Description
Helping children understand and regulate their emotions is a central part of therapeutic work, yet emotional experiences can often feel confusing, overwhelming, or difficult for children to articulate. The much-loved characters from Inside Out and Inside Out 2 offer a creative and accessible way to help children make sense of their inner emotional world, providing a shared language through which feelings can be explored, understood, and managed.
This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) webinar explores how play therapists can utilise the emotional characters from the Inside Out films to support emotional literacy, self-awareness, and emotional regulation. Participants will examine how the characters can be used as therapeutic tools to help children recognise, name, and understand a wide range of emotions while normalising the complexity of emotional experiences. The session will draw upon contemporary emotional regulation theories alongside practical play therapy approaches to support meaningful emotional learning.
The training will also explore sensory-based and creative interventions that can help children develop regulation skills and build emotional resilience. Participants will consider how emotional regulation strategies can be embedded within therapeutic work and extended beyond the playroom through collaboration with parents and carers. Through discussion, practical examples, and shared ideas, practitioners will leave with a range of innovative and engaging approaches that can be adapted for children of different ages and developmental stages.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this webinar participants will be able to:
Develop a deeper understanding of emotional regulation frameworks and their relevance to therapeutic work with children.
Utilise the Inside Out characters as accessible tools for helping children understand and communicate their emotional experiences.
Support the development of emotional awareness and emotional literacy through creative and engaging interventions.
Explore practical ways of helping children identify, express, and make sense of complex emotions.
Understand how sensory-based approaches can support emotional regulation and nervous system wellbeing.
Develop strategies to help children build a personalised toolkit of regulation skills and coping mechanisms.
Increase confidence in facilitating conversations about emotions in developmentally appropriate ways.
Explore how emotional regulation work can be integrated into play therapy practice across a range of presentations and needs.
Develop ideas for supporting parents and carers to reinforce emotional awareness and regulation strategies at home.
Why Attend?
Children often find it easier to understand emotions when they are presented in concrete, relatable, and engaging ways. The Inside Out characters provide a powerful framework for exploring emotional experiences while helping children recognise that all emotions have a purpose and a place within their lives.
This webinar combines theory, creativity, and practical application to provide therapists with innovative ways of supporting emotional development. Participants will leave with a wealth of ideas for helping children build emotional awareness, strengthen regulation skills, and develop greater confidence in navigating their emotional worlds.
