Join Lisa at the 2021 New York APT Conference!  From twelve-year-olds to seniors in high school, adolescence is a time filled with change. This can make the notion of bringing play therapy to this population a challenge.  Do we play? Do we talk?  Using neuroscience, developmental theory and Synergetic Play Therapy® theory, participants will explore [...]

The Six-Day Synergetic Play Therapy® Intensive is over two weekends (April 16th-18th and April 23rd-25th) 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 with individualized coaching and [...]

Join Lisa Dion, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, as she provides a beginning overview about the Synergetic Play Therapy model. She will explore what it is and what it is not. She will introduce therapists to the tenets that guide the model, the role of the therapist, it's primary influences, what it means to attach [...]

Working with Caregivers (Class 4) is part of the Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy™ course, January 25th - June 25th. 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 [...]