The Long Goodbyes: Giving Children Permission to Feel During Loss
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Change surrounds us. The leaves fall from trees, animals go extinct, birthdays come and go, people leave and people die. Saying goodbye is part of our daily lives and yet we [...]
Learning Bracelets and the Importance of Movement in the Classroom
Learning Bracelets and the Importance of Movement in the Classroom By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S "Mom, I am struggling because I can't concentrate in class!" This is something most children have said at some point [...]
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We know our children – we raise them, we love them, we struggle with them, we grow with them. But, as the [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain shapes and colors, [...]
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2 “It takes courage to let go of the familiar and embrace the new.”-Alan Cohen By Kelly Miller, LCSW, RPT Everybody has emotions and feelings, but not everybody feels or [...]
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1 By Erin Bennetts, LCSW, RPT Recently I was meeting with a new client’s parents for the first time. We were discussing their desired outcome for their child’s engagement [...]
Lead With Your Heart
Lead With Your Heart By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S “Lead with your heart” is what I heard myself whisper to my daughter Avery, who lay curled up in my arms with tears pouring down her [...]
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child’s Moods
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child's Moods In this“Aware on the Air" Podcast Erin Tanner Jospe interviews Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, about Synergetic Play Therapy and new ways of thinking about a child’s [...]
The Long Goodbyes: Giving Children Permission to Feel During Loss
By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Change surrounds us. The leaves fall from trees, animals go extinct, birthdays come and go, people leave and people die. Saying goodbye is part of our daily lives and yet we [...]
Learning Bracelets and the Importance of Movement in the Classroom
Learning Bracelets and the Importance of Movement in the Classroom By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S "Mom, I am struggling because I can't concentrate in class!" This is something most children have said at some point [...]
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child
Five Out-of-the-Box Ways to Connect With Your Child By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S We know our children – we raise them, we love them, we struggle with them, we grow with them. But, as the [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain shapes and colors, [...]
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2 “It takes courage to let go of the familiar and embrace the new.”-Alan Cohen By Kelly Miller, LCSW, RPT Everybody has emotions and feelings, but not everybody feels or [...]
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1 By Erin Bennetts, LCSW, RPT Recently I was meeting with a new client’s parents for the first time. We were discussing their desired outcome for their child’s engagement [...]
Lead With Your Heart
Lead With Your Heart By Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S “Lead with your heart” is what I heard myself whisper to my daughter Avery, who lay curled up in my arms with tears pouring down her [...]
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child’s Moods
Paradigm Shift: New Way of Thinking About A Child's Moods In this“Aware on the Air" Podcast Erin Tanner Jospe interviews Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, about Synergetic Play Therapy and new ways of thinking about a child’s [...]