10/21/2025
“The language of children is play, and when we combine it with EMDR, we meet them exactly where they are — in their natural way of processing.”
– Ana M. Gómez
So often, kids can’t talk about what happened — but they can show us through their stories, their drawings, their movements, and their play. That’s their language. That’s their processing.
💛 When we bring together Play Therapy and EMDR, we aren’t forcing a child to adapt to a clinical model — we’re adapting the model to fit the child.
In practice, this might look like:
🔁 Bilateral tapping through a rhythm game
🎨 Processing emotions through drawing or sand tray scenes
🧸 A child telling a story with toys that mirrors their own experience — and resolving it in a new way
This approach allows healing to happen in a space that feels safe, creative, and deeply respectful of a child’s developmental needs.
Because real healing happens when we stop asking children to talk like adults, and start listening to them in the language they already speak: play.
