Maggie Kline has been a marriage, family and child therapist for over 40 years and is a retired school psychologist. Originally trained in 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 teaching internationally and creator of Conscious Connections PlayShops. Maggie co-authored Trauma through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing (2007) and Trauma Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide to Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience (2008) with Dr. Peter A. Levine. In 2020 Brain-Changing Strategies to Trauma-Proof Our Schools: A Heart-Centered Movement for Wiring Well-Being was released to inspire an evolutionary shift to relieve trauma and stress in communities and cultivate a culture of kindness. Maggie’s latest contribution to decrease the mental health crisis is the children’s picture book teaching sensations and emotions underlying anger and aggression for self-regulation. It’s called  My Inner Doggie Is Growling: A Magical Adventure to Name and Tame Big Anger (Amazon 2025) and includes pages to locate and color what’s happening inside the body.