Lisa Dion

2024 The Business of Therapy Accountability Group
2024-01-31 - 2024-10-09 | Online
As a former participant of The Business of Therapy course, you’re invited to join this exclusive accountability group to take your professional development and business goals to the next level!
In this group, you’ll experience…

A blend of education, brainstorming, support, and peer accountability
A place where you can sharpen business skills and knowledge
Exponential growth and success toward your business goals with support from Lisa and your peers

There’s a saying that goes something like this, most people fail not because they never start, but because they never finish. Or, you might have heard this old cliché, most people don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan!
Lisa has given you the tools and foundation for building your business dream during The Business of Therapy course, but this group is really about continuing the work of WORKING ON YOUR BUSINESS instead of being stuck in the perpetual cycle of working IN your business. And, because this is an accountability group, you’ll receive both support and challenge (both are needed to maximize your growth ) as you continue to work toward your goals in 2024.
Give yourself a boost of energy each quarter and a renewed commitment to building your business, and life, in such a way that reflects your vision and goals. You can also think of it as “quarterly planning” at a much deeper level, one that’s going to keep your heart and soul engaged!
The truth for all of us is that building a dream and business takes time, effort, courage, and massive consistency to keep the doubts and fears at bay. Here’s an incredible opportunity to help you keep making progress all year long and continue learning even more business skills throughout 2024.
So don’t stop now! Let’s keep going, together!
This is a private group for those that have taken The Business of Therapy. If you would like more information, please contact the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

June 2024 Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® (Level 1)
2024-06-18 - 2024-11-15 | Online
Have you been searching for ways to create a deeper impact for your clients? Or perhaps you are:

Looking for game-changing concepts, ideas, and techniques to repattern a child’s nervous system and become a more effective external regulator in the playroom?
Wanting to experience aggressive play, sand, and art from the perspectives of nervous system regulation, attunement, attachment, mindfulness and authenticity?
Feeling burned out and want to find ways to come back to yourself or feel “green” again, like a new therapist full of curiosity and liveliness?
Curious how to create a neuroception of safety for both the child and the caregiver to experience deeper integration?
Wanting to learn a solid play therapy theory that combines the powers of play with interpersonal neurobiology?
Or just wanting to feel a little more like YOU in the play therapy process?

Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® is a 32-hour program 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 what it means to create a neuroception of safety allowing both the child and the caregiver to have a deeper integration.
And if this wasn’t enough, you will come to understand the magic of aggressive play, sand and art from the perspectives of nervous system regulation, attunement, attachment, mindfulness, and authenticity.
You’ll learn all this while also learning how to avoid burnout and compassion fatigue. Come discover what showing up in the playroom truly means and explore what is happening in the play therapy process, how change occurs, and ultimately what it takes to help children heal at profound levels. And the best part is, you get to be you on the journey!
“SPT is the missing piece in play therapy. I gained an understanding of who I am in the playroom – a humanness that wasn’t there before.” -Frances Donohue
When: June 18, 2024 – November 15, 2024
Important Dates:

June 18th, 2024: One-hour LIVE Webinar (2pm MT, Denver)
June 18th, 2024: Module 1 released – Understanding the Set Up/Offering
July 19th, 2024: Module 2 released – Understanding States of Activation
July 19th, 2024: Video Lesson released – Synergetic Play Therapy® and Cultural Humility
August 16th, 2024: Module 3 released – Becoming an External Regulator
August 16th, 2024: Video Lesson released – 4 Threats and the Set Up Through a Cultural Lens
September 10th, 2024: One-hour LIVE Webinar (2pm MT, Denver) + BONUS VIDEO: Synergetic Play Therapy® & Teletherapy
September 20th, 2024: Module 4 released – Partnering with Caregivers/Tracking the Play
October 18th, 2024: Module 5 released – Understanding Attachment & Emotional Age
November 12th, 2024: One-hour LIVE Webinar (2pm MT, Denver)
November 15th, 2024: Module 6/Final Module released – Sand, Art, & Aggression in Synergetic Play Therapy®
November 15th, 2024: Book Review – Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity

Cost: $1275.00 USD *Use coupon code “Intro2024” at checkout for an early bird discount until May 14th, 2024.
Registration Deadline: June 17th, 2024 (12:00pm Mountain Time, Denver)
This is event is open to the public, please visit the organizations website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

2024-2025 Synergetic Play Therapy® Certification Program (Level 2)
2024-08-22 - 2025-05-13 | Online
This online program begins with 3.5 days (21 hours) together in community with our first online learning retreat. Halfway through the course, we will reconvene for an additional 4.5 days (27 hours) together. During the program (with the exception of December and January), we will meet twice a month via live webinar (1 1/2 hours each). Students will have additional monthly assignments to integrate learning. The Certification process also includes 4 one-hour consultation sessions (pre-Certification consultation upon completion of your Level 1 Introductory course) and 9 one-hour consultation sessions (combination of group and individual) during the course with an SPT Consultant for a total of 13 consultation hours…a total of 98 hours of learning!
*CE Credit Hours are not awarded for time spent in consultation, however, consultation is a mandatory aspect of this program.
What You Will Learn: Participants will gain a greater understanding and KNOWING of the Synergetic Play Therapy model, as well as an in-depth look at the neuroscience and research behind the model. We ask therapists/providers to go within to further ask the question, “Who am I?” with the understanding that as the authentic self emerges, therapists can increase their capacity to facilitate deeper and more complex processes within the child. Therapists/providers will also learn the details of the application of Synergetic Play Therapy theory while given the opportunity to fine tune their skills.
Program Dates: August 22, 2024 – May 13, 2025 (Access to program materials ends August 31, 2025)
Learning Retreat Dates by Location: Each virtual learning retreat will be offered in a North America timezone and an Australia/Asia timezone to accommodate the most participants possible. Please review the dates below carefully as you will be asked to declare a virtual retreat location in order to finalize your application. (The virtual retreat location you select will be the same for both the 3.5 Day Learning Retreat and 4.5 Day Learning Retreat.)

3.5 Day Learning Retreat (North America): August 22 – August 25, 2024, 9-4:30 PM Mountain Time (Last day ends at 12 PM, Noon)
3.5 Day Learning Retreat (Australia/Asia): August 30 – September 2, 2024, 8-3:30 PM Australia Eastern Standard Time (Last day ends at 11 AM)
4.5 Day Learning Retreat (North America): January 8 – January 12, 2025, 9-4:30 PM Mountain Time (Last day ends at 12 PM, Noon)
4.5 Day Learning Retreat (Australia/Asia): January 18 – January 22, 2025, 9-4:30 PM Australia Eastern Daylight Time (Last day ends at 12 PM, Noon)

Important Live Webinar Dates: All live webinars will be held from 5-6:30 PM Mountain Time (Denver).

(2024 Dates) September 10th and 24th, October 8th and 22nd, November 12th and 19th
(2025 Dates) February 4th and 18th, March 4th and 18th, April 1st and 15th and 29th, May 13th

Program Requirements:

Attend both multi-day online retreats and all online monthly classes.
Complete 5 recorded sessions of your work with your clients and complete a corresponding video self observation form for each session.
Complete three (3) SPT Certification Skill Assessments with your consultant.
Complete 13 Consultation Sessions – 7 individual sessions and 2 small group sessions for a total of 9 hours during the program. 4 individual pre-certification or post certification (depending on when you completed Intro, Supplemental Intro, or Intensive.) If you are unable to complete your pre-certification consultations you can complete them during the training.
Homework: approximately 2-3 hours a month. Homework includes watching recordings of play therapy sessions, and completing video observation forms; personal reflections, and self observations of your own sessions.
Client/Child Contact Hours: In order to receive your Certification at the end of the program you need to complete a minimum number of client contact hours using the model: 250 client hours for those seeking the Certified Synergetic Play Therapist credential, 150 child contact hours for those seeking the Certified Synergetic Play Provider credential. *Hours accrued while in an introductory course (Intensive, Online, Supplemental) and then any hours accrued while under the supervision/receiving consultation from an SPT Supervisor or Consultant count towards the total client/child contact hours.

Click here for a visual representation of program requirements by SPT Credential!
Once certified, you must renew your Certified Synergetic Play Therapist or Certified Synergetic Play Provider credential every 3 years.
CE Credit Hours: 85 CE Credit Hours
The Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is an approved provider for the following associations:
Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA) Approved Provider
British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA) Approved Provider 23-01
*Please note: in order to receive SPT credit, you must have access to working with children. If you work in the mental health profession upon completion of the course you will earn the title of “Certified Synergetic Play Therapist.” If you work with children in another capacity, upon completion of the course, you will earn the title of “Certified Synergetic Play Provider.”
Partial CE credit will not be awarded. Individuals must meet all program requirements in order to receive CE credit for this program.
Cost: Click here for program pricing and payment plan options!
*A $150 USD non-refundable Application Fee is due at the time of registration and contributes to the total cost of the course. Once payment is received, you will be sent an email with the link to the online application! The rest of the payment for the course will not be due until after the application is approved. (See further details in the Refund Policy section below.)
2024-2025 Application Deadline Dates:

To receive the early bird price, applications must be submitted by: April 1, 2024
To join us for the 2024-2025 Certification year your application and payment must be submitted by: June 14, 2024

This is event is open to the public, please visit the organizations website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

TBD - Be Center, Sydney Australia
2024-10-03 | Sydney’s Northern Beaches Area
Join Lisa as she travels to Australia to present to the Be Centre. We are still working out the details, so please check back for additional information.
This is event will be open to the public, please visit the organizations website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Child Counseling Center of New Mexico: Too Stressed to Play
2024-11-17 09:30 - 16:30 UTC | Online
Join Lisa for this interactive online webinar that will help guide therapists back to themselves. With the help of neuroscience, therapists will learn how to identify their states of dysregulation beyond the common warning signs that many therapists are already familiar with. Therapists will not only learn what is happening in their own brains and nervous systems and how to regulate their bodies, but will also be able to apply the information directly to their child clients resulting in a deeper healing process.
This is event is open to the public, please visit the organization’s website for additional information. If you would like your organization to receive training in Synergetic Play Therapy, please contact the Institute at info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.
