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SUMMARY:Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy: 2nd video course released
DESCRIPTION:Synergetic Play Therapy will take you on a journey to deeply understand yourself. With an emphasis on therapist authenticity\, SPT is designed to help therapists birth their authentic selves so that they can help their child clients do the same.  SPT recognizes that therapist authenticity and attunement in the playroom is integral to the healing of the child. \nThis six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 60-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/online-introduction-to-synergetic-play-therapy-2nd-video-course-released/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181123T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181123T160000
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SUMMARY:Emotional Regulation with Children and Youth: Building Your Toolbox
DESCRIPTION:As neuroscience continues to reveal the importance of developing greater and greater capacities for emotional regulation\, it is essential that clinicians understand the biology behind regulation and how to develop it within the children they work with. This full-day workshop is designed to help clinicians understand exactly what regulation is and is not\, the biological mechanisms in the brain and nervous system allowing for regulation\, and learn practical tools for developing a child’s regulatory capacity. Clinicians will also learn what it takes and how to become the external regulator in the relationship- the most important tool to have in the toolbox. \nIn this workshop\, Lisa makes the growing field of neuroscience accessible and relevant to clinicians of all backgrounds. This workshop caters to both experienced and new clinicians and is applicable to private practice\, agency\, and school settings. Clinicians will leave this workshop with a powerful new perspective on emotional regulation and ideas that they can take straight into their next session.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/emotional-regulation-with-children-and-youth-building-your-toolbox/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Centre\, 3075 Slocan Street\, Vancouver\, Canada
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181113
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Playroom Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Working with “The Perfect Child” in Play Therapy: live\, free webinar. Register here. \nDo you want credit for this and all the other Lessons from the Playroom webinars? Join our Lessons from the Playroom Membership! We offer six-month or one-year terms – the longer you join\, the more you save! Enroll\, watch the webinars when you want as often as you want\, and earn APT CE credits! You may also purchase single webinars on an a la carte basis.\nhttps://learn.playtherapycolorado.com
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/lessons-from-the-playroom-webinar/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181103
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
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SUMMARY:AGGRESSION IN PLAY THERAPY: A NEUROBIOLOGICAL APPROACH
DESCRIPTION:Join us in British Columbia on November 1-2 for an energizing 2-day course designed to help therapists understand aggressive play from a neuro-biological perspective.\n\n\n \n\n\nCome explore how to effectively use play therapy in a way that supports nervous system regulation and reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain. And get Lisa’s new book before it’s released on Amazon!\n\n\nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/aggression-in-play-therapy-a-neurobiological-approach/
LOCATION:JIBC\, New Westminster\, British Columbi\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181029T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190322T000000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180827T130907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180827T130907Z
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SUMMARY:Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy
DESCRIPTION:The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy 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. It invites you to be you! \nCurious what this class is truly about? Get all the details here \nTo learn what others have to say\, check out our testimonials. \nOnline Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Prerequisite Training: \n\nParticipants should have completed or be enrolled in a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) program in counseling\, social work\, or education.\nPrevious experience working with children and families is required.\nA basic understanding of play therapy and play therapy skills is required.\n\nThis six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 60-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning.  \nImportant Class Dates:\n\nOct 29th\, 2018: One-hour LIVE Webinar (2 p.m. MST) & 1st video course released\nNov 30th\, 2018:  2nd video course released\nDec 28th\, 2018:  3rd video course released\nJan 7th\, 2019: One-hour LIVE Webinar (2 p.m. MST)\nJan 25th\, 2019: 4th video course released\nFeb 22nd\, 2019:  5th video course released\nMarch 18th\, 2019:  One-hour LIVE Webinar (2 p.m. MST)\nMarch 22nd\, 2019:  6th/final video course released\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/online-introduction-to-synergetic-play-therapy/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181021
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180716T132712Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Australian Play Therapists Association Web Conference
DESCRIPTION:Aggression in Play Therapy: A Synergetic Approach for Integrating Intensity and Trauma \nAlthough 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 can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up\, exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves\, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field\, as well as their ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the playroom. \nThis 3-hour workshop led by Lisa Dion\, LPC\, RPT-S\, is designed to help play therapists understand aggressive play from a neuro-biological perspective and through a Synergetic Play Therapy lense. With the help of neuroscience\, therapists will learn how to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation and reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain while decreasing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. \nParticipants will: \n– Understand the link between a child’s dys-regulated states of their nervous system and their play \n– Learn how to set boundaries without shaming or shutting down a child’s play \n– Understand the Synergetic Play Therapy concept of “The Set Up” in the playroom \n– Understand how to facilitate aggressive play in the play therapy process without increasing or promoting aggression \nRegistration details are coming soon!
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/2018-australian-play-therapists-association-web-conference/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181018T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
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SUMMARY:Neurobiology of Play Therapy with Childrens and Teens: A Synergetic Approach
DESCRIPTION: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. \nTherapists will spend two days exploring the components of therapy with children and teens through the lens of neurobiology and Synergetic Play Therapy. With didactic and experiential teachings\, they will learn cutting-edge research on interpersonal neurobiology\, mindfulness\, nervous system regulation\, and brain development as the research is translated into practical ways of working with children\, teens\, and parents. \nRegister here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/neurobiology-of-play-therapy-with-childrens-and-teens-a-synergetic-approach/
LOCATION:87 Club St\, 87 Club St.\, 069455\, Singapore
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181019
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
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SUMMARY:Australia Annual APT Conference via Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Details TBA.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/australia-annual-apt-conference-via-webinar/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181016T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181016T150000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20181013T022948Z
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SUMMARY:Lessons from the Playroom Webinar - The Therapeutic Powers of Play
DESCRIPTION:Join us and Dr. Susan Carter\, Ph.D.\, LP\, RPT-S\, as we explore the therapeutic powers of play. \nFree\, live at 2 PM MST. You can also sign up for a 24-hour playback. \nRegister here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/lessons-from-the-playroom-webinar-the-therapeutic-powers-of-play/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181008
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180220T214936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180220T214936Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Annual APT International Conference and Exposition
DESCRIPTION:The Annual APT International Conference and Exposition is committed to providing graduate level training and education\, fostering the exchange of ideas\, and providing prime networking opportunities are just a few of the highlights APT offers to nearly 1\,000 attendees annually. \nAPT is dedicated to offering play therapy education across disciplines\, including counselors\, psychologists\, social workers\, marriage and family therapists\, graduate students\, and other mental health professionals.  The 6-day event offered every October includes 55-60 educational workshops and 35-40 hours of continuing education approved for state licensure and play therapy credentialing. \nThe five day exposition is the marketplace to restock your playroom.  With hundreds of therapeutic toys and games available under one roof\, it is a must see-and-shop!  Friendly vendors provide specialized knowledge and diverse product lines\, including books\, sandtray figures\, puppets and games. \n\nSpeaker Proposals are accepted December thru January annually\nExhibitor information is available each April.\nStudent Members are encouraged to volunteer in exchange for reduced fees.\n\nFor more information\, please visit the APT website.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/2018-annual-apt-international-conference-exposition/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180928T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181007T180000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T192830Z
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SUMMARY:Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive -   September 28-30 and October 5-7
DESCRIPTION:Join one of our regularly-held\, six-day intensive for Masters-level therapists (or equivalent) and clinicians. Jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We limit this Play Therapy Training Program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice with individualized coaching and feedback. Each participant will be paired with a child client\, with whom they will work every day during the training\, under direct supervision as part of a therapeutic observation team. \nSix-Day Synergetic Play Therapy 0bjectives:  \n\nUnderstand some of the neuroscience behind identifying a child’s states of dysregulation and how these influence the symptoms and play in the playroom\nLearn how Synergetic Play Therapy tools such as the Nervous System Chart\, The Process of Change\, and explaining the Synergetic Play Therapy Stages can help a parent understand the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nBegin to understand how to identify a child’s emotional age in their play\nUnderstand how mindfulness and self-awareness in the playroom is an essential component to helping widen a child’s emotional window of tolerance\nUnderstand how to work with parents in the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nUnderstand how to use boundaries to help reduce emotional flooding and overwhelm in both the child and the therapist\, as well as how to set them without shaming or shutting down the child’s play\nUnderstand the projective process and how children engage in “The Set Up” as a way to integrate their perceptions of what is challenging them\nUnderstand how the therapist’s authenticity and attunement supports the attachment process in play therapy\nUnderstand the importance of being regulated in the midst of challenging play as an essential component of becoming the child’s external regulator in the playroom\nUnderstand how to use regulation to support a child’s ability to learn how to regulate during a play therapy session\n\nPrerequisite Training: \n\nParticipants should have completed or be enrolled in a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) program in counseling\, social work\, or education.\nPrevious experience working with children and families is also required.\nA basic understanding of play therapy and play therapy skills is required.\n\nFor availability and registration details\, please contact the Institute at 720-458-9597 or email info@playtherapycolorado.com.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/six-day-synergetic-play-therapy-intensive-september-28-30-october-5-7/
LOCATION:Play Therapy Institute of Colorado\, 2845 Wilderness Place\, Boulder\, CO\, 80301\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180929
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180601T134513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180601T134513Z
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SUMMARY:Yukon Teachers Association Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:Lisa will be the keynote speaker for a group of 850 people. The presentation will be followed by four breakout sessions. Details TBA.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/yukon-teachers-association-conference-2018/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180925
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180312T233735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180312T233735Z
UID:2938-1537574400-1537833599@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 3-Day Retreat Vancouver\, BC
DESCRIPTION:Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? Are you ready to expand your understanding of interpersonal neurobiology and take your ability to help a child heal to a whole new realm of possibility? Are you ready to dive deeper into the Synergetic Play Therapy Process as you learn how to embrace yourself\, discover your magnificence\, and tap into a higher state of authenticity? \nIf you’re ready to jump in\, we invite you to embark on the Certification Program\, an experience that will take your confidence and skill to a higher plane\, an experience that will allow you to love yourself and support your child clients in loving themselves more fully. \nDuring the Certification Program\, you will attend one three-day and one five-day Synergetic Play Therapy Training Retreat. (You may choose to attend the retreats in Boulder\, Colorado; Vancouver\, Canada; or Melbourne\, Australia) Retreats are can’t-miss and must be attended in person. This time allows for growth\, change\, and powerful moments. \nPlease note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course or the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/synergetic-play-therapy-certification-program-3-day-retreat-vancouver-bc/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180916
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180716T131555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180725T154335Z
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SUMMARY:Las Cruces Play Therapy Training
DESCRIPTION:Workshop – Aggression in the Playroom: A Synergetic Approach for working with Trauma and Intensity in Play Therapy!! \nAre 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 nervous\, unsafe\, overwhelmed\, confused or just wanting to run away and hide? If so\, you are not alone. \nAlthough aggression and death are 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 can lead to inadvertently promoting aggression and increasing low brain disorganization. It can also lead to the therapist feeling beat up\, exhausted and hyper-aroused themselves\, which can over time significantly impact their longevity in the field\, as well as their ability to stay attuned and present to a child in the playroom. \nThis 6-hour workshop led by Lisa Dion\, LPC\, RPT-S\, is designed to help play therapists understand aggression and death play from a neuro-biological perspective and through a Synergetic Play Therapy lense. With the help of neuroscience\, therapists will learn how to effectively work with this type of play in a way that supports nervous system regulation and reorganization of the child’s lower centers of the brain while decreasing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. \nThis fun experiential workshop will take you to new possibilities as we explore a science-based process for working with children at the deepest\, most profound levels while staying safe and sane. You will learn the art of sword fighting\, gunplay\, bop bag play\, and more while understanding what it takes to maximize growth and integration for your clients and for you as the therapist. \nObjectives: This workshop is designed to help participants: \n\nUnderstand the link between a child’s dys-regulated states of their nervous system and their aggressive/trauma play\n Understand the significance of authenticity and authentic expression in the play therapy process\nLearn how to set boundaries without shaming or shutting down a child’s play\nUnderstand how to facilitate aggressive play in the play therapy process without increasing or promoting aggression\nUnderstand Synergetic Play Therapy’s concept of “The Set Up” in the playroom\nLearn how to keep yourself regulated in the midst of intense play/trauma play and death in the playroom\n\nRegister here!
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/new-mexico-association-for-play-therapy-conference/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180912T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180913T144500
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180820T175746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180820T175746Z
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SUMMARY:Boulder Valley School District Training - Developing Emotional Regulation and Discovering What Drives You
DESCRIPTION:This is a closed workshop for members of BVSD. \nDeveloping Emotional Regulation: Awakening the Genius Within Part 1 \nAs neuroscience continues to reveal the importance of developing greater and greater capacities for emotional regulation\, it is essential that teachers\, educators and students understand the biology behind regulation and how to develop it within themselves.  Participants will understand exactly what regulation is and is not\, the biological mechanisms in the brain and nervous system allowing for regulation\, and what it takes to develop a strong regulatory capacity\, one of the key elements needed to maximize learning\, productivity and inspiration. \nDiscovering What Drives You: Awakening the Genius Within Part 2 \nTeachers\, educators and students will be introduced to a framework for human potential that will help awaken the genius within.  Participants will learn what drives them to do what they do and why certain things interest them.  Expanding from part 1\, an understanding of nervous system states as they relate to physiological feedback helping us know when we are on or off track will be explored. Teachers\, educators\, and students are guaranteed to walk away from this talk with a-has and a deeper understanding of what it takes to feel truly inspired in their studies and in their career choices.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/boulder-valley-school-district-training-developing-emotional-regulation-and-discovering-what-drives-you/
LOCATION:CO
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180824
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180827
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180312T233435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180312T233435Z
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SUMMARY:Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 3-Day Retreat Boulder\, CO
DESCRIPTION:Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? Are you ready to expand your understanding of interpersonal neurobiology and take your ability to help a child heal to a whole new realm of possibility? Are you ready to dive deeper into the Synergetic Play Therapy Process as you learn how to embrace yourself\, discover your magnificence\, and tap into a higher state of authenticity? \nIf you’re ready to jump in\, we invite you to embark on the Certification Program\, an experience that will take your confidence and skill to a higher plane\, an experience that will allow you to love yourself and support your child clients in loving themselves more fully. \nDuring the Certification Program\, you will attend one three-day and one five-day Synergetic Play Therapy Training Retreat. (You may choose to attend the retreats in Boulder\, Colorado; Vancouver\, Canada; or Melbourne\, Australia) Retreats are can’t-miss and must be attended in person. This time allows for growth\, change\, and powerful moments. \nPlease note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course or the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/synergetic-play-therapy-certification-program-3-day-retreat-boulder-co/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180811
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180312T233145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180312T233145Z
UID:2934-1533686400-1533945599@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Synergetic Play Therapy Certification Program 3-Day Retreat Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Are you a Masters-level (or equivalent) therapist or clinician ready to take your Synergetic Play Therapy skills to the next level? Are you ready to expand your understanding of interpersonal neurobiology and take your ability to help a child heal to a whole new realm of possibility? Are you ready to dive deeper into the Synergetic Play Therapy Process as you learn how to embrace yourself\, discover your magnificence\, and tap into a higher state of authenticity? \nIf you’re ready to jump in\, we invite you to embark on the Certification Program\, an experience that will take your confidence and skill to a higher plane\, an experience that will allow you to love yourself and support your child clients in loving themselves more fully. \nDuring the Certification Program\, you will attend one three-day and one five-day Synergetic Play Therapy Training Retreat. (You may choose to attend the retreats in Boulder\, Colorado; Vancouver\, Canada; or Melbourne\, Australia) Retreats are can’t-miss and must be attended in person. This time allows for growth\, change\, and powerful moments. \nPlease note: Completion of The Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course or the Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive is required for acceptance into the Certification Program.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/synergetic-play-therapy-certification-program-3-day-retreat-melbourne-australia/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180807
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180808
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180423T143721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180618T123223Z
UID:3133-1533600000-1533686399@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:SPT Approach to Working with Pre-teens and Teens - Advanced Workshop for Sexual Assault Workers
DESCRIPTION:With their changing brains and hormones\, sometimes finding ways to integrate play with pre-teens and teens can at times just feel completely “awkward.”  Do we talk?  Do we play?  Do I ask questions? What do I do?   With the help of neuroscience\, interpersonal neurobiology\, developmental theory\, and principles from Synergetic Play Therapy\, this 6-hour workshop will shed light on how to navigate the therapy landscape with our clients who are no longer children\, but also not quite adults! \n# Advanced Workshops are provided for those working in DHHS funded sexual assault support services. Advanced workshops are particularly designed for experienced counsellor/advocates and sexual assault support workers. Non-sexual assault workers can attend this one-day training for a fee. \nFor more information about this workshop please contact Sarah McGregor at sarah.mcgregor@monashhealth.org.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/spt-approach-to-working-with-pre-teens-and-teens/
LOCATION:Royal College of Surgeons
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180805
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180807
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180618T121307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180618T121307Z
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SUMMARY:The Neuro-biology of Parenting
DESCRIPTION:Did you know when children act out their most problematic moods and behaviors\, that’s actually their incredibly wise way of communicating with the adults in their lives? In this workshop (click here to view the workshop flyer)\, Lisa Dion\, licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist\, will teach parents how to use the insights of modern neuroscience to better understand and shape their children’s moods and behaviors\, while developing their brains! Parents will learn what it takes to truly raise children who are not only successful in life\, but thrive. They will learn how to understand what is happening in the minds and bodies of their children and what it takes to maximize brain and emotional development in their children and in themselves! \nRegister here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/the-neuro-biology-of-parenting/
LOCATION:Independent Education Union of Australia NSW/ACT Branch\, 501 Wattle Street #485\, Ultimo\, NSW 2007\, Australia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180804T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180810T180000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T192555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180218T192555Z
UID:2815-1533373200-1533924000@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive -  August 4-10 (one day break in the middle)
DESCRIPTION:Join one of our regularly-held\, six-day intensive for Masters-level therapists (or equivalent) and clinicians. Jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We limit this Play Therapy Training Program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice with individualized coaching and feedback. Each participant will be paired with a child client\, with whom they will work every day during the training\, under direct supervision as part of a therapeutic observation team. \nSix-Day Synergetic Play Therapy 0bjectives:  \n\nUnderstand some of the neuroscience behind identifying a child’s states of dysregulation and how these influence the symptoms and play in the playroom\nLearn how Synergetic Play Therapy tools such as the Nervous System Chart\, The Process of Change\, and explaining the Synergetic Play Therapy Stages can help a parent understand the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nBegin to understand how to identify a child’s emotional age in their play\nUnderstand how mindfulness and self-awareness in the playroom is an essential component to helping widen a child’s emotional window of tolerance\nUnderstand how to work with parents in the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nUnderstand how to use boundaries to help reduce emotional flooding and overwhelm in both the child and the therapist\, as well as how to set them without shaming or shutting down the child’s play\nUnderstand the projective process and how children engage in “The Set Up” as a way to integrate their perceptions of what is challenging them\nUnderstand how the therapist’s authenticity and attunement supports the attachment process in play therapy\nUnderstand the importance of being regulated in the midst of challenging play as an essential component of becoming the child’s external regulator in the playroom\nUnderstand how to use regulation to support a child’s ability to learn how to regulate during a play therapy session\n\nPrerequisite Training: \n\nParticipants should have completed or be enrolled in a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) program in counseling\, social work\, or education.\nPrevious experience working with children and families is also required.\nA basic understanding of play therapy and play therapy skills is required.\n\nFor availability and registration details\, please contact the Institute at 720-458-9597 or email info@playtherapycolorado.com.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/six-day-synergetic-play-therapy-intensive-august-4-10-one-day-break-middle/
LOCATION:Play Therapy Institute of Colorado\, 2845 Wilderness Place\, Boulder\, CO\, 80301\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180801T113000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180801T130000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180424T181329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T134919Z
UID:3150-1533123000-1533128400@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:3rd Biennial Childhood Trauma Conference
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Australian Childhood Foundation\, this conference features internationally renowned practitioners and major authors in the field of trauma and neuroscience. Come experience innovative\, practical and translatable ways of working with creative arts\, sand tray\, play\, attachment-based dynamics\, movement and sensorimotor intervention. \nJoin Lisa Dion\, LPC\, RPT-S\, on August 1 for a 1.5-hour presentation on The Need for An External Regulator During Traumatic Play. \nRegister here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/3rd-biennial-childhood-trauma-conference/
LOCATION:Melbourne Convention Centre\, 1 Convention Centre Pl\, South Wharf VIC 3006\, Australia
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180717T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180717T150000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180215T155731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180215T155731Z
UID:2757-1531836000-1531839600@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Live Webinar and Release of Sixth Video
DESCRIPTION:Synergetic Play Therapy will take you on a journey to deeply understand yourself. With an emphasis on therapist authenticity\, SPT is designed to help therapists birth their authentic selves so that they can help their child clients do the same.  SPT recognizes that therapist authenticity and attunement in the playroom is integral to the healing of the child. \nThe six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 30-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/online-introduction-synergetic-play-therapy-live-webinar-release-sixth-video/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180706T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180712T180000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T192345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180218T192345Z
UID:2813-1530867600-1531418400@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive - July 6-12 (One Day Break in Middle)
DESCRIPTION:Join one of our regularly-held\, six-day intensive for Masters-level therapists (or equivalent) and clinicians. Jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We limit this Play Therapy Training Program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice with individualized coaching and feedback. Each participant will be paired with a child client\, with whom they will work every day during the training\, under direct supervision as part of a therapeutic observation team. \nSix-Day Synergetic Play Therapy 0bjectives:  \n\nUnderstand some of the neuroscience behind identifying a child’s states of dysregulation and how these influence the symptoms and play in the playroom\nLearn how Synergetic Play Therapy tools such as the Nervous System Chart\, The Process of Change\, and explaining the Synergetic Play Therapy Stages can help a parent understand the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nBegin to understand how to identify a child’s emotional age in their play\nUnderstand how mindfulness and self-awareness in the playroom is an essential component to helping widen a child’s emotional window of tolerance\nUnderstand how to work with parents in the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nUnderstand how to use boundaries to help reduce emotional flooding and overwhelm in both the child and the therapist\, as well as how to set them without shaming or shutting down the child’s play\nUnderstand the projective process and how children engage in “The Set Up” as a way to integrate their perceptions of what is challenging them\nUnderstand how the therapist’s authenticity and attunement supports the attachment process in play therapy\nUnderstand the importance of being regulated in the midst of challenging play as an essential component of becoming the child’s external regulator in the playroom\nUnderstand how to use regulation to support a child’s ability to learn how to regulate during a play therapy session\n\nPrerequisite Training: \n\nParticipants should have completed or be enrolled in a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) program in counseling\, social work\, or education.\nPrevious experience working with children and families is also required.\nA basic understanding of play therapy and play therapy skills is required.\n\nFor availability and registration details\, please contact the Institute at 720-458-9597 or email info@playtherapycolorado.com.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/six-day-synergetic-play-therapy-intensive-july-6-12-one-day-break-middle/
LOCATION:Play Therapy Institute of Colorado\, 2845 Wilderness Place\, Boulder\, CO\, 80301\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180616T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180622T180000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T192059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180218T192059Z
UID:2811-1529139600-1529690400@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy Intensive - June 16-18 and 20-22
DESCRIPTION:Join one of our regularly-held\, six-day intensive for Masters-level therapists (or equivalent) and clinicians. Jump in and really experience the magic of Synergetic Play Therapy! We limit this Play Therapy Training Program to four people in order to permit extensive skill practice with individualized coaching and feedback. Each participant will be paired with a child client\, with whom they will work every day during the training\, under direct supervision as part of a therapeutic observation team. \nSix-Day Synergetic Play Therapy 0bjectives:  \n\nUnderstand some of the neuroscience behind identifying a child’s states of dysregulation and how these influence the symptoms and play in the playroom\nLearn how Synergetic Play Therapy tools such as the Nervous System Chart\, The Process of Change\, and explaining the Synergetic Play Therapy Stages can help a parent understand the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nBegin to understand how to identify a child’s emotional age in their play\nUnderstand how mindfulness and self-awareness in the playroom is an essential component to helping widen a child’s emotional window of tolerance\nUnderstand how to work with parents in the play therapy process and keep them engaged\nUnderstand how to use boundaries to help reduce emotional flooding and overwhelm in both the child and the therapist\, as well as how to set them without shaming or shutting down the child’s play\nUnderstand the projective process and how children engage in “The Set Up” as a way to integrate their perceptions of what is challenging them\nUnderstand how the therapist’s authenticity and attunement supports the attachment process in play therapy\nUnderstand the importance of being regulated in the midst of challenging play as an essential component of becoming the child’s external regulator in the playroom\nUnderstand how to use regulation to support a child’s ability to learn how to regulate during a play therapy session\n\nPrerequisite Training: \n\nParticipants should have completed or be enrolled in a Master’s Degree (or equivalent) program in counseling\, social work\, or education.\nPrevious experience working with children and families is also required.\nA basic understanding of play therapy and play therapy skills is required.\n\nFor availability and registration details\, please contact the Institute at 720-458-9597 or email info@playtherapycolorado.com.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/six-day-synergetic-play-therapy-intensive-june-16-18-20-22/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180615
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180616
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180215T155932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180215T155932Z
UID:2759-1529020800-1529107199@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:5th Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Video Released
DESCRIPTION:Synergetic Play Therapy will take you on a journey to deeply understand yourself. With an emphasis on therapist authenticity\, SPT is designed to help therapists birth their authentic selves so that they can help their child clients do the same.  SPT recognizes that therapist authenticity and attunement in the playroom is integral to the healing of the child. \nThe six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 30-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/5th-online-introduction-synergetic-play-therapy-video-released/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180612T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180612T150000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180423T145826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180423T145826Z
UID:3143-1528812000-1528815600@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Lessons from the Playroom Webinar - Working with Siblings in Play Therapy
DESCRIPTION:The Play Therapy Institute of Colorado’s “Lessons From the Playroom” webinar is a series of FREE\, LIVE webinars designed to offer a larger piece of the little lessons kids teach us inside the playroom. Log on to interact with Lisa Dion\,  LPC\, RPT-S for an hour of power\, purpose\, and perspective. Ask questions\, join the discussion\, and gain professional and personal insight. \nThe June 12th topic is Working with Siblings in Play Therapy. \nRegister today!
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/lessons-from-the-playroom-webinar-working-with-siblings-in-play-therapy/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180601T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180601T160000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T191147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180218T191147Z
UID:2806-1527843600-1527868800@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Growing Up in Play Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we go back in time and revisit the early stages of human development and how they impact the play therapy process. During this six-hour workshop you will learn to recognize each stage within your child client and yourself\, so that you can begin to assess a child’s emotional age versus their chronological age. Knowing this information is a crucial part of understanding what type of intervention to make and how to conceptualize what is happening for the child. Participants will also gain a better understanding on how to track a child’s progress and how to identify empowerment in the play therapy process\, so that they can feel more confident communicating this information to the child’s parents and teachers. Case studies\, videos and experiential exercises will be used to integrate this information into the play therapy process. Play Therapy Institute of Colorado – Home of Synergetic Play Therapy Founder Lisa Dion\, LPC\, RPT-S\, will be teaching this course. \nRegister here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/growing-play-therapy/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Boulder Inn\, 770 28th St.\, Boulder\, CO\, 80303
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180218T203151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180404T183308Z
UID:2824-1526601600-1526687999@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Partnering with Parents in Play Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Therapists will explore what it really takes to partner with parents. Come boost your confidence as we learn how to navigate the waters with our child client’s most important relationships. \nPlay therapists receive hours of training learning how to help children heal\, but not as much time learning how to work with the parents. As a result\, many therapists find themselves feeling inadequate and ill-equipped when it comes to partnering with the parents and caregivers of their child clients. \nDuring the play therapy process\, play therapists have the challenging task of helping parents understand what play therapy is and how it works\, while keeping them invested. Play therapists don’t always realize that part of their job is to “sell play therapy.” They underestimate the fact that the parent typically isn’t in the play therapy session and therefore isn’t the consumer. The child understands the value of the play therapy experience\, but the parent may not. \nIn this thought-provoking yet practical workshop\, participants will explore what it really takes to partner with parents. They will have the opportunity to understand how to have a successful intake session setting the stage for a higher level of investment and commitment\, how to communicate to parents so that they understand what play therapy is and how it works\, how to translate what is happening in the playroom so that parents understand how the goals are being worked on\, what to do with resistant parents and what to do when parents just want to drop their child off to be “fixed.” \nThrough new skills\, insights and a framework rooted in relationship theory\, therapists are guaranteed to leave feeling inspired to work with parents. \nSign up today! Learn in person or via webinar. \nOr learn more in this video! \n  \n 
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/partnering-parents-play-therapy/
LOCATION:Hinsdale\, Illinois
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180215T160032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180215T160032Z
UID:2761-1526601600-1526687999@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:4th Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Video Released
DESCRIPTION:Synergetic Play Therapy will take you on a journey to deeply understand yourself. With an emphasis on therapist authenticity\, SPT is designed to help therapists birth their authentic selves so that they can help their child clients do the same.  SPT recognizes that therapist authenticity and attunement in the playroom is integral to the healing of the child. \nThe six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 30-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/4th-online-introduction-synergetic-play-therapy-video-released/
LOCATION:CO
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180515T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180515T150000
DTSTAMP:20260923T120129
CREATED:20180215T160201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180215T160201Z
UID:2763-1526392800-1526396400@lisa-dion.com
SUMMARY:Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Live Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Synergetic Play Therapy will take you on a journey to deeply understand yourself. With an emphasis on therapist authenticity\, SPT is designed to help therapists birth their authentic selves so that they can help their child clients do the same.  SPT recognizes that therapist authenticity and attunement in the playroom is integral to the healing of the child. \nThe six-month course includes three\, one-hour LIVE webinars with Lisa Dion\, six 2.5-hour recorded videos and monthly 30-minute consultations with an SPT Supervisor/Consultant to help you integrate what you are learning. \nLearn more here.
URL:https://lisa-dion.com/event/online-introduction-synergetic-play-therapy-live-webinar/
LOCATION:CO
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