A specialized 6 hour course crafted for play therapists seeking to enhance their skills in identifying and breaking intergenerational trauma patterns. Drawing from neuroscience and Synergetic Play Therapy principles, this course offers an exploration of how trauma is stored and repeated across generations, as well as how to use play therapy to support the healing and integration of these patterns. By the end of this eye-opening course, play therapists will be equipped with knowledge and skills to effectively identify and break intergenerational trauma patterns, empowering them to facilitate healing and transformation in their clients.

Objectives

• Examine how trauma patterns get stored and how they show up in play therapy.
• Explore the Synergetic Play Therapy concept of "The Set Up/Offering" and how to use this concept to explore intergenerational patterns.
• Define what it takes to repattern the activation of the autonomic nervous system in play therapy sessions.
• Examine the importance of working with the parents in the play therapy process when the goal is intergenerational healing.
• Identify the role "perception" plays in trauma storage and healing in the play therapy process.
• Understand the significance of the therapist becoming the child's "external regulator" for trauma integration and healing in play therapy.

Location: Manatee Lagoon, 6000 N Flagler Dr, West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Date and Time: February 18th, 2026. 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM.

Cost: $150 ($120 - Early Bird Discount Until 9/30/25)

This will be a LIVE, in-person workshop. Participants must attend the entire presentation and will be awarded LIVE CONTACT APT CE's upon successful completion of a post test. Approved by APT for 6 LIVE CONTACT APT CE Hours & Florida LMHC, LMFT & LCSW CEU's.

Discounts are also available for groups of 10+ people!



Student discounts available! Please email to welearnplay@centerforchildcounseling.org with your name, school, and request for a 30% student discount code.

Presenters: Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S 

Read Lisa's Bio Here.

Workshop Agenda

• 9:00am-10:30am Foundations of Trauma and Play Therapy
• 10:30am-10:45am Break
• 10:45am-12:00pm Core Concepts in Synergetic Play Therapy
• 12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch Break
• 1:00pm-2:30pm Regulation and Repatterning
• 2:30pm-2:45pm Break
• 2:45pm-4:30pm Engaging the Family System
• 4:30pm Goodbyes

Workshop Cancellation and Refund Policy 

• All cancellations must be made at least 10 days prior to the scheduled workshop. Registered participants who provide proper notice (10 days or more) will be credited, minus a 25% workshop fee. For registered participants who cancel less than 10 days prior to the workshops, credit towards a future workshop will be provided. This credit must be used within 1 year of the original workshop date (no cash refunds). The registered participant may invite another person to substitute their place in the workshop (in which they are registered) at any time at no charge.
• You may cancel by emailing welearnplay@centerforchildcounseling.org 
• No shows or missed workshops will not receive a refund or credit.

Center for Child Counseling is approved by the Florida Board of Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Mental Health Counselors: Provider #50-11511. 

Center for Child Counseling is an approved provider of Play Therapy Continuing Education through the Association for Play Therapy, which has developed policies, standards, and the credentialing for the practice of Play Therapy. APT Approved Provider #09-263.

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