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 […]
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 […]
Growing as a Play Therapist
Whether you’re a play therapist or a teacher, an architect designing multi-million-dollar buildings or a veterinarian working with sea turtles, it’s easy to grow complacent in your career over time. […]
Don’t Expect to Stay Calm – Stay Connected!!
Many leaders, gurus, even health “experts” are telling us to stay calm. I understand their intention but it’s impossible to ‘stay calm” in these turbulent times. ‘Staying calm” is not […]
Let’s Not Forget the Perfect Child
Have you ever noticed that the children who tend to make their way to your office are the ones that are acting out, aggressive, non-compliant, and anxious? And then sprinkled […]
Being You? It’s Easier Said Than Done!
In a world where we can be anything, the best thing to be is ourselves. It seems simple; after all, being us is suppose to come naturally. But this isn’t […]
Where Was Your First Playroom?
Where was your first playroom? ….Was it on a checkered sofa where you slew vicious dragons? Was it in the front yard where you deemed yourself captain of the oak […]
Marketing Yourself as a Play Therapist
Therapy will always be about what happens inside the relationship between the client and the clinician; that’s the heart of the matter. But, therapy is also a business, making what […]
The Pose Begins When You Want to Leave It
You may already know this about me, but I love yoga! I do it almost every day. I love it because it helps me practice my life. It’s a place […]
Growth Requires Friction
In this article published in the Science of Psychotherapy magazine, Lisa talks about how growth requires friction. It requires tension points and challenge. It requires moving out of our comfort […]
Body Language: Why it Speaks Volumes
The body tells the truth. It is the great revealer – an integral part of the puzzle, a prominent pixel in the big picture. Too often we focus on words, […]
Embracing Knowledge and Finding Gratitude in Growth
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S In this season of gratefulness, many of us find ourselves being thankful for our jobs: we love what we do and who we help. The […]
Finding Gratitude in Challenges
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S For many of us, it’s easy to find gratitude for the good things in our life: we’re happy for the blessed, but not so much […]
The Brain on Gratitude
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Gratefulness: tis’ the season! While being thankful is something we often strive to be, the holidays usher it into the spotlight: quiet please, gratitude is […]
Are Guilt, Shame, and Worry Rewarding? You Might Be Surprised
If neuroscience came with a slogan, it’d probably be: The Brain – We’re Just Getting Started. There’s so much yet to learn about this organ. There’s so much to uncover […]