Resources and Links to Advance Your Practice
It may not come as surprise that the most requested topics people asked me to talk about last year was why regulation doesn’t mean “calm” and how to become the […]
Joyce Mills: StoryPlay & How Stories Are Medicine for the Soul
Lisa has another amazing guest speaker joining her – Dr. Joyce Mills to talk about StoryPlay®, an Ericksonian, resiliency-based, indirective process of Play Therapy that draws upon the natural inner resources, skills, […]
Duey Freeman: Working with Attachment from the Lens of Equine Assisted Therapy
Lisa is joined by an incredibly important person in her life – Duey Freeman, a former professor at Naropa University (Lisa’s alma mater) and founder of the Gestalt Institute of […]
3 Types of Relationships That Come Into Play When Working with Parents/Caregivers
Join Lisa for a discussion to explore three different types of relationships that come into play when working with parents/caregivers … What you’re about to hear will transform your work […]
Change and Transformation for a New Year
As we move into this New Year, let’s keep some things in perspective particularly as we’re thinking about change and transformation for the next year, or even reflecting on our […]
Cathy Malchiodi: Expressive Arts Therapy & Play for Deeper Trauma Healing
Lisa has another really special guest joining her … Dr. Cathy Malchiodi is the Founder & Director of the Trauma Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute. She has done […]
Why We Can’t Just Start Over In The New Year
I’ve often reflected on how we tend to rush into the next year … with little thought about the year before. I hear a lot of common thinking that sounds like […]
Arielle Schwartz: Intergenerational Trauma & Play Therapy
Have you ever wondered what intergenerational trauma can look like when it shows up in a play therapy session? If so, you have also likely wondered what you can do […]
The Challenges of Working with Parents & Caregivers
This time Lisa has again invited two very important people in her life to join her. Two Certified Synergetic Play Therapists both residing in Canada – Helen Ritchie and Kristina […]
Play Therapy as a Spiritual Practice
In this episode, the tables are turned and the lovely Jackie Flynn, host of the Play Therapy Community Podcast/Facebook group and the Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summits, interviews Lisa about […]
Discovering the Gift of Challenge
Many of us are taught to believe that somehow life would be “better” if we could get rid of or minimize the challenges that we experience and just learn to […]
Bonnie Badenoch: What Non-Judgmental Presence Really Looks Like
The one-and-only Bonnie Badenoch* joins Lisa for this beautiful conversation about non-judgmental presence and how this is so critical in our role as therapists. In this episode, you’ll hear: How, […]
Exploring Adlerian Play Therapy with Terry Kottman
Lisa’s next guest has so many amazing contributions to the field of play therapy. Terry Kottman is the founder of Adlerian Play Therapy and the League of Extraordinary Adlerian Play […]
An Examination of Child-Centered Play Therapy & Synergetic Play Therapy
By Bethany J. Townsend, Ph.D., Lindsay Ishman, Lisa Dion & Kara L. Carnes-Holt Original Manuscript: To read the author’s original manuscript (pdf version) for free, please click here. Abstract: Child-Centered […]
Althea T. Simpson: The Magic of Bibliotherapy for Client Healing
Wondering what bibliotherapy is or how to incorporate it in your client sessions? Lisa has invited another special guest to talk about using bibliotherapy with kids. Althea T. Simpson is […]