Join Lisa Dion as she explores external regulation in the Child Life Specialist. Research in neuroscience and interpersonal neurobiology sheds light on the need for the Child Life Specialist to act as the external regulator supporting the child and their family to move towards the intensity they are experiencing allowing for integration.   Without the ability […]

The Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Five-Day Retreat is the second retreat in the nine-month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. This program takes your SPT journey one step further with authenticity, congruency, attunement, and camaraderie. It is designed to help therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). In […]

The Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Five-Day Retreat is the second retreat in the nine-month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. This program takes your SPT journey one step further with authenticity, congruency, attunement, and camaraderie. It is designed to help therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). In […]

The Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Five-Day Retreat is the second retreat in the nine-month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. This program takes your SPT journey one step further with authenticity, congruency, attunement, and camaraderie. It is designed to help therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). In […]

Prepare to be truly inspired! Join us to discover a ton of fresh ideas to take back to your therapy practice from over 40 expert speakers presenting on a wide variety of therapeutic approaches. You'll deepen your clinical skills and let your creativity flow as we learn together from some of the most impactful, heartfelt, […]

We're sold out. New date coming soon! This event includes two nights of accommodation in the Yarra Valley, healthy snacks and meals, and a welcome gathering. Saturday includes yoga, meditation, sound healing, and a discussion on "You, Me, and We: What You Must Know to Fully Understand the Therapeutic Relationship and the Importance of Self […]

When children and adolescents come to counseling for support with trauma and abuse, clinicians can be at a loss for how best to work with the complexities and the intensity of that prior experience. Without a clear understanding of what to do and how to facilitate the integration of trauma, children can stay stuck and […]

One of the hardest and often misunderstood aspects of being a play therapy supervisor is effectively working with resistance. This workshop takes a deeper look at what resistance actually is, its biology, and how to creatively work with it. For more information or to register, click here. Course Objectives Discuss what resistance in play therapy supervision […]

With the help of neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, and a Synergetic Play Therapy framework, therapists will learn how to effectively work with aggressive play in a way that supports nervous system regulation and reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain while decreasing compassion fatigue.  Join us as we learn how to become a child’s […]

This is a bonus video, part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® January 25th - June 25th. SPT and Teletherapy Objectives: Explore how to become the client’s external regulator while facilitating a telehealth play therapy session Identity at least 3 ways the play therapist can regulate during a teletherapy session to prevent compassion fatigue […]