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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 the [...]
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 with [...]
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 countless [...]
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 to [...]
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 Dixon. [...]
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 how [...]
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, as [...]