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
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 – maybe they feel that science is boring, math is [...]
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 years go by, things change. From tiny fingers [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
Parents & Caregivers: Positive Body Image Starts at Home! By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain shapes and colors, children of all ages are being [...]
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2
Tips To Help Families & Children Through Transitions “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 [...]
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1
Tips for Building Emotional Regulation Skills 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 in [...]
Devoted to Understanding Children’s Brilliance: a Q&A with Chelsea Hester
Chelsea Hester on the Path to becoming a Synergetic Play Therapist Through Chelsea Hester's various experiences with counseling and counselors as a youth, she witnessed the profound power and healing that can occur during therapy. "My [...]
How to Help Kids (& Caregivers) Stay Sane During the Holidays
Click here to sign up for our Parent Enewsletter! All children struggle. As they grow up they are learning how to express themselves, manage the impulses and sensations inside their bodies and form relationships. These are [...]
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 face. A few weeks [...]
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 moods based on perception and biology. Dion discusses how parents [...]
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
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 – maybe they feel that science is boring, math is [...]
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 years go by, things change. From tiny fingers [...]
Body Image: How You Can Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food
Parents & Caregivers: Positive Body Image Starts at Home! By Chelsea Hester In a world that is populated with diets, food advertisements, and models of only certain shapes and colors, children of all ages are being [...]
Emotions from the Inside Out, Part 2
Tips To Help Families & Children Through Transitions “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 [...]
Emotions From the Inside Out, Part 1
Tips for Building Emotional Regulation Skills 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 in [...]
Devoted to Understanding Children’s Brilliance: a Q&A with Chelsea Hester
Chelsea Hester on the Path to becoming a Synergetic Play Therapist Through Chelsea Hester's various experiences with counseling and counselors as a youth, she witnessed the profound power and healing that can occur during therapy. "My [...]
How to Help Kids (& Caregivers) Stay Sane During the Holidays
Click here to sign up for our Parent Enewsletter! All children struggle. As they grow up they are learning how to express themselves, manage the impulses and sensations inside their bodies and form relationships. These are [...]
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 face. A few weeks [...]
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 moods based on perception and biology. Dion discusses how parents [...]