147. Where We are Now as an Amazing Play Therapy Field!
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 [...]
146. Attunement: The Heart of the Therapeutic Relationship
Join Lisa to talk about attunement and how it is such an important part of the therapeutic relationship. But why is it that important you might ask … In our play [...]
145. Rachel Altvater: Perspective: How We Come to See Ourselves, Others & The World
In this next Lessons from the Playroom episode, we’re going in a totally different direction. Lisa Dion has a very special guest to talk about perspective - a topic we often [...]
144. A Discussion on Reflective and Relational Play Therapy Supervision
Join Lisa Dion for a really important and special conversation about a topic that has never been discussed in this entire podcast series … It's about supervision. And not just any [...]
143. Ann Beckley-Forest: Working with Adoption & Attachment Trauma/Wounding
Lisa Dion’s next guest has made quite the name for herself in the world of EMDR Therapy (although this is not a conversation about EMDR Therapy, if you work with the [...]
142. The Impact of Trauma Exposure on Therapists
This next episode is so unbelievably important (maybe even critical) for you as a therapist to hear … Join Lisa for a conversation about this not so widely discussed topic - [...]
141. Risë VanFleet: Filial Therapy & Supporting Parents in Becoming the Primary Change Agent
Another pioneer in the field of play therapy joins Lisa for this next episode. Lisa is super excited to be joined by Dr. Risë VanFleet (learn about her amazing background below*) [...]
140. How to Teach Parents & Caregivers to Become External Regulators
In this episode, Lisa revisits the topic of parents and caregivers and discusses one of the most commonly asked questions that she is asked - how to support and offer parents [...]
139. Dr. Robert Jason Grant: AutPlay Therapy – Working with Neurodivergent Children & Their Families
Dr. Robert Jason Grant, creator of AutPlay Therapy joins Lisa to discuss AutPlay Therapy as an integrative family play therapy approach designed to address the mental health needs of neurodivergent children [...]
138. 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, and [...]