This is a closed workshop for members of BVSD. Developing Emotional Regulation: Awakening the Genius Within Part 1 As neuroscience continues to reveal the importance of developing greater and greater capacities for emotional regulation, it is essential that teachers, educators and students understand the biology behind regulation and how to develop it within themselves.  Participants will understand […]

Workshop - Aggression in the Playroom: A Synergetic Approach for working with Trauma and Intensity in Play Therapy!! Are your play therapy sessions filled with swords fights, battles, babies dying, handcuffs, you dying, explosions, or other highly intense play? Are you often set up to watch or be a part of play that leaves you […]

This 3-Day Retreat is part of the 10-Month Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program. The Certification Program is open to those who have completed either the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive or the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course. If you have completed one of these and are interested in moving towards certification, please see […]

The YTA Territory Wide Conference takes place September 27th!   Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, will be featured as the keynote speaker. Her presentation will be followed by four breakout sessions.   Get more details here.  

Join one of our regularly-held, six-day intensive for Masters-level therapists (or equivalent) and clinicians. Jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We limit this Play Therapy Training Program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice with individualized coaching and feedback. Each participant will be paired with a child […]

The Annual APT International Conference and Exposition is committed to providing graduate level training and education, fostering the exchange of ideas, and providing prime networking opportunities are just a few of the highlights APT offers to nearly 1,000 attendees annually. APT is dedicated to offering play therapy education across disciplines, including counselors, psychologists, social workers, marriage […]

Join us and Dr. Susan Carter, Ph.D., LP, RPT-S, as we explore the therapeutic powers of play. Free, live at 2 PM MST. You can also sign up for a 24-hour playback. Register here.

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Aggression in Play Therapy: A Synergetic Approach for Integrating Intensity and Trauma Although aggression is 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 […]

The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy launches you on a personal journey towards discovering what showing up in the playroom truly means. It explores what is happening in the play therapy process, how change occurs, and ultimately what it takes to help children heal at profound levels. It invites you to be you! Curious what this class […]