Aggression in the Playroom – a Synergetic Approach for Working With Trauma and Intensity in Play Therapy Are your play therapy sessions filled with swords fights, battles, babies dying, handcuffs, you dying, explosions, or other highly intense play? Are you often set up to watch or be a part of play that leaves you feeling […]

This 2-day workshop for clinicians launches you on a personal journey towards discovering what showing up in the playroom truly means. It explores what is happening in the play therapy process, how change occurs, and ultimately what it takes to help children heal at profound levels. Therapists will spend two days exploring the components of therapy with children […]

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We are pleased to announce the First Annual Certified Synergetic Play Therapist Retreat! Here’s what you need to know: Who: Anyone certified in Synergetic Play Therapy What: A four-day topic-focused retreat (from Thursday night thru Sunday at noon) Where: Oregon City, Oregon When: May 16, 2019 – May 19, 2019 This is not a play therapy retreat! This is a retreat […]

July 27th – August 2nd, 2019 (day off in middle) The Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive 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 with individualized coaching and […]

Pilina in the Playroom:  Neurobiology and Attachment in Play Therapy is a 5- Day Play Therapy Retreat held on the peaceful North Shores on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. At a relaxed island pace, the theories of attachment and neurobiology come together as Lisa Dion, LPS, RPTS and Clair Mellenthin, LCSW, RPTS present on how to develop connection […]

Synergetic Play Therapy launches you on a personal journey towards discovering what showing up in the playroom truly means. Certification takes this journey one step further. Authenticity, congruency, attunement, camaraderie – this program helps therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). Embark on a revolutionary experience filled with […]

The art and magic of facilitation – for facilitators and coaches! This is a 2-Day Workshop with Lisa Dion, Peter Bliss, and Erika Yeates that takes place at the Independent Education Union of Australia. This course is designed for Facilitators and Coaches who want to learn HOW to facilitate in order to increase confidence, double their […]

Synergetic Play Therapy launches you on a personal journey towards discovering what showing up in the playroom truly means. Certification takes this journey one step further. Authenticity, congruency, attunement, camaraderie – this program helps therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). Embark on a revolutionary experience filled with […]

Synergetic Play Therapy launches you on a personal journey towards discovering what showing up in the playroom truly means. Certification takes this journey one step further. Authenticity, congruency, attunement, camaraderie – this program helps therapists look even deeper while cultivating community and a connection to clients (and each other!). Embark on a revolutionary experience filled with […]