Healing Trauma Through Play

Discover the transformative power of play in healing and building resilience.

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Available in-person & online
Participants engaged in playful group activities outdoors

Play isn't frivolous—it's fundamental to healing. For people locked in survival mode by trauma, play offers pathways back to safety, connection, and joy. This experience explores the neuroscience behind healing through play, including how it activates the parasympathetic nervous system and creates new neural pathways.

Through laughter laboratories, embodied games, creative expression, and sensory engagement, participants experience play as both personal medicine and professional tool. Whether you're a therapist, educator, or community organizer, you'll leave with a practical toolkit for integrating play into your healing work.

Participants consistently report feeling lighter and more resourced, gaining nervous system regulation tools, discovering new approaches for their work, and finding permission to access joy.

Who It's For

Therapists, social workers, educators, parents, community organizers—anyone supporting healing in themselves or others.

Key Outcomes

  • Understand the neuroscience connecting play and trauma healing.

  • Build a practical toolkit of play-based interventions.

  • Reconnect with your own capacity for play and joy.

  • Create healing environments that invite safety and connection.

Interested?

Let's talk about how this experience can be tailored to your team's specific needs.