By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S This is such an important question because the field has overemphasized the child’s process and has not emphasized the therapist’s process enough or the roll the therapist [...]
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S "When I sink into the tornado and allow myself to just spin and swirl, somehow I find the eye and soon the sun comes out." Have you [...]
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S I once worked with a nine-year-old client named Joey*. He really struggled in school. He had a very focused interest on one thing/task, and everything else was [...]
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 [...]
by Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S While not for every client or therapist, sand can calls to us and draws us in. Something about it seems to grab us and touch the depths [...]
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 [...]
How To Use the Bop Bags in the Play Therapy Playroom By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Some play therapists believe bop bags promote aggression in children, while others believe they're an essential [...]
How a Tragedy Inspired a new Play Therapy Model Renown therapist Lisa Dion developed Synergetic Play Therapy after a hit-and-run car accident. In dedication to my daughter, Avery Grace. When I was 29 [...]