05/13/2026
What an incredible week! 💙 Thank you to New Hope for not only co-sponsoring this amazing training, but also for so graciously allowing us to invade your space for a few days. 😊
We are so thankful for the partnership between our CACs and for the opportunity to learn alongside so many dedicated professionals committed to helping children heal through connection, creativity, and play.
The training was truly inspiring, and we are excited to bring these playful and powerful healing approaches back to the children and families we serve. Thank you again to everyone who helped make this experience possible! ✨
Last week, New Hope was FULL of laughter, learning, and play! 🎉🧸✨
We were honored to host the 4-day Advanced Integrative EMDR & Play Therapy training with Playful EMDR founders, Ann Beckley-Forest and Annie Monaco! 💙
We welcomed:
⭐ 6 trainers
⭐ 36 Professionals from across the U.S. and even Canada! 🇨🇦
Our therapists spent the week learning creative, playful, and powerful new ways to help children heal. And yes… there was LOTS of playing involved, and we loved every minute of it! 🎨🫧🪁
A huge THANK YOU to our sister agencies, Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center, Inc. of the Smokies and Childhelp Tennessee, for partnering with us to coordinate this incredible training, and to Annie & Ann for traveling all the way from Buffalo to share their expertise with us. 🦬✈️
Helping kids heal doesn’t always look serious. Sometimes it looks like play, connection, imagination, and joy. 🩵