The following are peer reviewed journal articles regarding Synergetic Play Therapy:
Dion, L., & Gray, K. (2014). Impact of therapist authentic expression on emotional tolerance in synergetic play therapy. International Journal of Play Therapy, 23(1), 55–67. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035495
Simmons, J. (2020). Moving Toward Regulation Using Synergetic Play Therapy. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 54(3), 242–258. Retrieved from https://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/article/view/69443
Townsend, Bethany & Ishman, Lindsay & Dion, Lisa & Holt, Kara. (2021). An Examination of Child-Centered Play Therapy and Synergetic Play Therapy. Journal of Child and Adolescent Counseling. 7. 1-14. 10.1080/23727810.2021.1964931.
Yian, Q.S., & Yong, M. (2022). The Inner Hum Project: A Psychosocial Program for Children Building Emotional Resilience during the Pandemic in Malaysia. Bookbird: A Journal of International Children’s Literature 60(2), 50-59. doi:10.1353/bkb.2022.0025.
Additional Publications written by or contributed to by Lisa Dion & other Certified Synergetic Play Therapists
Dion, L. & Schaad, J. (2021). Synergetic Play Therapy Combined with EMDR Therapy. In A. Beckley-Forest & A. Monaco (Eds.), EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach (pp. ). Springer Publishing Company.
Dion, L. (2018). Aggression in play therapy: A neurobiological approach for integrating intensity. W.W. Norton & Company.
Keating, B. (2023). Diving into the World of Online Play Therapy. In H. Weinberg, A. Rolnick, & A. Leighton (Eds.), Advances in Online Therapy: Emergence of a new Paradigm (pp: 299-307). Routledge.
LaPiere, R., & Dion, L. (2022). Using Nature to Create Safety for Medical Trauma. In J.A. Courtney, J.L. Langley, L.L. Wonders, R. Heiko (Eds.), Nature-based play and expressive therapies: Interventions for working with children, teens, and families (pp. ). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Howell, D. 2021, March 1. The story of Tim; how a therapist’s own experience of shame & confusion helped a boy recover. [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/the-story-of-tim-how-a-therapists-own-experience-of-shame-and-confusion-helped-a-boy-recover-from- family-violence/