As we know, presence is more than being physically in the room, it’s a dynamic interplay of attention, attunement, and energy! In this webinar, Lisa guides you through exploring the subtle “physics” of presence, as she weaves together the workings of the mind, peaks/plateaus/planes of possibility, dual awareness, and of course, regulation. Password: Synergetic
In this video, Lisa reviews the therapeutic stages and tracking clients on the “SPT Curve”and guides Certified SPTers in tracking starting points and progress for their own clients! Password: Synergetic
Lisa answers participant questions related to a variety of topics including: Mental health’s bias towards integration, Similarities between EMDR and SPT, Working with grief/loss, How to deepen your SPT training, Board Games in play therapy, and Sitting in dissonance when you feel like you can’t be yourself! Password: Synergetic
Lisa and fellow SPTers role play out challenging scenarios that commonly arise when working with caregivers. The group regulated through a collective Set Up that is often felt in these situations. Lisa invites us to feel our way through these moments and come back into attachment with ourselves when navigating these dynamics. Password: Synergetic
In this practice, Lauren will lead you through prompted movement intended to awaken your heart to gratitude, opening the chest and shoulders, and nourishing your physical heart and lungs. As always, you are welcome to use a yoga mat/towel and/or any props such as yoga blocks, pillows, or blankets to provide additional support as needed, and you […]
Explore with Lisa topic such as: identifying the “mirror” and how that ties into the Set-Up, boundaries with inappropriate comments, and appreciating a sense of community Password: Synergetic
The guiding Yoga principle “Satya” or “truth,” reminds us that our Yoga practice supports us in becoming known to ourselves. In this practice, Lauren invites you to play with different ways of naming felt experiences as we journey through the 5 layers of our being according to Yoga philosophy. Password: Yoga
Be taken through an exploration of what happens inside of an individual’s mind when they dissociate, paying special attention to understanding how dissociation exists as part of a homeostatic mechanism attempting to keep an individual in a state of equilibrium. We also explore how we can use SPT principles to help guide an individual back […]
The breath is a powerful resource for tethering us back to our inner life that is unfolding right here and now. In this practice we will explore breath suspension so that we can cultivate the lung capacity to support increasing our capacity for life itself. In this practice we begin lying on our backs with […]
Be guided in this annual process of Collapsing Fears & Regulating Perceptions with Lisa who will take you through the exercises she taught in the SPT Certification program – taking your fears and collapsing them. This is an opportunity to create resiliency, continue integrating, and support expanding your capacity. Password: Synergetic
There is a well known saying in yoga that goes something like this…”the pose begins the moment we want to exit.” In other words, we often don’t know where our edges are until we slow down and stay a little longer. In this practice, we cultivate our brake system through slower movement and longer holds […]
Join Lisa in a conversation about: “death play” and magical thinking after the death of a parent; how to support parents to be an external regulator during challenging sibling dynamics; helping families build a template for how to “do conflict”; what to do when parents ask the therapist to solve it all now (working with […]
This Yoga practice provides us with many opportunities to feel for the challenge in the body. This idea builds on what we explored in our last session together as we felt for sensations that we “like” and/or “dislike.” As we continue to build reflective awareness of sensations we like and dislike, especially those we dislike, […]
Lisa covers some of the common traumatic stress reactions related to medical interventions, procedures, and illnesses, why they create a trauma response and how to understand the impact through the 4 Threats/Challenges. Lisa discusses how medical trauma is family trauma and explores ideas to support clients and caregivers. Password: Synergetic
Yoga can play a big role in helping us cultivate presence, or neuroception of safety, an essential piece to our work as Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers. In this practice we explore registering sensations and movements that we “like” and “dislike” to strengthen our reflective awareness. We start with a big hug by wrapping our arms […]
Guest teacher, Liliana Baylon, guides a thoughtful, enriching, and reflective conversation about Synergetic Play Therapy and Cultural Responsibility. Liliana also introduces us to the concept of “Cultural Opportunity”, weaving in SPT principles, while also inviting questions and reflections. Password: Synergetic
In this practice we play with pacing of movement as a way to cultivate attuning to our inner world. Lauren invites us to reflect on what pace of movement, on the spectrum from fast to slow, helps us stay connected to sensation and breath. In the first part of the practice we practice a series […]
In this class we explore a slow flow vinyasa that starts in a seated meditation, moves through a brief low lunge series, and ends in a restful child’s pose. Slow doesn’t necessarily indicate easy! There are moments of intensity in this practice where we are invited to feel the challenge. Throughout the practice, Lauren reminds […]
Join a conversation about: Discomfort when working with adolescents; How open or not to be with caregivers about sessions; Working with hypo-arousal and fantasies that can be present; Shifting careers as a play therapist; Providing a neuroception of safety in complex cases; and Working with emotional flooding. Password: Synergetic
In this webinar, Lisa guides us through practicing the skill of linking what’s happening in the playroom to the child client’s goals, and then translating that experience to the child’s caregivers and other important adults in the child’s life! You may use this link, Link It! Handout, to access the handout referenced in the webinar […]
