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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join Lisa at the 2023 Not The Typical Psychotherapist Summit in London, where a variety of topic will be explored, such as: Experiential modalities addressing trauma and grief. Somatic approaches to relieve depression and anxiety. Creative therapy for depressed and anxious clients. Therapeutic interventions aimed at repairing ruptured relationships and intimacy issues. Self-care practices for therapists that promote spiritual, emotional, psychological […]

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  he playroom during play. The result can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression an increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to […]

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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 […]