Description

Synergetic Play Therapy® and Cultural Humility Course Objectives:

• Identify the importance of differences in how a child approaches play therapy depending on an individual’s culture
• Explain what it means for play therapists to have “done the work” to become curious with their clients in play therapy using a cultural approach
• Understand the term “microaggressions’ and how to apply Synergetic Play Therapy® concepts in the play therapy process

Handout(s):

Video Lesson: Synergetic Play Therapy® and Cultural Humility
Password: CulturalHumility

Additional Resources:

To complete this lesson, please click on the “quiz” below to answer a few questions and rate the course objectives. You must receive a score of 80% or higher before you will be able to move on to the next video lesson.

If you are eligible to receive CE credit as a mental health professional you will be given the opportunity to print one certificate at the end of the course. This certificate will include the Non-Contact CE credit earned by completing this video lesson.

In this lesson, you will be asked to review the Course Objectives, below, for the topics covered during the 3-Day In-Person Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® course. Please take a moment to read through the objectives below before clicking on the “quiz” at the bottom of the page. The “quiz” will ask you to rate how well you feel each objective was covered during our time together. Please answer all questions before submitting the “quiz”.

Course Objectives by Class:

Understanding the Projective Process (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Describe the basics of Synergetic Play Therapy® including the tenets, the history, and the main play therapy influences
• Explain how children use the projective process in play therapy to set the toys and the therapist up to feel how they feel
• Assess and explain the significance of why authenticity is so important in the playroom
• Describe how a Synergetic Play Therapist accesses (his/her/their) authentic self and deepens the child’s therapeutic process in play therapy

Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Explain the link between nervous system states and the symptoms that show up in the playroom in play therapy
• Describe the importance of regulation in the playroom in play therapy
• Demonstrate how the play therapist can become the external regulator so that the child can begin to learn how to regulate in play therapy
• Explain what the concept “rocking the baby” means in Synergetic Play Therapy®

Regulation: What It Is and What It Isn’t (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Explain what regulation is and what it isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy®
• Discuss what it means to “overcome a challenge” in the play therapy process
• Describe what it means to become the external regulator in a play therapy session to help a child integrate their challenges
• Explain why you, the play therapist, are the most important toy in the playroom

Working with Caregivers (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Discuss how to involve caregivers in Synergetic Play Therapy® sessions
• Describe what it means to become the caregiver’s external regulator
• Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver in play therapy

Understanding Attachment & the Self Object in Synergetic Play Therapy® (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment
• Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self in play therapy
• Describe the link between a child’s attachment styles and their nervous system states in play therapy

Sand, Art, & Aggression in Synergetic Play Therapy® (3 Contact CE Credits)

• Explain how to use regulation as a way to help integrate aggressive energy in the playroom
• Describe how to facilitate the use of sand from a Synergetic Play Therapy® perspective in the playroom
• Explain how to facilitate the use of art from a Synergetic Play Therapy® perspective in the playroom
• Explain the concept of emotional flooding in the playroom for both the play therapist and the child and list ways to create a neuroception of safety

Click “July 3-Day Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® – Course Objectives” in blue letters below to get started! You must complete the “quiz” below before you will be granted access to the first video lesson on August 1, 2023.

During our time together in person, Lisa referenced a number of additional resources that you may have wanted to refer back to or explore on your own! Below, you will find links to those resources, as well as others, that we hope you will find useful!

Additional Resources:

• Short Video: What is Authenticity Really? (time stamp: 7:57)
• Short Video: Attunement in Play Therapy (time stamp: 4:12)
• Short Video: The Difference Between Empathy & Compassion Fatigue (time stamp: 3:00)
• Short Video: What Emotional Intelligence Really Means (time stamp: 3:09)

• LFPR Podcast: Expand Your Cultural Lens When Working with Immigrants & Refugees
• Short Video: The Power of Combining Play Therapy with Neuroscience (time stamp: 3:29)
• Short Video: Nervous System Activation 101 (time stamp: 4:01)
• Short Video: Threats to the Brain – Physical Safety (Part 1) (time stamp: 3:07)
• Short Video: Threats to the Brain – Perceptions in the Unknown (Part 2) (time stamp: 3:18)
• Short Video: Threats to the Brain – Incongruence in the Environment (Part 3) (time stamp: 3:32)
• Short Video: Threats to the Brain – Shoulds & Unmet Expectations (Part 4) (time stamp: 4:44)

• LFPR Podcast: How Trying to be Calm Gets in the Way of Regulation (time stamp: 26:07)
• LFPR Podcast: Working with Attachment from the Lens of Equine Assisted Therapy 
• Short Video: Regulation is Not Better than Dysregulation (time stamp: 4:17)
• Short Video: Why the Vagus Nerve is So Important in Play Therapy (time stamp: 2:19)
• Short Video: What Regulation Actually Means! (time stamp: 3:24)
• Short Video: How Co-Regulation Changes Templates (time stamp: 7:10)
• Short Video: Why Interoception is Important in Play Therapy (time stamp: 3:09)

• Short Video: Empowering Parents in the Play Therapy Process (time stamp: 4:54)
• Short Video: 3 Tips for Creating Great Goals in Play Therapy (time stamp: 5:58)
• Short Video: 2 Tips for a Successful Intake Session (time stamp: 6:32)
• Short Video: Preparing Parents for Their Child’s Play Therapy Experience (time stamp: 5:41)
• Short Video: How to Explain Implicit Memory to Parents/Caregivers (time stamp: 7:43)

• Short Video: When Shame Shows Up in the Playroom (time stamp: 3:46)
• Short Video: When a Child Doesn’t “Play” in the Playroom (time stamp: 2:43)
• Short Video: Developing Empathy in the Playroom (time stamp: 2:51)
• Short Video: Supporting Children Through a Grief Process (time stamp: 2:25)
• Short Video: What Emotional Intelligence Really Means (time stamp: 3:09)
• Short Video: When You’re Feeling Lost in the Play Therapy Process (time stamp: 6:57)

• Short Video: When a Client Emotionally Floods (time stamp: 5:29)
• Short Video: 2 Tips for Emotional Flooding (time stamp: 7:30)
• Short Video: Creating a Space that Supports Regulation (time stamp: 4:34)
• Short Video: Using the Bop Bag in Play Therapy (time stamp: 5:55)
• Short Video: Turn Your Sand Tray Into A Regulation Device (time stamp: 4:24)
• Short Video: When the Therapist Feels Like They’re in the “Boxing Ring” Too (time stamp: 5:40)

Please click “Mark Complete” below to gain access to the next lesson. In the next lesson, you will be asked to review the Course Objectives and take a short “quiz” to rate how well you feel each objective was covered during our three days together.

You can return to this lesson at any time until the course closes on March 31, 2024, to reference these resources.

You did it!  You completed your webinar! On behalf of the children and the families you work with, thank you. It’s great to have you as part of our Synergetic Play Therapy Community! 💜

What is Synergetic Play Therapy? (…you might be asking this question and that’s totally understandable) Synergetic Play Therapy® (2008) is a researched-informed model of play therapy blending the therapeutic power of play with nervous system regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, physics, attachment, mindfulness, and therapist authenticity. It grew from personal experience as well as research in neuroscience, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and attachment theory (see Badenoch, 2008; Porges, 2011; Schore, 1994; Siegel, 1999 for coverage of the ideas behind SPT). Preliminary research suggests that SPT significantly improves emotional tolerance and regulation (Dion & Gray, 2014; Simmons, 2020).

Although Synergetic  Play Therapy is a model of play therapy, it’s also a way of being in relationship with self and others. It’s an all-encompassing paradigm that can be applied to any facet of life and, subsequently, any model of play therapy can be applied to it or vice versa. Synergetic Play Therapy is both non-directive and directive in its application.

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Keep learning & growing with us: No matter what type of training you’re looking for, we can accommodate! We offer online training that allows you to learn from anywhere, in-person training located at various locations, and workshops and conferences that take place all over the globe. Consider joining us for our signature Online Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® course that happens three times a year. This is also a prerequisite to the SPT Certification program  (a truly transformational program for your clients and yourself!) and becoming a Synergetic Play Therapist!! Or take a look at our many 1-hour, 2-hour, or 3-hour courses (buy a bundle of four 1-hour courses and save)! It’s all here: learn.synergeticplaytherapy.com

If you completed this course before July 9th, 2023, you may use the discount code “Celebrate15” at checkout to get $15 off ANY of our 1-hour, 2-hour, or 3-hours courses! Thank you for these last 15 years, we are SO grateful you have chosen to be a part of our SPT community! 💜💜💜

Master the business skills and mindset so you can build your entrepreneurial dream: The Business of Therapy™ is a 2.5 day course custom designed for therapists, coaches, helpers and healers like yourself, who are deeply committed to making an impact and want to be of greater service – whether it’s one-on-one in private practice, launching a product or program, or running a company – Elevate and take your entrepreneurial dream to new heights! Find out all the details for the next Business of Therapy course here. 

Get the book: With an understanding of aggressive play based on brain function and neuroscience, “Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity” provides therapists with a framework to work authentically with aggressive play, while making it an integrative and therapeutic experience for the child. Topics covered include: embracing aggression; understanding the nervous system; understanding regulation; developing yourself as an external regulator; authentic expression; setting boundaries; working with emotional flooding; supporting parents during aggressive play. Available in three versions – English, Spanish and Audio. Choose the option that works best for you!! Get your copy today!

Enjoy learning with Lisa through the Lessons from the Playroom podcast series:  Join Lisa and special guests for a bi-weekly podcast that’s designed to help therapists understand the little lessons kids teach us that make a big difference in the play therapy process. People all across the globe are tuning in: from Australia to Zambia, this podcast has reached over 138 countries so far. Enjoy it on your way to work, while at the office, or as you’re doing household chores. Need to fold some laundry? Throw in some learning too! Listen on Apple Podcast, Spotify, YouTube, or on the SPTI website. 

Take advantage of our other many free resources: Check out our many free resources including e-books, educational short videos, infographics and handouts, playroom blogs, and 30-minute emotional flooding training video, all designed to support you on your therapist journey!

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Note: This recording is from a live webinar held May 11, 2023, in which a discount code is advertised for Synergetic Play Therapy Institute’s 15 year anniversary! The discount code, Celebrate15, provided during this webinar will expire on July 9th, 2023. The discount code will not be available after July 9th, 2023.

If viewing this video before July 9th, 2023, you may use the discount code “Celebrate15” at checkout to get $15 off ANY 1-hour, 2-hour, or 3-hour courses offered by Synergetic Play Therapy Institute®! Affiliate courses not included.

Thank you for these last 15 years, we are SO grateful you have chosen to be a part of our SPT community! 💜💜💜

Video Recording: Navigating Secondary Traumatization
Password: Trauma

Thank you for viewing the above recording. Please click the button “Mark Complete” to access the final lesson for this free course!  And a reminder to share this course with as many people that you feel could benefit hearing it!

This lesson contains all of the course handouts you will need during our time together for the 3-Day Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Course in Boulder, Colorado! Please download and print all of the handouts below and bring them with you on Day 1 of the course.

Lisa will be referencing these handouts throughout her teaching so it is important that you have them on hand! They are also just a great way to take notes 😊

Course Handouts:

Please click “Mark Complete” to gain access to the next lesson when it opens on July 24, 2023.

We hope you’ve enjoyed your Recertification through the Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® course! We’ve loved having you as part of this course and we’d love for you to keep growing with us!

Document your Recertification: Completion of this course meets the full requirement to renew your Certified Synergetic Play Therapist or Certified Synergetic Play Provider Credential. Please document your completion of the course on your Continuing Education Verification Form. Prepare to submit this form to info@synergeticplaytherapy.com ONLY if your CE hours are due by May 31st of this upcoming year. If not due this year, please save your form in a safe place to send to the Institute by May in your renewal year.  If you are uncertain when your CE hours are due, please contact the Institute.

  Join the Certified SPT Membership: The Certified SPT Membership is your library of over 70 hours (and counting) of monthly webinars with Lisa and your fellow SPTers (attend live or watch the recording), audio recordings, and video recordings – all designed to take you deeper into the SPT principles. Join us here and experience community, deeper connection (to yourself and your clients) and grow as an SPT Therapist!!! 

  Join us for the Advanced SPT Self Mastery Course: In the Certification program, we focused on what was happening clinically – what was happening in you, what was happening in the client, and more specifically what was happening between the two of you. But the 4 day Advanced Certified SPT Retreat is something quite different. It’s not about your clinical work.  It’s about YOU!  is designed specifically for your own evolution!  -You will be able to come back to this course year after year to continue discovering, learning and integrating as you peel away the layers that keep you from fully loving and appreciating yourself. This course will be held annually in different locations around the world. Details to come for 2024- Hawaii!

  Master the business skills and mindset so you can build your entrepreneurial dream: The Business of Therapy is a 2.5 day course custom designed for therapists, coaches, helpers and healers like yourself, who are deeply committed to making an impact and want to be of greater service – whether it’s one-on-one in private practice, launching a product or program, or running a company – Elevate and take your entrepreneurial dream to new heights! Join us in-person or live virtually in Denver, Colorado on November 9th – 11th. Space is limited. Learn more about the course here.  

  Come back as an alumni and attend Certification retreats: We would love for you to join us as an alumni and re-review key pieces of the learning, as well as get new/updated information (because you know Lisa is always expanding her teachings). The only requirement is that you attend all days of both retreats (3.5 days and 4.5 days) in the same online location. There is a fee to attend, but we’ve made it really affordable so that you can come back as many times as you want!  And if you want access to the course webinars again, there is an option to purchase those too. Register here!

  Become an SPT Supervisor: Take your SPT journey to the next level and earn the title of Synergetic Play Therapy® Supervisor. Through video observation, didactic learning, group discussion, and self-study, you’ll learn how to step into the role of supervisor – one of the most important and influential roles in a new play therapist’s journey. And a bonus is that all the courses count towards Registered Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) credential if part of the Association for Play Therapy. Learn more about the requirements to apply here.

  Transform education through empowering educators and students – Join Judy Norman, Certified SPT Therapist Supervisor and Teacher and co-founder with Lisa of the Synergetic Education Institute for the 6 month course, One Foot in Education: Exploring Education Through a Synergetic Play Therapy Lens. Take your SPT knowledge into educational settings to offer trauma-informed, social-emotional support in schools. If you work in (or anywhere around :)-) an educational setting, this is a great next step in your learning! Learn more here

  Share SPT through mini-teachings: While you must be approved to teach and train others in Synergetic Play Therapy® (all training lies under the umbrella of SPTI), you can offer mini teachings of various principles, present at conferences, etc. (3 hours long is a great time length). As a reminder, you may teach the following topics in individual parts as long as you are not training therapists in SPT: Brain Function, Nervous System Regulation,  Authenticity/Congruency, and The Set Up/ The Offering. When you teach, you only need to make it clear to your students that they are not being trained in SPT or doing an Intro to SPT Training and then provide them materials with information about the Intro to SPT course and other SPTI programs. And remember, if you do a mini-teaching, you can count it toward future SPT Credential Renewal.

  Stay connected with us: Hang out with us in the private Facebook group for the SPT Learning Community, on Instagram or like us on Facebook; join Lisa and special guests for the weekly Lessons from the Playroom podcast; meet up with us at a conference, training or other event virtually or in-person; read our monthly newsletter or our blogs!; check out all our free short videos; or go purchase some of our one-hour, two-hour or three-hour courses (3-hour courses can also be used toward recertification credit).

Thank you for continuing to be part of the SPT Certified Community!

Before you may begin the Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® Recertification course, you will first need to read and agree to the Course Agreements.

Once you have read the above agreements, please please click on the blue letters titled “Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy Recertification Course Agreements” below to begin the “quiz”, marking that you agree to abide by the statements within the Course Agreements document above.

Upon completion of the Course Agreements “quiz” you may move on to the next lesson following the lesson release date. Please complete the Course Agreements before July 21, 2023, to avoid delayed access to course content!

If you have trouble navigating the agreements, please send an email to info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Description

4 Threats and the Set Up Through a Cultural Lens Course Objectives:

• Explain why culture is important when considering the 4 Threats in play therapy
• Understand how culture impacts the Set Up and Offering in play therapy
• Demonstrate ways that as a therapist culture can be considered in the play therapy process

Handout(s):

Video Lesson: 4 Threats and the Set Up Through a Cultural Lens
Password: CulturalLens

Additional Resources:

To complete this lesson, please click on the “quiz” below to answer a few questions and rate the course objectives. You must receive a score of 80% or higher before you will be able to move on to the next video lesson.

If you are eligible to receive CE credit as a mental health professional you will be given the opportunity to print one certificate at the end of the course. This certificate will include the Non-Contact CE credit earned by completing this video lesson.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this 3-Day In-Person Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy course. We have LOVED having you as part of this course and hope you choose to keep growing with us through the Synergetic Play Therapy® Certification Program or another learning opportunity!

Join us for the 2024-2025 Synergetic Play Therapy® Certification 10-month program! Come expand your understanding of interpersonal neurobiology and take your ability to help a child heal to a whole new realm of possibility! Dive deeper into the SPT process as you learn how to embrace yourself, discover your magnificence, and tap into a higher state of authenticity! 

Why would you choose to join the Certification program (whether you work with kids or not)? … it really is about one big word – TRANSFORMATION! Students who go through this program tell us they are not the same at the end of the program as when they started. Something happens on this journey. As you dive deeper into understanding yourself, neuroscience, the brain and nervous system, and become more embodied, something starts to shift – and it’s YOU. More importantly, it’s a sense of okay-ness in yourself – knowing who you are – and your relationship with being with yourself and your clients in a more deeply attuned, connected, and healing way.  

You’re worth it! You’re own transformation is worth it! The people in your life are worth it! … Expand yourself and see what’s possible for you both clinically and personally. Consider this not the end of the road. Keep going!… 🦋🦋🦋

For information and requirements on how to become a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist™ or Certified Synergetic Play Provider Click Here!

Here’s what people are saying about the SPT Certification Program!

“The very act of being an SPT therapist provides endless practice in congruence, authenticity, attunement, and nervous system regulation. It’s an ongoing practice, a way of being that improves my life every day.” – Jody Catlow, MA, NLC

“This experience was life changing. It not only renewed my vigor for work with children, changed my perspective of what was possible during the play therapy process, but changed the way I viewed the world and my relationship with others.” – Jessica Kimak, LCSW

“The SPT advanced class has been a truly transformative experience! Lisa created so much safety to fully be myself as she guided my process of learning and growth. Through this class, I have been able to integrate my experience and shift perceptions, which has allowed me to be more present with my clients.” – Kim Buller, LCSW, RPT-S

Deadline to apply is DATE 2024

And here are some more ways to stay connected and keep learning and growing with us……

SPT Consultation: We know consultation can be so important to your ongoing growth and development as a therapist and/or play provider (even as part of working toward your APT Registered Play Therapist). Consider ongoing SPT consultation with one of our Senior Intro Consultants to support you on the journey.

Master the business skills and mindset so you can build your entrepreneurial dream: The Business of Therapy™ is a 2.5 day course custom designed for therapists, coaches, helpers and healers like yourself, who are deeply committed to making an impact and want to be of greater service – whether it’s one-on-one in private practice, launching a product or program, or running a company – Elevate and take your entrepreneurial dream to new heights! Find out all the details for the next Business of Therapy course here. 

Transform education through empowering educators and students – Join Judy Norman, Certified SPT Therapist/Supervisor and Co-founder with Lisa of the Synergetic Education Institute for One Foot in Education: Exploring Education Through a Synergetic Play Therapy Lens and learn how to take your SPT knowledge into an educational settings to offer trauma-informed, social-emotional support to school educators and their students.  If you work in an educational setting, this is a great next step in your learning!

Stay connected with us: Hang out with us in the private SPT Learning Community Facebook group, on Instagram or like us on Facebook; join Lisa and special guests for the weekly Lessons from the Playroom podcast; meet up with us at a conference, training or other event virtually or in-person; read our monthly newsletter or our blogs!; check out all our free short videos; or go purchase some of our one-hour, two-hour or three-hour courses.

For information on becoming a Registered Play Therapist: https://www.a4pt.org/page/CredentialsHomepage

And Thank you for being part of the SPT Community!

Click “Mark Complete” below to gain access to the final lesson of your course!

Day 3, Class 6 Description

Working with Caregivers Class Objectives:

• Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process whey they bring their children to play therapy
• Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake
• Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver in play therapy

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Great work! You will now be asked to rate the class objectives for all 6 classes covered during this course by completing the required Quiz below. Once you have answered all questions, your CE Certificate will automatically generate. Please download your Certificate immediately as it will not be saved in the system.

Please remember, play therapy credit may only be awarded to graduate students enrolled in a graduate mental health program or individuals who hold a graduate mental health degree. If you are not a mental health professional and would like to receive a certificate of completion, you can contact the Institute once you have completed all course requirements including the Book Study and Bonus Teletherapy Lesson!

Click the blue letters below to get started.

Day 3, Class 5 Description

Understanding Attachment & the Self Object in Synergetic Play Therapy Class Objectives:

• Discuss Synergetic Play Therapy’s definition and perspective on attachment
• Explain and demonstrate how to use the self-object as a way to support the client attaching to self in play therapy
• Describe the link between a child’s attachment styles and their nervous system states in play therapy

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Please click “Mark Complete” at the bottom of the page to continue on to the Class 3 Lesson when prompted by Lisa! You are halfway through your final day, last push!

Day 2, Class 4 Description

Working with Caregivers Class Objectives:

• Discuss the implications for caregivers being in their own grief process whey they bring their children to play therapy
• Describe how to have a successful play therapy intake
• Discuss the importance of setting goals and speaking in terms of what is important to the caregiver in play therapy

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Please click “Mark Complete” at the bottom of the page to continue on to the Class 5 Lesson when prompted by Lisa! You’re doing great, keep it up!

Day 2, Class 3 Description

Regulation: What It Is and What It Isn’t Class Objectives:

• Explain what regulation is and what it isn’t according to Synergetic Play Therapy®
• Discuss what it means to “overcome a challenge” in the play therapy process
• Describe what it means to become the external regulator in a play therapy session to help a child integrate their challenges
• Explain why you, the play therapist, are the most important toy in the playroom

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Please click “Mark Complete” at the bottom of the page to continue on to the Class 4 Lesson when prompted by Lisa! Great work!

Day 1, Class 2 Description

Exploring the Nervous System in the Playroom Class Objectives:

• Explain the link between nervous system states and the symptoms that show up in the playroom
• Describe the importance of regulation in the playroom
• Demonstrate how the play therapist can become the external regulator so that the child can begin to learn how to regulate
• Explain what the concept “rocking the baby” means in Synergetic Play Therapy®

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Please click “Mark Complete” at the bottom of the page to continue on to the Class 3 Lesson when prompted by Lisa! You’re doing great, keep it up!

Day 1, Class 1 Description

Welcome and Understanding the Projective Process Class Objectives:

• Describe the basics of Synergetic Play Therapy including the tenets, the history, and the main play therapy influences
• Explain how children use the projective process in play therapy to set the toys and the therapist up to feel how they feel
• Assess and explain the significance of why authenticity is so important in the playroom
• Describe how a Synergetic Play Therapist accesses (his/her/their) authentic self and deepens the child’s therapeutic process

Handouts: 

TBD

Additional Resources:

TBD

Please click “Mark Complete” at the bottom of the page to continue on to the Class 2 Lesson when prompted by Lisa! Let’s keep the learning going!

Welcome to the Video Lesson: Synergetic Play Therapy® and Teletherapy!

Synergetic Play Therapy® and Teletherapy Course Objectives: 

• Explore how to become the client’s external regulator while facilitating a telehealth play therapy session
• Identity at least 3 ways the play therapist can regulate during a teletherapy session to prevent compassion fatigue and burnout
• Explore how the Synergetic Play Therapy® concept of “The Set Up/The Offering” applies in a telehealth play therapy session

Video Lesson: Synergetic Play Therapy® and Teletherapy
Password: Synergetic

Additional Resources:

• Embracing Online Play Therapy(episode #92) with special guest Jackie Flynn
• Online Play Therapy & Therapist Fatigue (episode #69)  
• Overcoming Fatigue in Teletherapy or Superar la fatiga en la teleterapia blog 
• Online Play Therapy (Lisa interviewed on the “Abundance Practice Building” podcast)
• Does Teletherapy Work in Play Therapy (episode #32)

To complete this lesson, please click on the “quiz” below to answer a few questions and rate the course objectives. You must receive a score of 80% or higher before you will be able to move on to the next lesson.

If you are eligible to receive CE credit as a mental health professional you will be given the opportunity to print one certificate after completing the final lesson.

You are almost there! The next lesson will provide you with important information for “what’s next” on your SPT journey! After that, you will have your final lesson of the course requiring you to complete a Book Review for Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurological Approach to Integrating Intensity!

Before you may begin the Introduction to Synergetic Play Therapy® course, you will first need to read and agree to the Course Agreements.

Once you have read the above agreements, please please click on the blue letters titled “In-Person Intro Course Agreements” below to begin the “quiz”, marking that you agree to abide by the statements within the Course Agreements document above.

Upon completion of the Course Agreements “quiz” you may move on to the next lesson following the lesson release date. Please complete the Course Agreements before July 21, 2023, to avoid delayed access to course content!

If you have trouble navigating the agreements, please send an email to info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.