Healing Children through the Science of Play & Connection
The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute (SPTI) is home to Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT). This research-informed model of play therapy combines the therapeutic powers of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity.
Healing Children through Connection & the Science of Play
The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute (SPTI) is home to Synergetic Play Therapy (SPT). This researched-informed model of play therapy combines the therapeutic powers of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity.
What is Synergetic Play Therapy?
Synergetic Play Therapy® is a neuroscience-based, relational model of play therapy and a way of being in relationship—with yourself, your clients, and others. It blends play, science, and the therapist’s own development to facilitate deep healing and transformation. It draws from neuroscience, Interpersonal Neurobiology, mindfulness, attachment theory, and physics.
Learn how SPT transforms therapy for both practitioners and families.
Who Can Benefit?
Why Add SPT to Your Practice?
Enhance your practice with groundbreaking techniques rooted in neuroscience and attuned play therapy.
Every single one of us needs to understand—in an embodied way—what it truly means to combine neurobiology and relationship as the foundation for our work. Not just with clients, but with colleagues, friends, family members… and most importantly, with ourselves.
Synergetic Play Therapy has given me the science and language to back what I’ve always felt: that what we experience in our own bodies when we’re in connection with others isn’t just important—it’s essential."
It supported the work I was already doing by providing valuable research and science that validated many of the best practices in child life—and gave me the language and framework to better justify my work to multidisciplinary team members.
SPT also helped me trust my felt experience and intuition when working with children and families during high-stress moments."
The Institute’s innovative approach surpasses anything I’ve experienced in the past. While each course is packed with content and might seem daunting at first, the surprising feeling at the end is that time has flown by. It’s the only online training I’ve taken where my attention was so engaged, it felt like an in-person experience.
I wholeheartedly recommend any of the Institute’s trainings to those who want to deepen their skills and offer a truly transformative experience to their clients. But a word of caution—it will profoundly change your life."
The SPT Training Journey
Embark on a transformative path of personal and professional growth through our three-level training model in Synergetic Play Therapy.
Level 1
Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy
Level 2
Synergetic Play Therapy Certification
Level 3
Advanced Training & Supervisor Program
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Book – Aggression In Play Therapy
Offers play therapists practical ways of handling a pervasive issue with intense and aggressive play by their clients.
With an understanding of aggressive play based on brain function and neuroscience, this book provides therapists with a framework to work authentically with aggressive play, while making it an integrative and therapeutic experience for the child.
Topics covered include: embracing aggression; understanding the nervous system; understanding regulation; developing yourself as an external regulator; authentic expression; setting boundaries; working with emotional flooding; supporting parents during aggressive play.
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About Lisa Dion
Therapist, Founder, Teacher, Author
Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, is an international teacher, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, founder and President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, co-founder of the Synergetic Education Institute, creator of the Business of Therapy and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast.
She is the author of Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity and is the 2015 recipient of the Association for Play Therapy’s Professional Education and Training Award of Excellence.
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