions feel complex, unclear, or stuck.
Learn From and With Leaders in Our Field
Presenters:
This isn’t about collecting more techniques. It’s about learning when, why, and how to bring play, movement, sandtray, symbolism, culture, and the body into EMDR with clinical purpose.
Learn alongside clinicians who are bringing developmentally responsive, creative, and embodied approaches into trauma treatment—while staying connected to EMDR fidelity, the 8 phases, and the AIP model.
Jessica Crunkleton (Saturday Keynote
Cultural Wisdom in Play: Integrating Play Therapy, Sandtray, and EMDR for Trauma Healing
Culture, identity, story, and symbolism are always in the room. Jessica will explore how cultural humility, sandtray, play therapy, nervous system safety, meaning-making, and relational connection can deepen trauma healing within EMDR.
Jackie Flynn
Using Play Therapy in EMDR with Children and Adolescents: Readiness, Regulation, and Fidelity
Play belongs in EMDR with intention not simply because it feels creative. Explore how play can support readiness, regulation, Phase 2 preparation, pacing, emotional safety, and processing while staying grounded in the 8 phases and AIP model.
Jodie Keeso
The Stories Beneath the Symptoms: Case Conceptualization in EMDR Using IFS and Play Therapy with Complex Childhood Trauma
Go beneath the behaviors to understand what symptoms may be protecting. Explore protective parts, survival responses, attachment wounds, dissociation, co-regulation, symbolic communication, and the stories children may not yet have words to tell.
Katie Miller
Embodied Healing in Play and Movement: Somatic Movement, Yoga, Play Therapy, and EMDR for Trauma Healing
Healing doesn’t happen only through words. Experience how movement, breath, body awareness, yoga-informed practices, and play can support preparation, regulation, stabilization, trauma processing, and integration all with clinical intention and EMDR fidelity.
Brooklyn Hancock
EMDR With Teens: Developmentally Attuned Play Therapy in Practice
What happens when a teen shuts down, jokes, avoids, resists, disconnects or simply says, “I don’t know”? Explore developmentally attuned approaches that support agency, regulation, pacing, connection, and meaningful engagement throughout EMDR therapy.
Come for the learning. Leave with a stronger clinical map, practical tools you can actually use, and greater confidence bringing EMDR to life with children, teens, and families.
Immersion Experiences:
Sunrise EMDR Experientials on the Beach – Begin the day together with grounding, movement, sensory awareness, bilateral experiences, resourcing, and reflection by the ocean.
Safe Enough Spaces in the Sand – Explore “safe enough” through sand, imagination, sensory awareness, and body-based grounding while connecting to EMDR preparation, regulation, and resourcing.
Bilateral Rhythms at Sunrise – Experience rhythm, movement, and creative bilateral stimulation to support dual attention, regulation, grounding, and embodied presence.
Sand, Stones, and Sun – A closing sunrise experience using nature, sensory awareness, and grounding to support integration, resourcing, closure, and the transition home.
Every Figure Has a History – Momma Owls brings miniature figures to life through stories of culture, memory, imagination, pain, hope, and healing—exploring the power of symbolism and meaning-making.
Music and Sound in EMDR Practice Lab – Explore simple, clinically intentional ways to use music and sound for regulation, resourcing, dual awareness, and integration within EMDR practice.
Community Rhythm & Resource Circle – Gather for an evening of rhythm, sound, movement, connection, and shared presence designed to support grounding, regulation, and community.
What You’ll Experience
Hands-On, Experiential EMDR Learning – Explore play, sandtray, art, movement, somatic work, rhythm, and symbolism while staying grounded in EMDR fidelity and the 8 phases.
Practical, Clinically Purposeful Tools – Build confidence with creative interventions you can intentionally bring into your work with children, teens, and families.
Sunrise & Evening Immersions – Experience grounding, movement, sound, rhythm, symbolism, and reflection on the beach and beyond.
Connection, Creativity & Community – Learn alongside a shared cohort while experiencing the same principles of safety, regulation, co-regulation, embodiment, and integration you bring to your clients.
The Event Schedule
Thursday, January 14, 2027
Evening Opening Experience – Every Figure Has a History with Momma Owls
Friday, January 15, 2027
Sunrise Beach Experience – Safe Enough Spaces in the Sand
Core EMDR Playground Workshops
Evening Practice Lab – Music and Sound in EMDR
Saturday, January 16, 2027
Sunrise Beach Experience – Bilateral Rhythms at Sunrise
Saturday Keynote – Jessica Crunkleton, Cultural Wisdom in Play: Integrating Play Therapy, Sandtray, and EMDR for Trauma Healing
Core EMDR Playground Workshops
Evening Experience – Community Rhythm and Resource Circle
Sunday, January 17, 2027
Sunrise Closing Experience – Sand, Stones, and Sun
Core EMDR Playground Workshops & Integration
Location & Accommodations
Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront
1550 North Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
Set right on the beach, the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront gives us direct access to the sand, sunrise, and ocean that are such an important part of the EMDR Playground experience. The venue offers comfortable accommodations, on-site dining, an oceanfront pool, and gathering spaces—all just steps away from the training.
A special EMDR Playground room block is available for attendees, including a group rate for a City View Double Queen room, discounted self-parking, and complimentary guest room Wi-Fi. The online booking link is coming soon. In the meantime, you can call 1-866-580-7402 and request the EMDR Playground Immersion room block using group code EMDR27.
Secure Your Spot
You’ve felt it. There’s something powerful about bringing EMDR beyond words and into the body, play, creativity, movement, symbolism, and relationship.
This is your invitation to experience it.
Join us in Cocoa Beach for four days of EMDR, play, art, embodiment, movement, symbolism, creativity, community, and clinical renewal—all grounded in developmentally responsive practice and EMDR fidelity.
Because this is a hands-on, experiential immersion, in-person space is intentionally limited so there is room for meaningful practice, reflection, connection, and support.
✓ Reserve Your Seat
✓ Join Us In Person for the Full Cocoa Beach Immersion
✓ Or Attend Virtually for the Core Workshop Sessions