In this 1-hour home study course, you’ll discover how to look beyond the mechanics of a game to better understand what a child may be communicating through play. You’ll learn how games can reveal a child’s emotional age, regulation patterns, relational dynamics, and ways of navigating challenge, success, frustration, and connection. Rather than focusing on the outcome of the game, you’ll explore why observing how a child engages with it provides some of the richest clinical information.
Through the lens of Synergetic Play Therapy, games become more than just activities to fill a session—they become opportunities to deepen attunement, strengthen the therapeutic relationship, and better understand the child’s nervous system and internal experience. When we shift our attention from the game itself to the process unfolding within it, even the simplest game can become a powerful window into healing.
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Program Prerequisites
Program Details
A 1-hour home study course dedicated to checkers, chess, and Milton Bradley.
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Refund Policy
Fees are non-refundable, but are transferable to other courses. You will not receive CE credit hours for this course should you choose to transfer your enrollment to another course. Please contact the Institute should you have any questions or concerns.
Scholarship Opportunities
If you are needing financial assistance or would like to make a donation to support other play therapists in being able to afford play therapy training, please visit the Synergetic Play Therapy Foundation website to learn more.
Cost
Bundle this course with any 3 1-hour courses and save. Get all the details here: Buy a Bundle of 4 and Save!
Presenter
Lisa Dion
Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, is an international teacher, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, founder and President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute.
