There are moments in a professional lifetime when a training truly matters.
This is one of them.
Maggie Kline returns to Australia for what will be her final visit.
An internationally respected trauma therapist, Maggie is one of the founding faculty of Somatic Experiencing® and co-author with Peter Levine of seminal works in child and family trauma. Her contribution to the field has shaped how practitioners worldwide understand and respond to developmental trauma.
For those who work with children and young people, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of the field’s most experienced, grounded, and deeply embodied leaders.
This playshop is designed for practitioners such as psychologists, counsellors, teachers, youth workers, social workers, and allied health professionals who support children navigating stress, adversity, and trauma.
Why This Playshop Is Different
This is not a theory lecture.
It is an experiential, professionally grounded training that allows you to:
- Deepen your understanding of how trauma lives in a child’s body and behaviour
- Recognise early signs of overwhelm before escalation
- Strengthen your attunement and relational precision
- Expand your intervention toolkit with practical, developmentally aligned strategies
- Increase your confidence when working with complex presentations
You will refine not only what you do — but how you are with children in distress.
And that changes outcomes.
Why This Matters Now
Across clinical practice, education, and community services, practitioners are facing increasing complexity:
- Heightened anxiety
- Behavioural escalation
- Shutdown and withdrawal
- Attachment disruption
- Surface strategies are no longer enough
This training offers depth, nuance, and embodied understanding — the kind that transforms practice rather than simply adding information.
What You Will Walk Away With
- A clearer lens for understanding trauma through a developmental framework
- Practical tools you can apply immediately
- Strengthened relational capacity
- Greater clarity in supporting parents and systems
- Renewed professional confidence
Most importantly, you will leave with a deeper capacity to truly see the child in front of you.
This is Maggie’s final Australian offering.
Seats will fill.
If you have ever wanted to train with her — or to deepen your work with children in a way that feels grounded, relational, and clinically sophisticated — this is the moment.
