Advanced Synergetic Play Therapy Training Program
Take What You Know—and Stretch It Further
In-Person • Led by Lisa Dion • Meets Full Recertification Requirements
Refine and Apply SPT Across the Lifespan
During certification, you built a strong foundation in the principles of Synergetic Play Therapy—regulation, authenticity, congruence, attachment to self, and the therapist as the primary intervention.
This program takes those foundations and stretches them further through advanced experiential application, live demonstrations, role plays, and relational exploration.
But this training is about more than clinical skill-building.
Designed as an immersive retreat-style experience, the Advanced SPT Training also creates space for your own nervous system to settle, for meaningful connection with fellow Certified SPTers, and for deeper reflection on who you are becoming as a therapist and human being.
You won’t just review the model.
You’ll embody it at a deeper level.
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This program is ideal for Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers who want to:
What You’ll Experience
Throughout this immersive four-day training, you will:
- Participate in advanced role plays where theory meets the unpredictable reality of the therapy room
- Watch Lisa model live interventions and clinical decision-making in real time
- Explore the finer nuances of regulation, attachment, congruence, and reflective awareness
- Receive direct feedback and coaching as you practice applying advanced concepts
- Connect in community with fellow Certified SPTers from around the world
- Experience moments of reflection, restoration, and personal insight throughout the retreat experience
This training is highly experiential.
Expect to learn through doing, reflecting, regulating, and integrating.
Program Highlights
4 days of live, in-person training
Each day builds from your Level 2 foundation into greater complexity, nuance, and mastery.
Areas of Advanced Clinical Focus
Children
You will:
*Practice advanced SPT applications through live role plays
*Strengthen your ability to support attachment to self
*Learn how to stay grounded while working with high activation and complexity
Parents & Caregivers
You will:
*Deepen your understanding of how to become the caregiver’s external regulator
*Practice navigating resistance, shame, defensiveness, and emotional activation
*Learn how to strengthen caregiver capacity while maintaining therapeutic alignment
Groups & Families
You will:
*Observe live facilitation of complex relational dynamics
*Practice navigating conflict, rupture, resistance, and repair
*Learn how to regulate the system while holding individual needs simultaneously
Teens & Adults
You will:
*Explore how SPT concepts translate beyond the playroom
*Adapt authenticity, mindfulness, emotional congruence, and reflective dialogue for older populations
*Learn ways to guide clients from deflective awareness into reflective awareness and deeper self-connection
More Than Advanced Clinical Training
One of the most meaningful parts of this program is the experience of coming together in community.
Hosted in retreat-style locations around the world, this training is intentionally designed to support not only your professional growth, but also your personal restoration and connection to self.
Between experiential learning, role plays, discussions, and live demonstrations, participants often describe feeling their own nervous systems begin to settle as they reconnect with themselves, nature, spaciousness, and a global community of fellow SPTers.
Because with Lisa Dion, a training is never just about techniques.
It’s about expanding your capacity to stay present with complexity—both in the therapy room and within yourself.
What Participants Say
Ready to Stretch Further?
If you’re ready to refine your clinical skills, work more confidently with complexity, and deepen your embodiment of the SPT model…
This is your next step.