Biography
Maggie Kline,
M.S., LMFT, SEI® Global Faculty, Author
Maggie teaching in Cologne, Germany
Maggie Kline has been a marriage, family and child therapist for over 40 years and is a retired school psychologist. Originally trained in Virginia Satir’s Family Systems, Gestalt, and Humanistic Psychology, she specializes in trauma recovery through the lens of Somatic Experiencing® and embodied mindfulness. Maggie integrates S.E. concepts with art, dream work, movement, and attachment play when working with children and teens. She is a senior Somatic Experiencing® instructor for SEI www.traumahealing.org, teaching internationally.
When asked by her students how to integrate SE into therapeutic work with kids, she created Conscious Connections PlayShops that she has taught in over 50 cities on 5 continents. Maggie co-authored Trauma through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing and Trauma Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide to Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience with Dr. Peter A. Levine. She wrote Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools: A Heart-Centered Movement for Wiring Well-Being (2020) to inspire a science-based evolutionary shift to relieve trauma and stress in communities and cultivate a culture of kindness.
In 2025, she released My Inner Doggie Is Growling: A Doggone Magical Adventure to Name and Tame Big Anger, to teach emotional self-regulation skills in a fun way.
Trauma Through a Child's Eyes Recording On Sale!
Great news! Due to popular demand, the "Trauma Through a Child's Eyes" Playshop recording is available again for purchase until December 31, 2025. Complete the registration form to choose a payment option and email to: Andrea Lara to get access to this amazing body of work.
Playshop Fee:
($375 USD with Venmo, Zelle, Cashier’s Check, or USA PayPal)
($387 USD with PayPal outside of the USA to cover fees)
You will receive a YouTube Video and a link to the slides as soon as our technical team receives your payment.
REGISTRATION FORM: https://tinyurl.com/PlayshopRecording
Taipei, Taiwan
Before and After Drawings
Prague, Czech Republic
Brussels, Belgium
Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia
This Introductory Zoom PlayShop cleverly interweaves the basics of Somatic Experiencing® trauma healing with art, movement, attachment play & breathwork.
What You Will Learn:
§ The Resilience Roadmap Model for alleviating symptoms & behaviors, such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, nightmares & aggression from ordinary and extraordinary events
§ “The 8 Essentials of Healthy Attachment” to develop a resilient nervous system with activities for ventral vagal & social-emotional development
§ Teaching kids & teens sensory (interoceptive) awareness & tracking skills with art, games & breathing to increase emotional regulation through charge/discharge cycles, settling & integration
§ Case material fusing SE™ Principles, Art & Movement for Individuals, Groups & Classrooms
This PlayShop is useful for Therapists & Educators who wish to integrate the core concepts of SE™ when working with kids, as well as those wishing to deepen their understanding of inner child work with adults. The Playshop is a mixture of lecture, videos, experiential activities and Q & A.
ACCESS NOW: https://forms.gle/cX4ewwwuxhY4RBLJ9
About Your Instructor: Maggie Kline, LMFT has been in education since the 70’s, a Family Therapist and School Psychologist since the 80’s and a Somatic Experiencing® International Faculty Member since the 90’s. She is owner of Conscious Connections PlayShops. Maggie is the author with Peter Levine of Trauma through a Child’s Eyes and Trauma-Proofing Your Kids. She also wrote Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools, chapters in 4 anthologies, including EMDR for Complex Trauma and Dissociation in Children and The Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice: Emerging Frameworks for Working with Individuals, Families and Communities for the Australian Childhood Foundation. Maggie’s first interactive picture book for emotional regulation has been released! My Inner Doggie Is Growling is the first in her series. Join her global movement to support children’s mental health by purchasing it for your school, community agencies, and at home.
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Maggie’s latest book now available!
GOOD NEWS! Maggie Kline‘s new book, My Inner Doggie Is Growling: A Magical Adventure to Name and Tame Big Anger is available on Amazon.
Recommended Reading
My Inner Doggie Is Growling: A Doggone Magical Adventure to Name and Tame Big Anger by Maggie Kline
Trauma Through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools: A Heart-Centered Movement for Wiring Well-Being by Maggie Kline
Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Maggie Kline
Tummies Flip, Hearts Skip: A Book About How Feelings Feel by Kris Downing