TRANSFORM YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN, & YOUR CHILD CLIENTS FROM THE INSIDE OUT!
The Institute is home to Synergetic Play Therapy®, a research-informed model of play therapy combining the therapeutic powers of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity.
We offer courses and trainings to mental health professionals, those in related roles (e.g., child life specialists, school counselors, occupational therapists, coaches, etc.), and parents/caregivers.
TRANSFORM YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN, & YOUR CHILD CLIENTS FROM THE INSIDE OUT!
The Institute is home to Synergetic Play Therapy®, a research-informed model of play therapy combining the therapeutic powers of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity.
We offer courses and trainings to mental health professionals, those in related roles (e.g., child life specialists, school counselors, occupational therapists, coaches, etc.), and parents/caregivers.
FREE TRAINING:
5 WAYS TO AVOID EMOTIONAL FLOODING IN THE PLAYROOM
Get immediate access to a 30-minute training with a twist! Emotional flooding is part of every play therapy experience because it’s part of every human experience. But that doesn’t mean we’re at its mercy, stuck outside the window of tolerance looking in. Observational statements, boundaries, and regulation all play a role in working with emotional flooding – both your client’s and yours too!
Do you want to hear more? Provide your first name and email to get instant access.
FREE TRAINING:
5 WAYS TO AVOID EMOTIONAL FLOODING IN THE PLAYROOM
Get immediate access to a 30-minute training with a twist! Emotional flooding is part of every play therapy experience because it’s part of every human experience. But that doesn’t mean we’re at its mercy, stuck outside the window of tolerance looking in. Observational statements, boundaries, and regulation all play a role in working with emotional flooding – both your client’s and yours too!
Do you want to hear more? Provide your first name and email to get instant access.
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A CERTIFIED SYNERGETIC PLAY THERAPIST?
Do you want to create a deeper impact with your child clients? Do you have a calling to help children heal? Would you like to understand the neuroscience behind how healing takes place in the playroom? Do you want to learn in an environment that empowers you to be yourself?
“I have a deeper understanding of the counseling process and how to help children in the playroom. It has given me a whole new perspective and changed my life both personally and professionally. Being authentic allows you to be free. There are just no words to describe it!”
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A CERTIFIED SYNERGETIC PLAY THERAPIST?
Do you want to create a deeper impact with your child clients? Do you have a calling to help children heal? Would you like to understand the neuroscience behind how healing takes place in the playroom? Do you want to learn in an environment that empowers you to be yourself?
“I have a deeper understanding of the counseling process and how to help children in the playroom. It has given me a whole new perspective and changed my life both personally and professionally. Being authentic allows you to be free. There are just no words to describe it!”
Online Learning
Online Learning
THE 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.
Through the lens of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists are taught how to integrate the intensity experienced by both the child and the therapist during aggressive play in a way that leads towards greater healing and integration. The book explains the neurological processes that lead kids to dysregulation and provides therapists with tools to help their clients facilitate deep emotional healing, without causing their own nervous system to shut down.
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.
THE 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.
Through the lens of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists are taught how to integrate the intensity experienced by both the child and the therapist during aggressive play in a way that leads towards greater healing and integration. The book explains the neurological processes that lead kids to dysregulation and provides therapists with tools to help their clients facilitate deep emotional healing, without causing their own nervous system to shut down.
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.
LESSONS FROM THE PLAYROOM SERIES PODCASTS
The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute’s “Lessons From the Playroom” podcast is a series of FREE recordings heard in over 130 countries. Every other week, Lisa shares her wisdom or is joined by special guests to explore some of the little lessons kids teach us that make a big difference in the play therapy process and offer ways to transform both you and the clients that you work with.
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.
LESSONS FROM THE PLAYROOM SERIES PODCASTS
The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute’s “Lessons From the Playroom” podcast is a series of FREE recordings heard in over 130 countries. Every other week, Lisa shares her wisdom or is joined by special guests to explore some of the little lessons kids teach us that make a big difference in the play therapy process and offer ways to transform both you and the clients that you work with.
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.