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 […]
Join Lisa for a conversation that includes topics such as: Hide & Go Seek and Burying Objects in the Sandtray, Setting Goals with Neurodivergent Children, Having Difficult Conversations with Caregivers, Filial Therapy vs. SPT, When the Child is Aggressive Towards the Caregiver, and Putting Your Financial House in Order. Password: Synergetic
Join SPT co-Teacher Judy Norman for a conversation about working with teachers. Learn more about our sister institute, the Synergetic Education Institute here and how they are transforming education through empowering educators and students! Password: Synergetic
Have you ever heard of the term, Third Culture Kid (TCK)? Do you know what it means to be a TCK? How would you know if you were working with a TCK? …. Well, you’re about to find out! Join Lisa for a really fun conversation to know more about TCKs! …. learn more about some of […]
Join Lisa in a conversation on topics that include: Attachment styles, Supporting highly dysregulated, anxious, and hypervigilant kids/parents, Teaching Neurodivergent children how to attach to themselves, Difference between reflection, response and reaction, Setting boundaries with parents, Healing disorganized attachment styles, and Behavior as Strategy! Password: Synergetic
Explore how to adapt SPT to different populations and why this is an important nuance in your SPT understanding. Lisa reviews working with children on the Autism spectrum and working with children that do not speak the same language. She also expands thinking about how to use SPT with children who are deaf or vision […]
Join a conversation about topics that include: Building a bridge on career, supporting parents when a kid is afraid, when the play gets worse but the goals improve at home, working with a child’s “protector” parts, supporting individuals in a medical setting, and when other’s can’t relate to “SPT knowledge.” Password: Synergetic
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
Join a conversation that includes a discussion of what to do when a therapist is struggling to stay true to themselves, when we’re struggling as an “SPT Parent,” and how to support our clients with somatization, ADHD, and OCD and intrusive thoughts. Password: Synergetic
ART, ART, and more ART! This webinar is highly experiential and therefore it does not contain a lot of instruction time. In order to participate in this webinar please have art materials handy so that you can create your own art for 20 minutes after Lisa gives the instructions to do so in the webinar. Once […]
Join this conversation about how to work with violence within our child clients, how to support caregivers, schools and communities during these times, and most importantly how to work with our own activation and thoughts regarding the violence that is occurring in the world. Password: Synergetic
Learn about how to apply Universal Law and principles to family dynamics, as well as explore how to look at family dynamics through the lens of regulation. Password: Synergetic
Join a conversation with Lisa that explores questions in and out of the playroom. 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 […]
Complex trauma. What can we say? It’s, well ….complicated. It’s estimated that about 3% of the general population has complex trauma – a series of traumatic events that can be, but sometimes aren’t, related to each other. But, anecdotally, we see anywhere from 30-80% of our child clients are currently facing and working through complex trauma. […]
