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Play Therapy & the Grieving Process: Helping Parents Know They are Heard

By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It's natural for us to pass off resistant parents as difficult, but we must remember to put ourselves in their shoes. Play therapy wasn't part of their [...]

2023-02-26T06:05:38-07:00August 8th, 2017|Special Topics, Therapists, Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Forgotten Ones: Perfect Children Need Play Therapy Too

By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S When it comes to play therapy, the acting out, aggressive, non-compliant, anxious child typically gets referred. Even the sad, depressed, withdrawn child finds a way onto an [...]

What Does it Really Mean to Go Home?

What Does it Really Mean to Go Home? By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It's my last night in Melbourne, Australia.  My bags are packed.  My boarding pass is in hand.  My alarm [...]

2021-08-09T03:34:50-06:00May 29th, 2017|Special Topics, Therapists, Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Long Goodbyes: Giving Children Permission to Feel During Loss

By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Change surrounds us. The leaves fall from trees, animals go extinct, birthdays come and go, people leave and people die.  Saying goodbye is part of our daily [...]

2022-08-20T12:40:38-06:00May 24th, 2017|Parents, Special Topics, Therapists|0 Comments

Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2

Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2 “It takes courage to let go of the familiar and embrace the new.”-Alan Cohen By Kelly Miller, LCSW, RPT Everybody has emotions and feelings, but not [...]

2022-02-19T06:39:44-07:00March 21st, 2017|Parents, Special Topics, Therapists|0 Comments

Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1

Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1 By Erin Bennetts, LCSW, RPT Recently I was meeting with a new client’s parents for the first time. We were discussing their desired outcome for [...]

An Antidote to anxiety? Predictability

An Antidote to anxiety? Predictability By Jessica Schaffer One of the main sources of heightened anxiety in all of us is our unknown futures. Of course we can’t predict our futures, but [...]

2021-08-09T03:36:19-06:00January 4th, 2017|Special Topics, Therapists, Tools, Tips & Techniques|0 Comments

Lead With Your Heart

By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S “Lead with your heart” is what I heard myself whisper to my daughter Avery, who lay curled up in my arms with tears pouring down her face. [...]

2022-02-22T05:53:09-07:00October 27th, 2016|Lisa Dion, Parents, Special Topics, Therapists|0 Comments

Attunement: Two Hands as One

Attunement: Two Hands as One By Krista Reinhardt-Ruprecht, CMT, Art Therapist, Certified SPT Therapist In Zen Shiatsu, a form of body work based on energy meridians in the body, the practitioner uses [...]

2021-08-09T03:37:05-06:00August 11th, 2016|Special Topics, Synergetic Play Therapy, Therapists|0 Comments
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