Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® June 2022: Class 3- Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn't
2022-08-19 | Online
Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn’t (Class 3) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, June 14th, 2022 – November 11th, 2022
Class 3 Objectives:

Explain what regulation is and isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy
Discuss what it means to “overcome a challenge” in the play therapy process
Describe what it means to become the external regulator in a session to help a child integrate their challenges
Explain why you, the therapist, are the most important toy in the playroom

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 3.5-Day Online Retreat (North America)
2022-08-29 - 2022-09-01 | Online
This 3.5-Day Retreat is part of the 10-Month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. The Certification program consists of 2 online retreats – one at the beginning (3.5-day retreat) and a second one (4.5-day retreat) half-way through the program. The Certification Program is open to those who have completed either the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, or the Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental to a 2-Day Training. If you have completed one of these and are interested in moving towards certification, please see the details below or get more information here.
North America: August 29 – September 1, 2022, 9:00am – 4:30pm Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) – (the last day ends at 12pm MDT)
Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? With 87 hours of content, the Certification program propels you on a journey of inquiry about how healing truly occurs in the playroom. You will learn about nervous system activation re-patterning and how integration occurs in the mind-body. You will study in-depth the projective process and the mind, perceptions and memory, interpersonal neurobiology, and will have a transformative understanding of attachment theory. But this isn’t the best part of this training. The best part is what happens to YOU! This program is designed to not only help you learn how to facilitate your child client’s healing, but also teach you about yourself, what drives you to be who you are, and awaken your own authenticity … absolutely PRICELESS!!!!
The Certification process includes 4 one-hour consultation sessions (pre-Certification consultation upon completion of your introductory course) and 9 one-hour consultation sessions (combination of group and individual) during the course with an SPT Consultant for a total of 13 consultation hours. These sessions are designed to help you integrate and deepen your learning.
Please note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, or Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental course to a 2-day training is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® June 2022: Class 4- Working with Caregivers
2022-09-23 | Online
Working with Caregivers (Class 4) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, June 14th, 2022 – November 11th, 2022.
Class 4 Objectives:

Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process when they bring their children to play therapy.
Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake.
Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Colorado: Mental Health Center of Denver - Aggression in Play Therapy: A Synergetic Approach for Integrating Intensity
2022-10-10 - 2022-10-11 | Mental Health Center of Denver, 4141 E Dickenson Pl, Denver, CO, United States
Although aggression and death are a common part of the play therapy process, many therapists don’t have a clear understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the intensity when it enters the playroom during play. The result can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up, exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field, as well as their ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the play room.
This workshop is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective and a Synergetic Play Therapy lens. With the help of neuroscience and theoretical bases in Experiential and Relational/Humanistic theories, therapists will learn how to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain and decreases compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
This workshop will take therapists to new possibilities as they explore a science based process for working with children at the deepest, most profound levels while staying safe and sane. They will learn how to make aggressive play therapeutic while understanding what it takes to maximize growth and integration for their clients and themselves.
This is a private workshop. If you would like your school or organization to receive training, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com

The Embody Lab - Foundations of Trauma and Healing in Children
2022-10-12 | Online
This two-hour session will offer students a foundational understanding of what the healing of trauma looks and feels like in children from a somatic perspective. Although this course is geared towards children, the content is applicable to clients of all ages. It will draw on lecture and class discussion to support a developing understanding of the content.

This is a private workshop. If you would like your school or organization to receive training, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com

Colorado: Community Reach Center - Working with Aggression and Intensity in the Playroom
2022-10-14 | Community Reach Center, 11285 Highline Drive, Northgleen, CO, United States
Aggression is a part of play therapy and knowing how to make it therapeutic is often a challenge. Using neuroscience, come learn how to help your child clients work through their aggression and intense play leading to healing and transformation.
This is a private training, however if you would like your school or organization to receive training, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com

St. Louis: 2022 Annual APT International Conference: Healing Medical Trauma in Play Therapy
2022-10-19 | Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, 315 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO, 63102
Medical trauma is a prevalent experience for many children who have undergone medical procedures or experienced chronic and acute conditions, yet is often not included in trauma discussions. Learn how to use play therapy to help children integrate their medical experiences.
This event is taking place on October 19, 2022 from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm.
This event is part of the 2022 Association of Play Therapy International Conference in St. Louis, Missouri from October 18-23, 2022.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® June 2022: Class 5- Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object
2022-10-21 | Online
Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object (Class 5) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, June 14th, 2022 – November 11th, 2022.
Class 5 Objectives:

Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment
Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self
Describe the link between a child’s attachment styles and their nervous system states

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022
2022-10-25 | Online
This six-month online course includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy® Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.
This course takes place from October 25th, 2022 – March 17th, 2023

Vancouver: BC Play Therapy Association: Healing Medical Trauma in Play Therapy
2022-10-28 - 2022-10-29 | UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 3B7, Canada
Medical trauma is a prevalent experience for many children who have undergone medical procedures or experienced chronic and acute conditions, yet is often not included in trauma discussions. Learn how to use play to help children integrate their medical experiences.
Learning Objectives:

Explain some of the similarities and differences between the role of a play therapist and the role of a child life specialist in a medical setting.
Describe the connection between a child’s nervous system activation and the symptoms displayed in and out of the play room
List at least 4 creative play interventions to help children heal from medical trauma.
Describe what it means to become a child’s external regulator in a play therapy session for trauma integration.
List the 4 threats that need to be addressed for a child to feel safe in a play therapy session allowing for trauma integration.
Describe common traumatic stress reactions related to Medical Interventions and Procedures.

This workshop, Medical Trauma in Play Therapy, will take place on Friday, October 28, 2022 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Pacific.
This workshop is day one of two one-day workshops Lisa Dion is presenting at The British Columbia Play Therapy Association. The other workshop is Playing Perfectly: A Play Therapist’s Guide for Working with OCD in Play Therapy.
Attend one day or both! For more information and to register, CLICK HERE.

Vancouver: BC Play Therapy Association: Playing Perfectly: A Play Therapist’s Guide for Working with OCD in Play Therapy
2022-10-29 | UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 3B7, Canada
From perfectionism to anxiety to self doubt, the world of a child struggling with OCD can be incredibly overwhelming. Come explore how to support these children in play therapy and discover how their need for perfection is in fact perfect.
Learning Objectives:

Identify at least 3 OCD themes and examples of their obsessions/compulsions to better understand a child’s symptoms in a play therapy process.
Discuss the importance of the your role as the child’s external regulator in treating OCD during a play therapy session.
Explore Synergetic Play Therapy’s concept of “The Set Up/The Offering” with OCD in the playroom.
Explore how play therapy can help a child with OCD learn how to regulate through their anxiety.
Name at least 3 ideas to help treat OCD in a play therapy process.
Discuss the importance of working with the entire family system in play therapy when a child is struggling with OCD.

This workshop, Playing Perfectly: A Play Therapist’s Guide for Working with OCD in Play Therapy, will take place on Saturday, October 29, 2022 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Pacific.
This workshop is day two of two one-day workshops Lisa Dion is presenting at The British Columbia Play Therapy Association. The other workshop is Healing Medical Trauma in Play Therapy.
Attend one day or both! For more information and to register, CLICK HERE.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® June 2022: Class 6- Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy
2022-11-11 | Online
Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy (Class 6) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, June 14th, 2022 – November 11th, 2022.
Class 6 Objectives:

Explain how to use regulation as a way to help integrate aggressive energy in the playroom
Describe how to facilitate the use sand from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain how to facilitate the use of art from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain the concept of flooding in the playroom for both you and the child and list ways to create a neuroception of safety.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

The Business of Therapy
2022-11-11 - 2022-11-13 | Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, 321 17th St, Denver, CO, 80202
Back by popular demand – revised, energized, and with an in-person and virtual option, join us November 11th-13th, 2022 (in person or virtual!) for the next Business of Therapy course! Custom designed for therapists, coaches, helpers and healers like yourself, who are deeply committed to making an impact and want to be of greater service – whether it’s one-on-one in private practice, launching a product or program, or running a company – Elevate and take your entrepreneurial dream to new heights!
As Keith Cunningham, world renowned business expert, says, “Nobody is born knowing how to be an entrepreneur”. Like anything else, it’s a skill. It’s also not a skill you learn one time. It takes practice, ongoing learning, evolving, and professional (and personal) growth. A successful entrepreneur understands that building a business or launching a dream requires on-going learning as they move through cycles of incompetency to competency, over and over again, as each new skill is mastered… And that’s why this course exists! Lisa wants to be part of your “business mastery” journey.
This course teaches you the steps involved in building a dream, as well as helps you understand the why behind them so you can think like a business entrepreneur. Plus, for 2.5 days, Lisa Dion, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute and co-founder of the Synergetic Education Institute, will give you the key ingredients she’s learned and discovered along her own entrepreneurial journey.

Come in business attire and see yourself in a new way.
Learn the roadmap for creating a successful business.
Transcend old beliefs, mindsets and paradigms.
Have opportunities to do the work and leave with ideas ready to go.
Network in community, collaborate and leverage the support and expertise of others.
Create strategic partnerships and a mastermind accountability group that you can take with you to continue to support your journey.
Learn how to use principles from interpersonal neurobiology to achieve a greater level of business mastery.
And sometimes we think building a successful business means getting bigger, expanding or growing, but this course is about becoming more efficient so that you can use your time in other ways – not staying stuck in working for your business, but instead having your business work for you!

“Lisa’s ability to integrate and teach authenticity in entrepreneurship is uncanny and truly unique; you can’t walk away from the course without saying Wow!” -Amber Ratcliffe
And this year’s event will be held at the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, Denver, Colorado’s most famous and recognizable hotel. It’s superbly designed inside and out, and its downtown location and luxurious accommodations have made it a favorite of celebrities and politicians since the late 1800s. Almost all of the United States presidents have stayed at least one night in the Brown Palace, as have Elvis Presley and the Emperor of Japan. We chose this location for you as a symbol of your worth – because you’re worth it! And your dreams are worth it!! Can’t attend in person? You can still join us virtually.
This course is for you, if you:

Have a business idea and don’t know where to start
Have a successful business and want to take it to the next level
Have launched a dream and can’t seem to get traction
Feel overwhelmed by the many to-dos and responsibilities of your business
Feel alone, confused and filled with self doubt as you think about building and growing your dream
Keep finding yourself in-debt and/or not able to grow your finances
Keep finding that your fears and limiting beliefs are stopping your growth
Want to become more efficient with the business you have (no matter the size of your business) so that your business is working for you, not you having to keep working your business

To learn more, CLICK HERE.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022: Class 2 - Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom
2022-11-18 | Online
Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom (Class 2) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 25th, 2022 – March 17th, 2023.
Class 2 Objectives:

Explain the link between nervous system states and the symptoms that show up in the playroom
Describe the importance of regulation in the playroom
Demonstrate how the therapist can become the external regulator so that the child can begin to learn how to regulate
Explain what regulation is and isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022: Class 3 - Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn’t
2022-12-16 | Online
Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn’t (Class 3) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 25th, 2022 – March 17th, 2023.
Class 3 Objectives:

Explain what regulation is and isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy
Discuss what it means to “overcome a challenge” in the play therapy process
Describe what it means to become the external regulator in a session to help a child integrate their challenges
Explain why you, the therapist, are the most important toy in the playroom

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 4.5-Day Online Retreat (North America)
2023-01-16 - 2023-01-20 | Online
This 4.5-Day Retreat is part of the 10-Month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. The Certification program consists of 2 online retreats – one at the beginning (3.5-day retreat) and a second one (4.5-day retreat) half-way through the program. The Certification Program is open to those who have completed either the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, or the Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental to a 2-Day Training. If you have completed one of these and are interested in moving towards certification, please see the details below or get more information here.
North America: January 16 – 20, 2023, 9:00am – 4:30pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) – (the last day ends at 12pm MST)
Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? With 87 hours of content, the Certification program propels you on a journey of inquiry about how healing truly occurs in the playroom. You will learn about nervous system activation re-patterning and how integration occurs in the mind-body. You will study in-depth the projective process and the mind, perceptions and memory, interpersonal neurobiology, and will have a transformative understanding of attachment theory. But this isn’t the best part of this training. The best part is what happens to YOU! This program is designed to not only help you learn how to facilitate your child client’s healing, but also teach you about yourself, what drives you to be who you are, and awaken your own authenticity … absolutely PRICELESS!!!!
The Certification process includes 4 one-hour consultation sessions (pre-Certification consultation upon completion of your introductory course) and 9 one-hour consultation sessions (combination of group and individual) during the course with an SPT Consultant for a total of 13 consultation hours. These sessions are designed to help you integrate and deepen your learning.
Please note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, or Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental course to a 2-day training is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022: Class 4 - Working with Caregivers
2023-01-20 | Online
Working with Caregivers (Class 4) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 25th, 2022 – March 17th, 2023.
Class 4 Objectives:

Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process when they bring their children to play therapy.
Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake.
Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023
2023-01-24 | Online
This six-month online course includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy® Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.
Curious what this class is all about? Get more details here.
This course takes place from January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023

Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 4.5-Day Online Retreat (Australia/Asia)
2023-01-31 - 2023-02-04 | Online
This 4.5-Day Retreat is part of the 10-Month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. The Certification program consists of 2 online retreats – one at the beginning (3.5-day retreat) and a second one (4.5-day retreat) half-way through the program. The Certification Program is open to those who have completed either the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, or the Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental to a 2-Day Training. If you have completed one of these and are interested in moving towards certification, please see the details below or get more information here.
Australia/Asia: January 31 – February 4, 2023, 9:00am – 4:30 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) – (the last day ends at 12pm AEDT)
Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? With 87 hours of content, the Certification program propels you on a journey of inquiry about how healing truly occurs in the playroom. You will learn about nervous system activation re-patterning and how integration occurs in the mind-body. You will study in-depth the projective process and the mind, perceptions and memory, interpersonal neurobiology, and will have a transformative understanding of attachment theory. But this isn’t the best part of this training. The best part is what happens to YOU! This program is designed to not only help you learn how to facilitate your child client’s healing, but also teach you about yourself, what drives you to be who you are, and awaken your own authenticity … absolutely PRICELESS!!!!
The Certification process includes 4 one-hour consultation sessions (pre-Certification consultation upon completion of your introductory course) and 9 one-hour consultation sessions (combination of group and individual) during the course with an SPT Consultant for a total of 13 consultation hours. These sessions are designed to help you integrate and deepen your learning.
Please note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course, the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive, or Synergetic Play Therapy Supplemental course to a 2-day training is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022: Class 5 - Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object
2023-02-17 | Online
Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object (Class 5) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 25th, 2022 – March 17th, 2023.
Class 5 Objectives:

Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment
Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self
Describe the link between a child’s attachment styles and their nervous system states

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023: Class 2 – Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom
2023-02-17 | Online
Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom (Class 2) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023.
Class 2 Objectives:

Explain the link between nervous system states and the symptoms that show up in the playroom
Describe the importance of regulation in the playroom
Demonstrate how the therapist can become the external regulator so that the child can begin to learn how to regulate
Explain what regulation is and isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Florida: 2nd Annual Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summit at the Beach: Developing Interoception: The Pre-req for Co-regulation and Self-Regulation in the Playroom
2023-02-19 | Hampton Inn Cocoa Beach/Cape Canaveral, 3425 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL, 32931
This event is part of the 2nd Annual Neuroscience of Play Therapy Summit at the Beach taking place from February 17th – February 19th, 2023.
Developing Interoception: The Pre-req for Co-regulation and Self-Regulation in the Playroom session will take place on February 19th from 9:30am-12:30pm EST.
For more information or to register, CLICK HERE.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® October 2022: Class 6 - Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy
2023-03-17 | Online
Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy (Class 6) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 25h, 2022 – March 17th, 2023.
Class 6 Objectives:

Explain how to use regulation as a way to help integrate aggressive energy in the playroom
Describe how to facilitate the use sand from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain how to facilitate the use of art from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain the concept of flooding in the playroom for both you and the child and list ways to create a neuroception of safety.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023: Class 3 – Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn’t
2023-03-17 | Online
Understanding What Regulation Is and What It Isn’t (Class 3) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023
Class 3 Objectives:

Explain what regulation is and isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy
Discuss what it means to “overcome a challenge” in the play therapy process
Describe what it means to become the external regulator in a session to help a child integrate their challenges
Explain why you, the therapist, are the most important toy in the playroom

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023: Class 4 – Working with Caregivers
2023-04-21 | Online
Working with Caregivers (Class 4) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023.
Class 4 Objectives:

Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process when they bring their children to play therapy.
Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake.
Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023: Class 5 – Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object
2023-05-19 | Online
Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object (Class 5) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023.
Class 5 Objectives:

Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment
Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self
Describe the link between a child’s attachment styles and their nervous system states

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

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Justice Institute of British Columbia: A Synergetic Play Therapy® Approach to Revolutionizing Therapeutic Play with Children
2023-05-25 - 2023-05-26
Join Lisa Dion as she presents A Synergetic Play Therapy® Approach to Revolutionizing Therapeutic Play with Children. This workshop is designed to help practitioners understand therapeutic play from a neuro- biological perspective. With the help of neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, and a Synergetic Play Therapy framework, practitioners will learn how to effectively work with therapeutic play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain and promotes healing for the child. Through role play, discussion, and experiential exercises participants will learn practical techniques that can be used right away in the playroom. Topics such as boundaries, co-regulation, nervous system activation, emotional flooding and use of aggressive toys and play will be explored.
This training will also guide participants towards a deeper understanding of what it means to become a child’s external regulator during trauma play while practicing how to care for their own nervous system thereby decreasing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. The result is the transformation of trauma play into ways of connecting, healing, and mutual trust.
This event is open to the public, please visit the organizations website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 2023: Class 6 - Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy
2023-06-16 | Online
Aggression, Art and Sand in Synergetic Play Therapy (Class 6) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 24th, 2023 – June 16th, 2023.
Class 6 Objectives:

Explain how to use regulation as a way to help integrate aggressive energy in the playroom
Describe how to facilitate the use sand from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain how to facilitate the use of art from a Synergetic Play Therapy perspective in the playroom
Explain the concept of flooding in the playroom for both you and the child and list ways to create a neuroception of safety.

For more information about this Level 1/Introductory level course or to be part of the next one, click here>>>
Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ is a six-month online course that includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning.
Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, and aggressive play are covered from the perspective of nervous system regulation, attunement, mindfulness, and authenticity. Participants will also learn how to track their client’s changes for caregivers, teachers, agencies, and themselves. And, we’ve added a bonus recorded webinar just for you and to support you during these times – SPT in Teletherapy.

Irish Play Therapy Community Association: A Synergetic Play Therapy Approach to Revolutionizing Therapeutic Play with Children
2023-06-17 - 2023-06-18 | Dunboyne Castle Hotel, Castlefarm, Dunboyne, Co. Meath, A86 PW63, Ireland, Ireland
Although aggression and death are a common part of the play therapy process, many therapists don’t have a clear understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the intensity when it enters the playroom during play. The result can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up, exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field, as well as their ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the play room.

This workshop is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective and a Synergetic Play Therapy lens. With the help of neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology, therapists will learn how to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation, repatterning of the child’s autonomic activation patterns and decreases compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

This workshop will take therapists to new possibilities as they explore a science based process for working with children at the deepest, most profound levels while staying safe and sane. They will learn how to make aggressive play therapeutic while understanding what it takes to maximize growth and integration for their clients and themselves.
This is event is open to the public, please visit the organizations website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy (3 Day In-Person)
2023-07-21 09:00 - 2023-07-23 16:30 (America/Denver) | Boulder Marriott Hotel, Boulder, CO, United States
Join Lisa for a 3-day in-person course that 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 in the playroom. You will learn how to effectively work with caregivers and what it means to create a neuroception of safety allowing both the child and the caregiver to have a deeper integration.
This course includes 3 days, 18 hours, of in-person training with Lisa Dion, followed by 6 monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy® Consultant, 3 pre-recorded one-hour video lessons to further your learning, and a Book Review of the required book, Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurological Approach to Integrating Intensity.
This course will be held in Boulder Colorado at the Boulder Marriott Hotel.
If you are looking to book a hotel room for these dates, please use the link above to explore options at the venue or try one of these nearby hotels:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Boulder
Residence Inn Boulder Canyon
Hilton Garden Inn Boulder
