Advanced Embodied Cultural Humility for Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers

Advanced Embodied Cultural Humility for Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers

$250.00

Join us for this NEW Advanced-Level Program!
Registration closes May 26, 2026, at 12pm Mountain Time (Denver)

After completing the Synergetic Play Therapy Certification program, many clinicians begin asking how to embody cultural humility and systemic awareness while honoring the model’s neurobiological and relational foundations. This advanced two-part experiential training takes that question to the next level.

Building on the reflection series “Synergetic Play Therapy and Cultural Humility” and the “4 Threats and the Set Up Through a Cultural Lens”, this program supports Certified Synergetic Play Therapists and Providers in expanding their application of SPT to include cultural, collective, and systemic processes that shape the playroom.

During this program, participants will explore how privilege, identity, language, migration histories, and power influence the relational field and the nervous systems of both therapist and client. Through interactive experiential exercises and case-based discussions, therapists will practice tracking their own embodied responses to cultural difference, systemic tension, and moments of misattunement.

This training emphasizes identifying cultural ruptures in real time, initiating culturally grounded repair using SPT’s regulation and attunement principles, and engaging the therapist’s authentic self as a culturally responsive instrument of change!

By the end of the series, clinicians will hold deeper skills for promoting safety, connection, and repair with greater presence, humility, and leadership.

*This program assumes a solid understanding of core SPT concepts/tenets and focuses on translating that understanding into embodied cultural engagement. As participants integrate SPT concepts/tenets with lived experience, they will strengthen their clinical presence, deepen their supervisory and teaching practices, and refine their ability to navigate cultural and systemic complexity through a culturally attuned SPT lens.

Why This Training Matters

Culture lives in the nervous system. Identity, stories, privilege, and systemic experiences shape how clients regulate and how therapists attune and respond. For Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers, true cultural humility requires more than cognitive insight; it requires embodied awareness.

This advanced-level program helps therapists integrate cultural and systemic understanding directly into the moment-to-moment attunement that defines SPT. You will learn to track cultural dynamics, recognize and repair misattunements, and strengthen safety across cultural differences. The result is a more grounded, responsive presence that honors the nervous system as both biological and cultural and expands your capacity to support healing in every playroom.

2-Part Live Webinar Series Dates: (Full attendance at both live webinars is required.)

  • Part 1: June 2, 2026, 2-5 PM Mountain Time (Denver)
  • Part 2: June 16, 2026, 2-5 PM Mountain Time (Denver)

See program details including cost, dates, and CE Credit Hour information, below.

 

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Program Prerequisites:

  • Must have graduated from the Level 2 Synergetic Play Therapy Certification program.

Program Details:

This advanced 2-part series is a highly interactive training totaling 6 hours of learning across two live online webinars. During this program, Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers will expand their Level 2 application of SPT to include cultural, collective, and systemic processes while building on the reflection series “Synergetic Play Therapy and Cultural Humility” and the “4 Threats and the Set Up Through a Cultural Lens” that they were introduced to during the Level 1 program.

Prepare to participate in both interactive experiential exercises and case-based discussions, as you practice tracking your own embodied responses to cultural difference, systemic tension, and moments of misattunement!

*Full participation at BOTH live webinars is required due to the experiential nature of this program.

When: June 2, 2026, 2-5 PM Mountain Time (Denver), AND June 16, 2026, 2-5 PM Mountain Time (Denver)

*If you are located in a time zone other than Mountain Time (Denver), we recommend using this Time Converter Tool to convert the dates/times above to your specific time zone.

**Access to program content expires June 26, 2026.

Where: Online via Zoom

*The Zoom Meeting links for both live webinars will be provided upon registration for the program.

Advanced Embodied Cultural Humility for Certified Synergetic Play Therapists/Providers Learning Objectives:

  • Identify and apply how cultural identities, lived experiences, and perceptions of systemic structures shape nervous system activation, meaning-making, and relational dynamics in Synergetic Play Therapy
  • Integrate regulation, authenticity, and attunement within the SPT process by grounding clinical presence in cultural humility
  • Reflect on personal and collective identities, biases, and embodied reactions to strengthen self-regulation, compassion, and cultural humility across cultural differences
  • Evaluate clinical cases through a culturally attuned SPT lens by identifying somatic signals, relational patterns, and systemic influences shaping the therapist–client dynamic
  • Apply SPT principles by using embodied self-awareness, the therapist’s authentic presence, and moment-to-moment co-regulation to navigate cultural complexity and power dynamics in the playroom
  • Demonstrate deeper skills for identifying, naming, and repairing cultural misattunements within the SPT concepts

CE Credit Hours: 6 CE Credit Hours, NBCC Content Area: Social and Cultural Foundations

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.

*NBCC credit may not be awarded to non-mental health professionals. 

Cost: $250 USD

*If you’re a member of the SPT Certified Membership Community, you are eligible to receive a 15% discount off the total program cost! Check the Membership home page for the discount code or email the Institute for more information, info@synergeticplaytherapy.com.

Presenters: Liliana Baylon and Mili Sarmiento Shoemaker

Liliana Baylon is the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute’s Cultural Ambassador, as well as a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist and Supervisor. Liliana is EMDR Certified, EMDRIA Consultant, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Liliana is a bilingual and bicultural therapist and owner of Healing Relationships Counseling Services, PLLC, and Liliana’s Consulting Services, PLLC, in Colorado, where she provides therapy and supervision. Liliana has a master’s degree in Counseling & Marriage, Family, & Child Therapy from the University of Phoenix.

Mili Sarmiento-Shoemaker, LPC, RPT-S, is a Certified Synergetic Play Therapy Teacher as well as the Institute’s Supervisor Trainer and a Certified Synergetic Play Therapist/Supervisor. Mili has been studying and practicing SPT since 2010 and loves witnessing the growth and transformation supervisees go through during their supervision process. Mili has been in private practice since 2013. She is an LPC, RPT-S, LSW in Argentina, EMDR trained, and is currently studying a certification program in Gestalt and Family Constellation.

Registration Deadline: May 26, 2026, at 12 PM Mountain Time (Denver)

Refund Policy: A full refund of the program fee, minus a $150 USD non-refundable administrative/processing fee, will be provided if the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute is notified within 30 days from the time of registration. No refunds will be issued after the program begins, however, participants may transfer their payment to another program offered by the Institute or to a future offering of the program. Requests for transfers must be made at least 30 days before the start of the originally registered program.

In the case of an emergency situation that prevents participation in the program, please contact the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute directly to discuss your circumstances. Emergency considerations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis at the Institute’s discretion.

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