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Mindfulness in Play Therapy

with Lisa Dion, RPT-S

Help Children & Reduce Burnout Today!

This course helps play therapists use mindfulness to:

  • Connect Mindfulness & Trauma Integration

  • Reduce Compassion Fatigue

  • Help Children Cultivate Mindfulness

  • Understand the Neuroscience Behind Cultivating Mindfulness

What's included?

  • 2 CE Hours & Certificate (with survey & passing quiz grade)

  • High Quality, Interactive Video & Clear Audio

  • Closed Captioning on ALL Videos

  • No Expiration Date (you'll have 24-hour, 365-Days access to the content). Rewatch them anytime!

  • Learn at your own pace. The videos will be here for you.

Will this suit me?

  • Beginner play therapists wanting to know how mindfulness works in the play therapy process.

  • Intermediate play therapists looking to sharpen their mindfulness ninja skills.

  • Advanced play therapists looking to expand their play therapy toolbox through a unique mindfulness approach.

Testimonials from Play Therapists

Dr. Alana Roth, Psy.D.

A Refreshing Take On Mindfulness

Dr. Alana Roth, Psy.D.

Although I have been utilizing mindfulness for years in the therapy room, this training opened my eyes to the opportunities and benefits that I was overlooking. I am able to more intentionally track the content AND processes occurring in session, leading to more richness and depth in the work.

  • Absolutely excellent!

    Katie Bauer

    Absolutely LOVED this training. Lisa explores mindfulness from a neuroscience perspective, building the groundwork necessary to understand what mindfulness r...

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    Absolutely LOVED this training. Lisa explores mindfulness from a neuroscience perspective, building the groundwork necessary to understand what mindfulness really IS, before offering clinicians some practical ways to incorporate mindfulness in play therapy sessions, whether non-directive or directive in nature! Just what I needed at this point in my career/exploration of mindfulness.

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  • Very Helpful

    Alana Perry

    This course helped me deepen into understanding of how mindfulness present in the playroom and also how I can cultivate it and utilize it more. It also affir...

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    This course helped me deepen into understanding of how mindfulness present in the playroom and also how I can cultivate it and utilize it more. It also affirmed the work I am already doing and showed that I am utilizing lots of this stuff already.

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  • Brilliant!

    Marina Keukens Terrell

    I like how play therapy, mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, and the science of affect regulation/attachment etc has been brought to life in how to use ...

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    I like how play therapy, mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, and the science of affect regulation/attachment etc has been brought to life in how to use this in real practical situations with the child in the playroom.

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  • Fantastic course

    Michele Cronin

    The course was presented well, the instructor was knowledgeable and I appreciated the neurobiology and the direct activities presented.

    The course was presented well, the instructor was knowledgeable and I appreciated the neurobiology and the direct activities presented.

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  • My Favorite Mindfulness Course!

    Susan Stutzman

    There's a lot of mindfulness resources out there and this one is my favorite. Another fantastic training! I learned so much and it's worth re-watching for l...

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    There's a lot of mindfulness resources out there and this one is my favorite. Another fantastic training! I learned so much and it's worth re-watching for learning again and again.

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  • Awesome class.

    janet veith

    I love the Kleenex activity. This class gave me a new perspective on my yoga teaching as well!

    I love the Kleenex activity. This class gave me a new perspective on my yoga teaching as well!

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Learn mindfulness for yourself so you can help your child clients.

Enroll Now $89.97

2 NON-CONTACT CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

Meets 1 Hour of Seminal Theories, 1 Hour of Skills & Methods

APT APPROVED PROVIDER #18-533

Course Objectives 

Objective 1 - Participants will gain a basic understanding of the neuroscience behind mindfulness and the importance of cultivating mindfulness in a play therapy process.

Objective 2 -  Learn 3 ideas to help children cultivate mindfulness during their play therapy sessions.

Objective 3 -  Learn 3 ideas to help play therapist’s cultivate mindfulness within themselves in the play therapy session.

Objective 4 - Understand the connection between mindfulness and trauma integration in the play therapy process.


Course Description: 

Neuroscience is revealing that mindfulness is a key component for integration, so what is it, what is it not and how to incorporate it into the playroom are important questions to consider as a play therapist.  If you are curious about understanding mindfulness and developing a more mindful approach to your work,  join Lisa Dion in an interactive workshop on becoming a mindful play therapist.  

In this course, you will explore some of the neuroscience behind mindfulness as you learn how to cultivate it within yourself and within your child clients. You will also learn the importance of bringing mindfulness into the playroom as a way to avoid compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout.  This course is applicable to all play therapy theories.

Register today for MIndfulness in Play Therapy!  

Play Therapy Toolbox. is an Approved Provider with the Association for Play Therapy. (APT Approved Provider #18-533).  

Play therapy credit available to mental health professionals only as listed in each course description.  Courses that do not qualify for play therapy credit are clearly listed.

"Mindfulness Is Not All About You..."

Anna Thomas | Wheaton, IL

Anna Thomas | Wheaton, IL

I came away from the training with a greater awareness for myself and how to be playfully mindful with my child clients. As I become mindful, I am able to help my clients become mindful of themselves.

  • Fantastic course

    Michele Cronin

    The course was presented well, the instructor was knowledgeable and I appreciated the neurobiology and the direct activities presented.

    The course was presented well, the instructor was knowledgeable and I appreciated the neurobiology and the direct activities presented.

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  • Practical and inspiring course

    Deborah Wagler

    In this course Lisa encourages therapists to remember that mindfulness is about being aware of all feelings and sensations, not just positive ones. She demon...

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    In this course Lisa encourages therapists to remember that mindfulness is about being aware of all feelings and sensations, not just positive ones. She demonstrates how to be with clients and draw their attention to their felt experience. She explains the neuroscience of mindfulness, which is a necessary part of integrating trauma. I finished the course with some great ideas of how to facilitate sessions more effectively.

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  • My Favorite Mindfulness Course!

    Susan Stutzman

    There's a lot of mindfulness resources out there and this one is my favorite. Another fantastic training! I learned so much and it's worth re-watching for l...

    Read More

    There's a lot of mindfulness resources out there and this one is my favorite. Another fantastic training! I learned so much and it's worth re-watching for learning again and again.

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About Lisa Dion

  • Lisa Dion

    Instructor

    Lisa Dion

    Lisa Dion, LPC, RPT-S is an international teacher, supervisor, and author. She is the founder and President of the Play Therapy Institute of Colorado, creator of Synergetic Play Therapy, Adjunct Faculty at Naropa University and host of the Lessons from the Playroom podcast and webinar series. She trains and supervises play therapists worldwide in play therapy and business creation.