The Higher Practice Podcast for Optimal Mental Health

The Neurobiology of Play Therapy: A Synergetic Approach - HPP 02


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Lisa Dion, founder of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado and Synergetic Play Therapy talks to us about authenticity and expression as play therapy clinicians and why your own “window of tolerance” matters more than your think. And we’re not just talking about Play Therapy here...this information applies to parents every where who are trying to learn the most effective ways to help their children grow in a healthy manner.

In an optimal environment, most children will experience a healthy developmental process and not exhibit signs of overwhelming distress and emotional imbalances. Unfortunately, parenting is not common sense as many people expect. In a world filled with many distractions, it’s quite easy to mis-attune to our children and have significant issues surface that need attention.

In this episode you’ll learn:

  • How to use the signals in your own body to have an information exchange with the child
  • The impact on the nervous system of Play Therapy versus talk therapy
  • A brief history of Play Therapy
  • Synergetic Play Therapy, addressing the lower brain stem and why it's so healing for children
  • Why Synergetic Play Therapists see so much transformation in their own lives
  • A young child's brain can't tell the difference in play between real and imagined and why that matters
  • When instruction is useful and how it can undermine teaching internal regulation to the child
  • An amazing case example of overcoming aspects of autism through Synergetic Play Therapy

Visit www.higherpractice.com/podcast to get the show notes for this episode and to learn more about Lisa’s full course in the Higher Practice Institute.

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