Synergetic Play Therapy is celebrating 15 years 🎉 (… and Lisa is also celebrating her birthday this week 🥳) … And it’s a perfect time to reflect on this amazing field of play therapy that we’re all a part of including where we started as a field and where we’re headed (…. yes, there will be a bit of predicting the future happening).
Join Lisa as she talks about the journey of the mental health field at large and how that has influenced the play therapy field … how we started with a focus on changing behaviors… then moving more deeply into an appreciation for the body and its importance in the healing process … the influence of neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, and the Polyvagal Theory … a greater understanding of the role of the therapist and the therapist’s contribution to the healing process (… you are the most important toy in the playroom after all) … and where Lisa thinks we’re headed as a field (hint: it has to do with the role of mind and perception and science).
This is one episode you’re not going to want to miss!
*Celebrate with us! Enjoy $15 off any of our 1-3 hour courses through the month of June! That’s 50% off all of our 1-hour courses. Use coupon code “Celebrate15” at checkout. Sale ends July 9th.
And thank you to all of our listeners! We’re nearing one million downloads and, whether you started out with us in 2017 when we launched this podcast or only just recently found your way here, we couldn’t be more thrilled to have you as part of our weekly conversations and journey. Sending love and gratitude to you all! 💕
Podcast Resources:Â
- LFPR 141. Rise VanFleet: Filial Therapy & Supporting Parents in Becoming the Primary Change Agent
- LFPR 139. Robert Jason Grant: AutPlay Therapy: Working with Neurodivergent Children & Their Families
- LFPR 138. Joyce Mills: StoryPlay & How Stories are Medicine for the Soul
- LFPR 137. Duey Freeman: Working with Attachment from the Lens of Equine Assisted Therapy
- LFPR 135. Cathy Malchiodi: Expressive Arts Therapy & Play for Deeper Trauma Healing
- LFPR 131. Bonnie Badenoch: What Non-Judgmental Presence Really Looks Like
- LFPR 130. Exploring Adlerian Play Therapy with Terry Kottman
- LFPR 119. Felicia Carrol: Conversation with One of the Pioneers & Experts of Gestalt Play Therapy
- LFPR 112. Kim Barthel: Merging Play, Polyvagal Theory, & Sensory Processing
- LFPR 108. Marie Jose Dhaese: Holistic Expressive Therapy
- LFPR 102. David Crenshaw: Finding the Hidden Gifts Within Children
- LFPR 101. Eliana Gil: Cultural Issues in Play Therapy
- Blog: A Grocery Store Visit that Brought an Unexpected Gift
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