How Trying To Be Calm Gets In The Way Of Regulation
Have you heard the idea that a child needs a calm adult in order to regulate - that in order to regulate, the adult needs to stay calm - or that an [...]
Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The Coronavirus is on everyone’s radar, making the rounds on social media and CNN. Several schools have transitioned to online learning, regulations barring travel and group gatherings [...]
What It’s Like to Learn from the Living Room: An Interview with a Homeschooling Mom
With schools closed and many in isolation, several parents now must assume the role of academic teacher - from phonics to fractions, geography to geology, it’s getting real! Move over common core [...]
Sleep Issues in Kids: Why Some Children Ban the Bed
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Getting children to go to sleep is often the Everest of parenthood. Kids resist, kids persist, and kids insist on another drink of water (even though they [...]
Turning Time Apart into a Time to Connect
Turning Time Apart into a Time to Connect by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S I travel all around the world. Some months I travel a lot. In order for me to follow my [...]
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We know our children – we raise them, we love them, we struggle with them, we grow with them. [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain [...]
Help Your Child Overcome Nameless Anxiety
Help Your Child Overcome Nameless Anxiety By Annie Brook, Ph.D. Children share their emotional and body-based experiences in an attempt to integrate life events; including experiences in utero, at birth and post birth. These [...]
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child’s Moods
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child's Moods In this“ Aware on the Air" Podcast Erin Tanner Jospe interviews Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, about Synergetic Play Therapy® and new ways [...]