Lisa Dion – The Neurobiology of Play Therapy: A Synergetic Approach

Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S Related seminars and products: 1

Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S, is the founder and President of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado and the creator of “Synergetic Play Therapy”, a model of play therapy that bridges the gap between neuroscience and psychology. She is the author of Aggression in Play Therapy: A Neurobiological Approach for Integrating Intensity (forthcoming W.W. Norton). Lisa has been in private practice since 2003. Her specialties include working with adoption, trauma, anxiety, and depression. She has extensive experience in school settings, social service departments, foster care and adoption agencies, children’s hospitals and orphanages around the world. Lisa is adjunct faculty at Naropa University, her alma mater, teaching the child and adolescent courses in their Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Program.

Lisa is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapy Supervisor, Certified Gestalt Therapist, Parent Educator, Level II EMDR practitioner, and Senior Certified Facilitator of the Demartini Method™. She is the recipient of the Association for Play Therapy’s 2015 Professional Education and Training Award.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Lisa Dion maintains a private practice. She is an adjunct faculty at Naropa University. Ms. Dion receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Lisa Dion is a member of the Association of Play Therapy; and the Colorado Association of Play Therapy.