Welcome to Holding the Child Who Won’t Be Held: Working with Avoidant and Dismissive Attachment in the Playroom, a 1-hour course led by Lisa Dion.

Please read through the information on this page carefully before completing the first lesson.

Holding the Child Who Won’t Be Held: Working with Avoidant and Dismissive Attachment in the Playroom Learning Objectives:

  • Identify at least three neurobiological or emotional characteristics associated with avoidant/dismissive attachment in children
  • Recognize at least two ways avoidant attachment patterns may present within the therapeutic relationship
  • Explain how therapist congruence and regulated presence support the development of internal secure attachment in children with avoidant patterns

CE Credit Hours: 1 CE Credit Hour, NBCC Content Areas: Counseling Theory/Practice and the Counseling Relationship, Human Growth and Development

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7450. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is also an Approved Provider for the following associations:
*Australian Play Therapists Association (APTA) Approved Provider
*British Columbia Play Therapy Association (BCPTA) Approved Provider 23-01

Continuing education credit hours may be awarded to graduate-level counselors or students enrolled in a graduate-level mental health program. If you do not qualify for continuing education credit hours and would like to receive a certificate of completion for this course please contact the Institute directly.

Click on the link below to access the first lesson of this course, “Holding the Child Who Won’t Be Held: Working with Avoidant and Dismissive Attachment in the Playroom – Course Agreements”. *You must complete the Course Agreements lesson before you will gain access to the following lessons.

Reminder: Access to the course site will expire on April 7, 2026. You must complete all requirements by this date to receive credit for the live webinar course.