Repatterning States of Activation in Play Therapy

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Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S™ Related seminars and products

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Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S™, is an international teacher, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, founder and President of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, co-founder of the Synergetic Education Institute, creator of the Business of Therapy and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast. She is the author of Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity and is the 2015 recipient of the Association for Play Therapy’s Professional Education and Training Award of Excellence.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lisa Dion maintains a private practice and is the founder and president of Synergetic Play Therapy Institute and co-founder of Synergetic Education Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Lisa Dion is the creator and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lisa Dion is a member of the Association of Play Therapy.

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Objectives

1. Examine what it means to become a child's external regulator for trauma integration in play therapy.
2. Explore how patterns of activation are stored as somatic templates in the body in play therapy.   
3. Analyze the significance of the play therapist understanding their own patterns of activation and the impact this has on the client.

Outline

Patterns of Activation in Trauma 

Understanding states of activation  

Exploring through play therapy how patterns are stored as somatic templates 

Becoming an External Regulator for Trauma Integration: 

Therapists understanding their own patterns of activation 

Importance of mindful dual awareness in play therapy

Re-patterning States of Activation 

Client borrows therapists' regulatory capacity 

Co-regulating through patterns in play therapy

Significance of titrating towards intensity 

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Marriage and family therapists
• Nurses
• Physicians 
• Play therapists 
• Psychologists
• Social workers