When You’re Feeling Stuck
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S The other thing I know with certainty is that the very thing Iām afraid of is precisely the direction I need to go. My brain likes [...]
Exploring Neurobiological Links between Synergetic Play Therapy and Art Psychotherapy
By Vicki Soar This post is something I am very passionate about. Iāve noticed with both art and play therapy it leaves people thinking what is that, how does that work? So, [...]
Making New Memories
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It can be so easy to assume weāve seen or experienced something simply because itās familiar. And yet each encounter is never the same - you are [...]
How to Truly Practice Self Care
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S This is such a good reminder for all of us!ā¦ We know that self-care is really important ... We tend to think of it as perhaps [...]
Resources and Links to Advance Your Practice
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S It may not come as surprise that the most requested topics people asked me to talk about last year was why regulation doesnāt mean ācalmā and how [...]
An Examination of Child-Centered Play Therapy & Synergetic Play Therapy
By Bethany J. Townsend, Ph.D., Lindsay Ishman, Lisa Dion & Kara L. Carnes-Holt Original Manuscript: To read the author's original manuscript (pdf version) for free, please click here. Abstract: Child-Centered Play Therapy [...]
Spring Cleaning Your Playroom: Donāt Throw Away the Broken
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Spring (or even Fall if you reside in a country in the Southern hemisphere š) comes with many things - longer days, warmer weather, blooming trees and [...]
When a Child’s Nervous System is in Collapse Response / SHUT DOWN
By Heather Fairlee Denbrough, LiCSW, RPT-S,Ā Certified Synergetic Play Therapist Collapse (also called āhypo-arousalā) is a response like fight-or-flight, but we shut down instead of jump into action. It is a survival response [...]
Neuroception of Safety: Not Always What We Think
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Creating a neuroception of safety inside the playroom is something that we, as therapists, strive to do. But what, exactly, does this mean? Does it mean knowing [...]
Letās Not Forget āThe Perfect Childā
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S 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? [...]