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reWILDing

ReWILDing EMDR tree logo 2nd GenerationA retreat-style training for EMDR therapists

reWILDing

Play, Sandtray, and EMDR Therapy Integration

A transformative 5-day retreat-style training for EMDR therapists, hosted at Momma Owl’s Minis in Molino, Florida.

When: March 18–22, 2026
Wednesday to Sunday
Where: Momma Owl’s Minis Workshop
628 Molino Road, Molino, FL 32577
Continuing education: Up to 24 CE hours

Heal Generations. Transform Lives. Reconnect to What Matters.

This isn’t just a training… it’s a movement.

What reWILDing means here

ReWILDing is the return to what heals when survival has narrowed the nervous system. It brings trauma work back to the places where real processing happens.

In the body.
In rhythm and bilateral flow.
In symbol, story, and play.
In Sandtray worlds that hold what words cannot.
In the natural world as co-regulator and teacher.
In lineage, meaning, and intergenerational repair.

In this training, ReWILDing is not a theme or a vibe.

It is a clinical orientation you will learn to apply with skill, structure, and care.

All required training information, including learning objectives, session descriptions, continuing education details, and instructor credentials, can be found in the Agenda and CE Info tabs.

Who this is for

ReWILDing is built for therapists across pathways. If you are drawn to this work, you belong here.

EMDR trained clinicians
You want an advanced integration that stays true to AIP and all 8 phases, while widening the doorways clients use to access and complete processing.
EMDR curious clinicians
You want a clear, embodied understanding of EMDR and how ReWILDing supports trauma healing across settings, even if you have not completed basic training yet.
Play therapists and creative clinicians
You already know that play and creativity reach what talk cannot. You want to integrate that power with trauma processing in a more structured, nervous system informed way.
Sandtray therapists
You want to deepen clinical precision and learn how Sandtray supports targets, phases, and integration, indoors and outdoors, across populations.
Nature-based and somatic clinicians
You are already working with the body and the living world. You want a coherent framework that connects what you do to trauma resolution with structure and safety.

We train as one ReWILDing community. The only difference is continuing education eligibility. Details will be shared in the CE Info tab once approvals are finalized.

Why therapists come to reWILDing

You already know trauma resolution can happen. You also know that many clients cannot get there through words alone, or through an office chair alone.

When trauma stays in the head, clients plateau.
When the body is missing, targets stay distant.
When symbolism is missing, the nervous system has fewer routes to speak.
When the living world is ignored, we miss one of the oldest regulators humans have.
And when cases stall, you carry the weight home with you.

reWILDing gives you ethical, phase-aligned ways to keep healing moving.

Not by adding noise, but by restoring the pathways humans have always used to metabolize pain and return to wholeness.

Your guides

Together we bring decades of experience in EMDR, Sandtray, play therapy, and nature-based trauma work. You will be taught with warmth, precision, and real-world clinical integrity. All three trainers lead every session, Day 1 through Day 5.

Jackie Flynn

EdS, LMHC-S, RPT-S™

Founder of EMDR with Kids and the EMDR Playground, international trainer, and APT Approved Provider #20-628.

Alisha Denham

LCSW, RPT-S™

A licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience in child therapy, and co-founder of Momma Owls Minis, handcrafted miniatures for sandtray and play therapy.

Catherine Denham

LCSW, RPT-S™

A licensed clinical social worker and registered play therapist-supervisor, co-founder of Momma Owls, and co-host of the ‘Rewilding EMDR’ podcast.

Led by Jackie Flynn, Alisha Denham, and Catherine Denham, this sacred 5-day experience will shift the way you do therapy, forever.

Meet the speakers

PLAY with past, present, and future

In this reWILDing experience, we apply these concepts through play.

With art
Art lets past, present, and future stories show up through paint, drawing, and making cool things.
With sand
We build and process sandtrays that hold where we came from, where we are now, and where we are headed.
With story
We follow the thread of a client’s history into their current life, their relationships, and their growing edges.
With words
Poetry, music, rhythm, and other expressive approaches give voice to pain, resilience, and hope.
Through all eight phases
We play our way through all eight phases of EMDR therapy in a way that weaves together play therapy, Sandtray, nature, and the body’s natural pull toward healing across the lifespan.

A round Sandtray with miniatures, a rainbow heart, two gates, and emotion cards reading Brave, Mindful, and Resilient

The word Sandtray formed from an ivy branch

Polaroid collage from past reWILDing trainings: fire circle, Sandtray miniatures, painted hands, sand writing, tree roots, beach boardwalk, the lodge, and the trainers together — From the first generation of reWILDing

Your reWILDing plan

Learn
Learn the ReWILDing framework across EMDR, play, and Sandtray.
Practice
Practice it indoors and outdoors through live demonstrations and small group work.
Leave ready
Leave with a repeatable method you can use with any population and in any setting.

What makes this training different

EMDR, Sandtray, and play are fully integrated throughout the entire training. You will not learn them as separate pieces. You will learn how they work together in real clinical moments, across all 8 phases and across all five days.

We teach and practice the integration in two places on purpose.

Inside

with clients in the therapy room.

Outside

with clients in natural spaces and the living world.

That means you will see, feel, and practice what it looks like to

use EMDR structure while Sandtray and play open access to targets,
keep desensitization moving through standard EMDR protocols supported by symbolism and sensory regulation,
resource and stabilize through play and nature-based nervous system support,
translate the same clinical precision into outdoor sessions, walking bilateral work, and nature-anchored integration.

Ready to joinRegistration is at the bottom of the page.

How reWILDing EMDR looks in real clinical moments

A client cannot find words for the target.
Symbolic entry
You invite a Sandtray scene or a play-based symbolic entry. The inner world shows itself without forcing language.
Assessment
You track NC, SUD, VOC, and body location, and stay anchored in phase structure.
Desensitization
You move into phase 4 with standard protocol, sometimes supported by natural bilateral movement outdoors.
The memory begins to shift.
Installation
You install the adaptive belief through embodied, symbol-aligned integration.
Closure and reevaluation
You close with regulation that fits the nervous system and the setting, then reevaluate with felt sense and clear clinical markers.

A heart-shaped Sandtray scene with a circle of figures, a bridge, and a small armchair — A Sandtray scene lets the inner world show itself without forcing language.

That braid is ReWILDing. It is fidelity plus aliveness.

What you will learn across the 8 phases

You will watch it, feel it, practice it, and leave able to use it. Each phase is taught in three ways:

Standard EMDR structure
ReWILDing inside the office
ReWILDing outside in nature

1
History taking
AIP-informed history taking that includes body tracking, environment attunement, and lineage mapping. You will practice how to listen for intergenerational threads and translate them into targets and treatment planning.
2
Preparation
Nature-based and play-informed resourcing that builds safety and readiness through rhythm, movement, sensory support, and symbolic regulation. You will practice preparation sequences with real pacing and guardrails.
3
Assessment
Assessment through talk, Sandtray, drawing, and movement while staying anchored in NC, PC, VOC, SUD, and body location. You will watch live demos, then practice in small groups.
4
Desensitization
Standard protocols supported by walking bilateral stimulation, tactile and auditory nature-based BLS options, and play-informed bilateral activities that remain inside EMDR pacing. You will participate in live EMDR demonstrations indoors and outdoors.
5
Installation
Installation that makes adaptive beliefs embodied. Somatic anchoring and symbolic acts strengthen the adaptive network rather than decorate it. You will practice clean installation sequences.
6
Body scan
Somatic precision with nature and Sandtray as sensory mirrors when residual disturbance is hard to name. You will practice tracking, clearing, and completing the scan.
7
Closure
Closure that stabilizes through rhythm, ritual, and nervous system settling. Office-based and outdoor closure sequences that fit any client and setting.
8
Reevaluation
Reevaluation with whole-brain awareness, felt sense, and symbolic check-ins that support long-arc healing, including intergenerational repair markers.

Five days, Wednesday to Sunday

Each day builds the ReWILDing arc, from grounding and orienting, to bridging past and present, to deepening emotional healing, to nervous system and neurobiology focused practice, and finally a closing ceremony that helps you carry the work back into your clinical life.

WednesdayMarch 188:30 – 4:00, 6 CE hoursGrounding and orienting ThursdayMarch 198:30 – 4:00, 6 CE hoursBridging past and present FridayMarch 208:45 – 3:00, 5 CE hoursDeepening emotional healing SaturdayMarch 218:45 – 3:00, 5 CE hoursNervous system and neurobiology practice SundayMarch 229:00 – 11:00, 2 CE hoursReflection, integration, and closing ceremony

Full days Wednesday and Thursday, slightly shorter deep-dive days Friday and Saturday, and a short closing morning Sunday. All times Central. Together the five days add up to 24 CE hours.

See the full agenda

What is included in your retreat experience

Five immersive training days of instruction, practice, and integration.
Lodging and meals at Miss Patty’s Lodge so you can stay present and nourished.
Exclusive access to Momma Owl’s symbolic nature-based Sandtray miniatures.

Sculpted Sandtray miniature of a tree-woman with a green canopy and spreading roots

Sculpted Sandtray miniature of a hooded figure holding a blue spiral, shown from three angles

Two of Momma Owl’s symbolic nature-based Sandtray miniatures

Optional: beach trip and dinner at Momma Owl’s favorite local spot in Pensacola.

Cover of the ReWILDing EMDR training manual: Nature, Play, and Sandtray for Profound Transformation

The ReWILDing Clinician Kit

packed in your keepsake burlap bag

Rustic workbook and reference sheets, including the training manual Nature, Play, and Sandtray for Profound Transformation
Tree branch pencils
Integration handouts for EMDR with fidelity
ReWILDing Therapy Emotion Literacy Card Deck
Keepsake burlap bag

This is a method you can carry into any setting with any population.

All-inclusive investment covers training, lodging at Miss Patty’s Retreat Center, meals, supplies, and all materials and clinician kit.

This immersive training includes

12hours of Sandtray Therapy training, rooted in clinical integrity and experiential learning
8phases in a full EMDR refresher, maintaining fidelity to all 8 phases and the AIP model
24live CE hours for the Association for Play Therapy
Naturebased applications that go beyond technique, offering a felt, lived understanding of the ReWILDing approach

For additional state licensure information, including APA approval, please refer to the CE Info tab to see current status. Continuing Education Credit Hours are available from several organizations and are currently pending approval.

This is not a training you’ll walk away from unchanged.

You’ll experience what it means to ReWILD your work, and yourself, in ways that expand your practice and stay with you long after the retreat ends.

Through the integration of nature-based therapy, Sandtray, play, and EMDR, you’ll learn how to:

Support nervous system regulation in and beyond the therapy room
Help clients access healing through movement, symbolism, and nature
Work with generational trauma in ways that words simply can’t reach
Deepen your clinical intuition and reconnect to your why

A caterpillar, chrysalis, and monarch butterfly on a branch

You belong here if

You want trauma work to be more embodied, more precise, and more alive.
You want a wider range of access points for clients who cannot reach targets through words alone.
You are committed to clinical integrity and also to the living truth of healing.
You are ready to ReWILD your work inside and outside the office.

This training is not limited to child and teen therapists. It’s designed for all EMDR clinicians who are ready to reconnect with their work in a powerful, embodied, and nature-integrated way.

This isn’t just a retreat. It is a transformative training experience designed for real-world integration.

Whether you practice indoors, outdoors, or somewhere in between, ReWILDing EMDR offers a full continuum of application.

Indoors
Somewhere in between
Outdoors

You’ll leave with tools and insights that translate across settings, supporting deep, regulated healing wherever your work takes place.

Agenda

5 sessions, Wednesday, March 18 to Sunday, March 22, 2026. Up to 24 CE credit hours. All times Central.

Wednesday
March 1808:30 AM – 4:00 PM CDTReWild1 - Day 1ReWilding EMDR: Grounding and Beginning the Healing JourneyAlisha Denham; Catherine Denham; Jackie FlynnCE credit hours: 6.00In-Person Only

Highlights

Discover the power of Sandtray Therapy as a tool for healing and self-expression
Explore Margaret Lowenfeld’s World Technique and the miniatures used in Sandtray
Experiential exercises: creating symbolic worlds in the sand
Phase 1 (Establishing the Sandtray Space) and Phase 2 (Introducing the Miniatures)

Description

Day 1 of ReWilding Sandtray Therapy will introduce you to the profound power of Sandtray Therapy as a tool for healing and self-expression. This immersive day is designed to lay the groundwork for understanding how play facilitates emotional and psychological healing, and how Sandtray Therapy can be integrated into your work with both children and adults.

We will explore how the act of creating symbolic worlds in the sand allows clients to express complex emotions and life experiences that might be difficult to articulate. Through the use of miniatures and symbolic representations, clients are empowered to externalize their inner worlds, giving them a sense of control and agency in their healing journey. By engaging in the tactile experience of shaping sand and creating meaningful representations, clients reconnect with themselves in a way that is deeply embodied and holistic.

In addition to learning the theoretical underpinnings of Sandtray Therapy, you will have the opportunity to engage in experiential exercises, where you’ll begin to understand how this approach can facilitate deep emotional expression, integrate mind and body, and promote healing. By the end of Day 1, you’ll gain a foundational understanding of how Sandtray Therapy can be used to create a nonverbal, playful space that encourages emotional release and psychological transformation, providing your clients with a powerful tool for personal healing.

Learning objectives

List 3 key benefits of using Sandtray Therapy in play-based treatment for children and adults, emphasizing how ReWilding through play supports emotional and psychological healing.
Explain 2 key principles of Margaret Lowenfeld’s World Technique and its role in ReWilding self-expression and facilitating play in therapy.
Identify 3 types of miniatures commonly used in Sandtray play therapy and explain their significance in ReWilding the therapeutic process through playful, symbolic representations.
Discuss the role of nonverbal communication in play therapy through Sandtray and how it enhances the therapeutic process by ReWilding play and self-expression.
Demonstrate 2 effective ways to guide a client in creating a playful sand world that reflects their emotional state, struggles, or life experiences, aiding in their ReWilding journey.
Apply reflective questioning techniques in a playful way to help clients engage with and process their sandtray creations in a ReWilding therapeutic context.
Explain how the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model and principles of Traumatology can be integrated with ReWilding through the use of Sandtray Therapy, emphasizing how the process facilitates adaptive shifts, engages the whole brain, and promotes dual awareness for healing and transformation.
Describe the significance of Phase 1 (Establishing the Sandtray Space) and Phase 2 (Introducing the Miniatures) in Sandtray Therapy, emphasizing how these phases support ReWilding by creating a safe environment for play and self-expression.

Learning levels

Intermediate, Advanced

In-person credits

CE credits: APT, EMDRIA

Thursday
March 1908:30 AM – 4:00 PM CDTReWild2 - Day 2The ReWilding Process: Bridging the Past and PresentAlisha Denham; Catherine Denham; Jackie FlynnCE credit hours: 6.00In-Person Only

Highlights

Use Sandtray to address trauma, anxiety, and family dynamics
Create structured, playful Sandtray exercises for children and adults
Write case notes that capture symbolic play and therapeutic goals
Ethics, plus Phases 3–7 and Phase 8 (Reevaluation and Closure) of Sandtray Therapy

Description

On Day 2 of ReWilding Sandtray Therapy, we will dive deeper into the practical application of Sandtray techniques, focusing on how this modality can be used to address trauma, anxiety, and family dynamics in play-based therapy. Through symbolic play, we will explore how Sandtray can facilitate profound emotional healing, particularly with children, by creating safe spaces where ReWilding and transformation can take place.

You will learn how to utilize Sandtray therapy to help clients process trauma, reduce anxiety, and navigate family dynamics, facilitating an integrated healing journey through play. We will explore structured, playful exercises that can be tailored to children and adults, encouraging emotional expression and healing through symbolic play.

The day will also include an opportunity to reflect on case notes, learning how to document the healing process and the symbolic play used in clients’ sandtray creations, emphasizing the therapeutic goals and ReWilding outcomes. We’ll also explore how to integrate Sandtray with other therapeutic modalities, like EMDR and narrative therapy, reinforcing the ReWilding value of play and its therapeutic potential.

Ethical considerations will be addressed, ensuring that boundaries, confidentiality, and cultural sensitivity are maintained within a nonjudgmental and playful therapeutic setting. Finally, you will learn to foster a playful, nonjudgmental environment in Sandtray therapy, empowering clients to express themselves and heal creatively, both emotionally and symbolically.

Throughout the day, we’ll examine Phases 3-7 of Sandtray Therapy, focusing on how each phase facilitates emotional expression, trauma integration, and healing through symbolic play. We will also reflect on the significance of Phase 8 (Reevaluation and Closure), exploring how this phase supports ReWilding by helping clients integrate their experiences, ensuring lasting transformation.

By the end of Day 2, you will have the tools and insights to create more structured therapeutic experiences with Sandtray, helping clients experience deep healing through the process of play and ReWilding.

Learning objectives

Utilize Sandtray play therapy techniques to address trauma, anxiety, or family dynamics in play-based practice, particularly with children, to support their ReWilding and healing.
Create 2 structured, playful Sandtray exercises tailored to specific populations (e.g., children, adults) that encourage emotional expression and ReWilding healing through play.
Write a case note reflecting the use of playful symbolism in a client’s sandtray creation and its connection to therapeutic goals, emphasizing play as a tool for ReWilding healing.
Use Sandtray play therapy techniques with other therapeutic modalities (e.g., EMDR, narrative therapy), reinforcing the ReWilding value of play in therapy.
Identify 2 ethical considerations when using Sandtray in play therapy, ensuring that boundaries, confidentiality, and cultural sensitivity are maintained in a playful, ReWilding nonjudgmental setting.
Demonstrate how to foster a playful, nonjudgmental environment in Sandtray therapy that encourages creative self-expression, emotional healing, and client empowerment through ReWilding play.
List the key processes involved in Phases 3-7 of Sandtray Therapy, explaining how each phase contributes to the ReWilding process by facilitating emotional expression, trauma integration, and healing through symbolic play and nonverbal communication.
Describe the significance of Phase 8 (Reevaluation and Closure) in Sandtray Therapy, emphasizing how this phase supports ReWilding by helping clients integrate their experiences and emotions, creating lasting transformation through play and symbolic expression.

In-person credits

CE credits: APT, EMDRIA

Friday
March 2008:45 AM – 3:00 PM CDTReWild3 - Day 3The ReWilding Journey Continues: Deepening Emotional HealingCatherine Denham; Alisha Denham; Jackie FlynnCE credit hours: 5.00Format: WorkshopIn-Person Only

Highlights

Introduction to the ReWilding EMDR approach
Guided nature-based grounding activity and sandtray practice
Nature and sandtray woven through Phases 1–7 of EMDR
Community sharing over dinner

Description

In this immersive full-day session, we’ll introduce the ReWilding EMDR approach, focusing on how nature-based play and sandtray therapy can enhance every phase of EMDR. You will learn how these elements can support trauma healing, emotional regulation, and intergenerational healing. The session will start with an introduction to the weekend, followed by a guided nature-based grounding activity and sandtray practice. Throughout the session, you’ll gain practical tools for integrating nature and sandtray techniques into your EMDR work, helping your clients process trauma with the added benefit of grounding, creativity, and symbolic expression. The day concludes with community sharing over dinner, where you’ll connect with other participants and reflect on your experiences.

Learning objectives

Describe how the ReWilding EMDR™ approach in Phase 1 (History Taking and Case Conceptualization) utilizes nature’s grounding energy outdoors to access implicit memories and delve into intergenerational trauma, creating a holistic foundation for healing that begins with nature’s safe gateway and invites playful exploration of the therapeutic process.
Explain how outdoor nature immersion in Phase 2 (Preparation) helps clients attune to their autonomic nervous system, using mindful movement, sound, and earth-based elements to regulate their bodies and foster emotional resilience, setting the stage for deeper therapeutic work that includes play-based exploration of emotional regulation.
Identify how nature’s elements in Phase 3 (Assessment) invite trauma targets to surface naturally, with safety and support provided by nature’s presence outdoors, enabling dual awareness and an authentic connection to implicit experiences within a grounded, nature-supported environment that encourages playful engagement with the healing process.
Demonstrate how nature-based bilateral stimulation techniques, such as walking through the forest or listening to ambient natural sounds in Phase 4 (Desensitization), help clients release trauma stored in the body, integrating the nervous system and enhancing trauma resolution through nature’s rhythms and playful interaction with the environment.
Apply the ReWilding EMDR™ approach in Phase 5 (Installation) by using the grounding presence of nature to embody positive cognitions, reinforcing new, healthier beliefs, and fostering neuroplasticity and self-regulation through nature’s stabilizing influence, while encouraging playful connection to the healing process.
Explain how nature immersion during Phase 6 (Body Scan) facilitates somatic release and nervous system regulation, with clients attuning to the natural surroundings to reconnect with their bodies and release tension in a grounded, nature-supported manner that encourages playful exploration of physical sensations and healing.
Describe how the four elements of nature (earth, water, fire, air) in Phase 7 (Closure) help achieve nervous system equilibrium and restore balance, supporting the transition from therapy to daily life with nature-based grounding activities and playful, restorative actions to reinforce healing progress in the outdoors.

Learning levels

Advanced, Intermediate

In-person credits

CE credits: APT, EMDRIA

Saturday
March 2108:45 AM – 3:00 PM CDTReWild4 - Day 4ReWilding and Neurobiology: Shifting the Nervous SystemCatherine Denham; Alisha Denham; Jackie FlynnCE credit hours: 5.00In-Person Only

Highlights

Sandtray and nature-based play to enhance Phases 3 to 7 of EMDR
Dyadic practice on your own EMDR targets
Hands-on work with nature metaphors and sandtray miniatures
Group rhythmic activity and a reflective journaling session

Description

On Day 4, we will dive deeper into the EMDR process and explore how sandtray therapy and nature-based play can be used to enhance Phases 3 to 7 of EMDR. Through interactive learning, you’ll discover how these creative and grounding techniques can help clients access and process traumatic memories, install positive cognitions, and release somatic tension. This full-day session will include dyadic practice, where you’ll apply nature-based techniques and sandtray work to your own EMDR targets. You’ll also gain hands-on experience using nature metaphors and sandtray miniatures to help clients heal emotionally and physically. The day will end with a group rhythmic activity, designed to integrate the emotional work and help stabilize participants before a reflective journaling session.

Learning objectives

Identify how nature-based mindfulness and playful practices in Phase 8 (Reevaluation) allow clients to assess current distress while outdoors, fostering resilience and ongoing emotional regulation through a sustainable healing process that continues beyond therapy, integrating the natural world into the playful healing journey.
Explain how nature-based tools in the ReWilding EMDR™ model, combined with playful exploration, support the integration of dual awareness and traumatology, utilizing the outdoors to help clients process past trauma and connect with the present healing energy of nature during play-based EMDR work.
Examine how nature’s grounding energy during the ReWilding EMDR™ process, alongside playful engagement, enhances AIP processing, helping clients’ emotional and psychological healing to be deeply connected to both their body and environment as they work through the 8 phases of therapy in nature.
Utilize nature-based reflective techniques outdoors, integrating playful exploration, to help clients process implicit memories, trauma, and intergenerational wounds, fostering emotional and somatic healing in a nonverbal, nature-supported way that is rooted in the natural world and encourages play-based healing.
Describe how a deeper understanding of how ReWilding EMDR™ in nature shifts the nervous system from trauma states to healing states, using natural rhythms and playful engagement outdoors to address traumatology and achieve whole-brain, neurobiological integration across all 8 phases of therapy.

Learning levels

Advanced

In-person credits

CE credits: APT, EMDRIA

Sunday
March 2209:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDTReWild5 - Day 5Reflecting and Integrating: Final Healing CeremonyCatherine Denham; Alisha Denham; Jackie FlynnCE credit hours: 2.00Format: WorkshopIn-Person Only

Highlights

Final sandtray practice and nature-based integration
A Plant Propagation Ceremony as a symbol of the healing journey
Reflect on applying ReWilding EMDR personally and professionally
Take home a propagated plant from your training

Description

On Day 5, we’ll come together to reflect and integrate everything we’ve learned throughout the weekend. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect on how nature-based play, sandtray therapy, and ReWilding EMDR can be used to enhance trauma healing both personally and professionally. The day will begin with final sandtray practice and nature-based integration, followed by a Plant Propagation Ceremony. In this meaningful ceremony, participants will propagate plants as a symbolic representation of the healing process, nurturing both their personal growth and the healing of others. This ceremony will serve as a powerful reminder of the transformation they’ve undergone and the lasting impact they will have on their clients’ healing journey.

Participants will receive a propagated plant as a physical representation of their growth and healing throughout the training.

Learning objectives

Describe how ReWilding EMDR incorporates principles of play and nature into trauma treatment, and identify ways clinicians can use these strategies in practice.
Identify clinical applications of ReWilding EMDR and nature-based modalities that translate personal and professional insights from the training into strategies supporting sustained trauma healing and growth.
Participate in a Plant Propagation Ceremony as a symbolic representation of the healing journey, reflecting on the transformation experienced throughout the training and how this process mirrors the work clients undergo in their own trauma healing, creating a tangible reminder of growth, nurturing, and playful exploration for both self and others.

Learning levels

Advanced, Intermediate

In-person credits

CE credits: APT, EMDRIA

CE Info

Earn up to 24 CE credit hours.

Approved

Association for Play Therapy (APT)

24 live contact CE hours for Association for Play Therapy (APT). APT Approved Provider: Jacqueline Flynn (APT Approved Provider 20-628).

This certificate verifies completion of 24 live contact CE hours through the World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals in support of Registered Sand Therapist credential level practice.

Target audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT’s.

Continuing Education Credit Hours are available from the following organizations

Approved
Association for Play Therapy
This course is approved for 24 direct contact education hours. Provider Code 20-628.
Pending
EMDR International Association EC Provider
Jacqueline Flynn is an EMDRIA EC Provider and this program is pending approval for 24 EMDRIA Credits. Eligibility for EMDRIA Credits is restricted to those who have completed an EMDRIA Approved Basic EMDR Training.

Event learning objectives

List 3 key benefits of using Sandtray Therapy in play-based treatment for children and adults, emphasizing how ReWilding through play supports emotional and psychological healing.
Utilize Sandtray play therapy techniques to address trauma, anxiety, or family dynamics in play-based practice, particularly with children, to support their ReWilding and healing.
Describe the ReWilding EMDR™ approach in Phase 1 through 7.
Utilize nature-based reflective techniques outdoors, integrating playful exploration, to help clients process implicit memories, trauma, and intergenerational wounds, fostering emotional and somatic healing in a nonverbal, nature-supported way that is rooted in the natural world and encourages play-based healing.
Identify clinical applications of ReWilding EMDR and nature-based modalities that translate personal and professional insights from the training into strategies supporting sustained trauma healing and growth.

Policies

Refund policy

Because of the care, time, and resources that go into this small-group experience, all sales are final and no refunds will be issued. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your spot by securing your own replacement, subject to our approval and registration deadlines. By enrolling, you acknowledge and agree to this policy.

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CELS grievance policy

If a grievance arises pertaining to continuing education activities or processes, please contact Tyler Gibson via confidential email to tyler@celearningsystems.com as soon as possible, so that the nature of the concern may be addressed in a timely fashion.

Disability accommodation

We are committed to providing ADA accommodations in compliance with the law. To ensure your needs are met, please inform us of any requirements when you register, ideally at least 30 days before the event. You can do so by emailing support@ce-go.com or calling 888-498-5578.

Disclosures

Disclosure

This training is hosted in partnership with two separate businesses. Momma Owl’s Minis is owned by Alisha Denham and Catherine Denham and sells Sandtray miniatures and related therapeutic materials. Jackie Flynn Consulting is owned by Jackie Flynn and provides EMDR consultation and training. No purchase of products or services from either business is required to attend or participate. Any items offered for sale during the event are optional. The educational content of this program is developed independently and is not influenced by these commercial interests.

Refund and transfer policy

All registrations are non refundable. Your seat may be transferred to another licensed or license eligible clinician up to 14 days before the training start date with written notice to jackie@jackieflynnconsulting.com. Transfers requested within 14 days of the start date cannot be accommodated. If the event is canceled by the provider, you may choose a full refund or a transfer to a future ReWILDing training.

Equal opportunity

We are committed to creating a supportive learning environment for all participants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, culture, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability status, or any other protected identity.

Accessibility

If you need ADA related accommodations, please contact us in advance. Email jackie@jackieflynnconsulting.com with your request so we can support your participation.

Join the second generation of reWILDing EMDR therapists

Space is limited and this experience will not be repeated in the same way.

Be part of something sacred. Be part of something new. Be part of the movement.

Reserve your spot now and begin your reWILDing journey.

March 18–22, 2026
Momma Owl’s Minis Workshop, 628 Molino Road, Molino, FL 32577

What reWILDing means here

Who this is for

EMDR trained clinicians

EMDR curious clinicians

Play therapists and creative clinicians

Sandtray therapists

Nature-based and somatic clinicians

Why therapists come to reWILDing