Come learn about the unique challenges that many adopted children present in the playroom. A special emphasis will be given on the importance of working with the child’s neurobiological processes such as regulation and dysregulation, as well as the importance of educating and working with the child’s adoptive parents/caregivers.  This is a 1.5-hour online event […]

With their changing brains and hormones, finding ways to integrate play with pre-teens and teens can at times just feel “Awkward”.  Learn how to navigate therapy with our clients who are no longer children, but also not quite yet adults. From twelve-year-olds to seniors in high school, adolescence is a time filled with change. This […]

This course will draw on lecture and class discussion to support a developing understanding of how to work with trauma in children from a somatic perspective. Although this course is geared towards children, the content is applicable to clients of all ages. Weaving together principles from interpersonal neurobiology, polyvagal theory, and Synergetic Play Therapy, students […]

This event will be rescheduled for a later time. This 4 Day In Person Course,  Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® course takes you on a journey to explore the neuroscience behind what is happening in the play therapy process, how to repattern a child’s nervous system, and what it means to become an external regulator […]