The Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive is over two weekends (September 18th – 20th, & September 25th – 27th) and allows you to jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We hold these intensives regularly throughout the year, limiting this program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice […]

This training will be rescheduled ... we'll let you know as soon as we have the new date/time.  Although aggression is 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 […]

Working with Caregivers (Class 4) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, June 2020 - November 2020 Class 4 Objectives: Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process when they bring their children to play therapy. Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake. Discuss the importance […]

The 37th Annual Association for Play Therapy Therapy International Conference has been cancelled.

With the release of the book, EMDR with Children in the Play Therapy Room: An Integrated Approach by Anne Beckley-Forest and Annie Monaco, they will be offering a Playful EMDR with Children Webinar Series. Join Lisa on October 9, 2020 1:00-4:00pm EASTERN TIME as she and Jan Schaad discuss Integrating EMDR and Synergetic Play Therapy (a chapter in […]

Join Lisa in a 4 webinar series (equivalent to a two-day training), A Neurobiological Approach to Using Play in Therapeutic Practice with Children. With the help of neuroscience, interpersonal neurobiology, and the Synergetic Play Therapy model, you will explore how to effectively use a way of play therapy that supports nervous system regulation and reorganisation […]

In this 2-hour discussion, Lisa will explore how easily and how common it is for therapists to inadvertently disconnect from themselves in their attempt to be of service to others. This discussion will offer practical ideas to help guide therapists back to themselves and back towards a greater sense of authenticity, so that they can […]

Understanding Attachment & The Self-Object (Class 5) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ June 2020 - November 2020 course. Class 5 Objectives: Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self Describe the […]

Welcome and Understanding the Projective Process (Class 1) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, October 2020 - March 2021 Class 1 Objectives: Describe the basics of Synergetic Play Therapy including the tenets, the history, and the main play therapy influences. Explain how children use the projective process in play therapy […]

This six-month online course includes three, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion, six 2.5-hour recorded videos, and monthly one-hour group consultations with a Synergetic Play Therapy™ Supervisor/Consultant. Consultation is a mandatory part of the course to help you integrate what you are learning. Special topics such as tracking the play, attachment, facilitating sand, art, trauma, […]