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Training & Conferences


Listed below are scheduled Trainings and Conferences.  All instructors listed are STA/ISST Teaching Members. STA encourages students of sandplay to seek training and supervision from a variety of sources. 

STA also offers an Outreach Program to help individuals who are interested in furthering their knowledge of sandplay but due to geographical location do not have access to training opportunities. Click here to find our more about the Outreach Program.

Clinical Members: Please Submit Training Events to sta@sandplay.org in the brief format below or for more information and submission form, click here.

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Conferences

Shadow & Light: Crafting the Relationship in Sandplay® and Play Therapy

Rosalind Heiko, CST-T and Karen Wheeler, CST-T announce a ground-breaking conference on Shadow & Light: Crafting the Relationship in Sandplay® and Play Therapy featuring Eliana Gil, Ph.D., May 3 & 4, 2013 in Raleigh, NC. Live-Time Consultation and Case Presentations will highlight this conference on sand and play. For more information, please view the Brochure , or go to NC Sandplay® Training (www.ncsandplay.com).

Sandplay I
Introduction & Foundations

10 Days -  $1,250
Monday - August 5 - 16, 2013
August 5 - 16, 2013 - $1,500
Northern California Wine Country

Introduction to Sandplay Therapy - 21 hours
Symbols in Sandplay - 7 hrs
Tracking the Process of Psychic Change in Sandplay - 7 hrs
Sandplay With Children & Adults - 14 hrs
In-Depth Sandplay Case Study: Application of Principles &
Theory to Participant Case Work - 21 hrs

Sandplay II
Advanced Training

10 Days - 70 Hours $1,500
Monday – Friday March 10 – 21, 2014
Northern California Wine Country
Please Note: Prerequisite for Sandplay II is Sandplay I
or the Equivalent

Jungian Personality Theory in Sandplay - 7 hrs
Understanding Sandplay Process - 21 hrs
Inter-subjective Neurology of Sandplay - 7 hrs
Developmental Considerations in Sandplay Process - 7
In-Depth Sandplay Case Study: Application of Principles &
Theory to Participant Case Work - 28 hrs

Each session is 10 days (70 hours)
Entrance by application

Presenter: Barbara Turner, PhD, CST-T, RPT-S
For more information, contact Barbara Turner at drbarb@barbaraturner.org
www.barbaraturner.org

STA National Conference May 31 – June 2, 2012 in Berkeley, California.

STA National Conference May 31 – June 2, 2012 in Berkeley, California.
Join us for a restorative, integrative, and inspirational conference exploring the many dimensions of Sandplay. Click here for more information.

Caring for the Soul presents: Sandplay in Switzerland

A Two-Week Training Intensive for Professionals
July 13-27, 2013

Join us for an opportunity to study and work in depth with Sandplay, imagery, and your own creative process. Travel to Switzerland, stay in a lovely countryside conference center surrounded by the Swiss Alps, and live for two weeks with international master teachers and a community of like-minded souls.

Held at a wonderful location in Einsiedeln, the program includes case presentations by faculty, soul painting workshops, body/soul work with dreams, movement, and creative expression, opportunities for consultation, and ritual. We will visit the sacred Black Madonna at the nearby cathedral. An optional trip into the mountains to experience the glory of the Swiss Alps is also offered.
The program offers 50 hours toward ISST/STA certification and 50 hours of approved continuing education for MFTs and Social Workers.

Faculty includes Judy Zappacosta, Martin Kalff, Sabine Kalff, Maria Kendler, and others to be announced. Program Director: Patty Flowers.

In the Footsteps of CG Jung -An Introduction to Zurich and Switzerland

This pre-conference workshop is offered July 10-13, 2013.
Please visit our website for complete details. www.caringforthesoul.org
Email: caringforthesoul@earthlink.net
Phone: 831-724-3575


The following Intensive Trainings, Workshops, Distance Learning, Internships and International Training Association educational opportunities are independently offered by individual ISST and STA Clinical Teaching Members and their affiliate groups, who are entirely responsible for their content and activities. Please note that these learning opportunities are not sponsored by the Sandplay Therapists of America organization.

Workshops

The Four Archetypal Relational Fields in Sandplay

Saturday and Sunday, April 13 & 14, 2013
San Francisco, CA
Linda Cunningham, PhD
Based on Linda Cunningham's new book, Sandplay and the Clinical Relationship

The clinical relationship in sandplay is an ever flowing interplay of the four archetypal relational fields. Understanding the nuances of each field helps the sandplay therapist to better provide a secure relational hold in the free and protected space, particularly when working with difficult clinical issues. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about their own cases. For more information, see www.relationalsandplaytherapy.com or 415-346-6363
 

Introduction to Sandplay Therapy

July 13th and 14th, 2013
12 CE (CA-BBS) and STA/ISST Credit
This is an annual event! If you’ve been curious about sandplay therapy, come and learn the basics in an intimate group near the Marina in San Francisco.

Would you like to learn how to use sandplay in your practice? Join us for a weekend training, Introduction to Sandplay, in San Francisco on July 13th and 14th, 2013. Limited to 8 participants.
Each summer, I offer this training to therapists and therapists-in-training who are interested in learning about sandplay. It is always a fun weekend, with a large experiential component–you’ll get the experience of both making and witnessing a sandtray.
By the end of this training, you will be able to:

  • Set up your own sandplay collection
  • Begin using sandplay in your practice
  • Understand the importance of symbols
  • Understand some basic concepts in Jungian sandplay theory
  • Explain clinical process in sandplay

For more information, see relationalsandplaytherapy.com  or email linda@drlindacunningham.com. To hold your place, send a deposit of $100 to Linda Cunningham, 2964 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. Deposit is refundable until June 25, 2013.

Linda Cunningham, Ph.D., MFT, CST-T is the author of a new book, Sandplay and The Clinical Relationship (2013) as well as Relational Sandplay Therapy (2005) and many articles in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She has taught sandplay as well as contemporary relational theories for many years in both graduate and postgraduate settings. She is adjunct faculty in the Sonoma State University M.A. Depth Psychology Program and at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has private practices in San Francisco and Corte Madera, California.

Sandplay Ohio

Treating Trauma and Abuse Through Sandplay Therapy:
An Introduction to Sandplay

When: various dates beginning Sept. 2012 see website for each location

5 CEU’s for Social Workers and Counselors
Where: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Coshoctan, Dayton, Toledo, OH

Contact me: if you would like the program in your area

Cost: $49-$75

Instructor: Barbara Brugler, LISW, BCD

Contact me: at sandplayohio@gmail.com

Go to: sandplayohio.com for brochures and registration materials

If you treat trauma and abuse, especially childhood trauma, this is an important workshop to attend. You will see case examples demonstrating the power of sandplay to heal without re-traumatizing the client. Barbara has over 30 years experience treating trauma.

Not only is she a Clinical Teaching Member of STA and ISST but she is also trained in EMDR and Sensory Motor Psychotherapy. She has presented in Savannah, Chicago, and Montreal as well as various topics in Columbus. Her article "Frozen In Time" on trauma and sandplay was published in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy.

Training Opportunities in Ohio

Various programs will be offered around the state including those listed below. To see specific locations and dates visit sandplayohio.com. Supervision is also available upon request. Contact Barbara to arrange training in your area at sandplayohio@gmail.com.

CEU's are provided for social workers and counselors approved by the Ohio Social Worker, Counselor, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board #RCS051205. See each program on the website for the number of CEU hours offered.

Current Program offerings:

Introductory level programs:

  • "Treating Trauma and Abuse Through Sand play"
  • "Sandplay Therapy: Getting Started"
  • "Introduction of Jungian Theory"
  • "What you need to know when you add a new figure to your collection: beginning symbol research"
  • "Understanding the first two sandpictures"

Developmental programs:

  • "Through the Eyes of Sand: The Uroborus level of development"
  • "Creation! Separation and coming to consciousness"
  • "Understanding basics of "Patriarchal and Matriarchal" theory to aide in understanding developmental levels"

Other:

  • "Ethics in Sandplay Therapy," meets the criteria for ethics credit for the state of Ohio

Dates and locations will be listed on the website for each topic. Current locations include Cambridge, Cleveland, Columbus, Springfield, and Toledo; further locations to be determined. Cost varies by program and location.

Presenter Barbara Brugler, LlSW, BCD is a clinical social worker in private practice for over 35 years in Columbus, OH and is a Board Certified Diplomate, the highest credential in social work. She is a clinical teaching member of Sand play Therapists of America and the International Society of Sandplay Therapy. Presentations include various topics in Savannah, Chicago and Montreal as well as many locations across the state of Ohio. Her article "Frozen
in Time: Ice and Snow in Sand play" was published in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy.

Workshop in Dallas April 27, 2013

Texas Sandplay Society sponsors workshop in Dallas, Texas
Jung’s Concept of Self and How it Appears in Sandplay
Presented by Lauren Cunningham

Saturday, April 27, 2013
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

At: St. Thomas Episcopal Church
6525 Inwood at Mockingbird
Dallas, Texas

In this day long workshop we'll explore Jung's concept of the Self along with Fordham's idea of a primal Self that deintegrates and integrates from birth and promotes ego development. Images from sandplay will be used as examples of manifestations of this central archetype in Jung's psychology. A symbol of the Self that’s close to its numinous center and encompasses a spirit of wholeness of the psyche may be recognized by intense emotion or a stillness in the psyche-somas of the therapist and client. The intensity or stillness itself is a hallmark of the closeness to the vitality of the archetypal center of the psyche grounded in the body. This can be filled with terror and darkness as in Job’s shattering experience of god, or with awe or love and union of the opposites in an experience of wholeness. Symbols in sandplay can also be disordered and chaotic, experienced more as an underlying force or energy that comes through and animates the images that appear.
Jung wrote in Psychology of the Child Archetype:
“The symbols of the self arise in the depths of the body, and they express its materiality every bit as much as the perceiving consciousness. The symbol is thus a living body.”
("The Psychology of the Child Archetype" in CW 9/1, par 291).
Vignettes of children and adults will illustrate how the Self is present as an underlying force and influence in the unconscious that helps move or shape what’s created in the sand.

Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, Analyst Member of the Jung Institute of San Francisco, is a founding member of Sandplay Therapists of America. Her analytic practice with children and adults is in San Francisco. She is the founding and past editor of Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She teaches sandplay nationally and internationally and is an associate professor at California Institute of Integral Studies.

Contact Jacquelyn Kelley, CST-T at jkelley200@aol.com, or 469-667-9413, for additional information.

Texas Sandplay Society

September 29, 2012, in Austin, Texas

A Day with Rosalind L. Heiko. PhD, ISST, CST-T, NCSP, Dr.Heiko has worked in private practice with children, families and adults since 1983. She is a teaching member of the International Society of Sandplay Therapists and of the Sandplay Therapists of America, and has presented nationally and internationally in Sandplay. She currently serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees for STA. Dr. Heiko has been published in the Jounral of Sandplay Therapy and in Eliana Gil’s 2010 edited book.

Morning Session: “Here be Dragons!” An introduction to Understanding Differing Approaches to Mapping the Sandplay Journey

Ancient maps delineated the outlines of the known world, heralding the unexplored by the words: “Here be Dragons!” We begin by exploring the various approaches to understanding and mapping the Sandplay Journey through the lens of Joseph Campbell’s mythic Hero’s Journey, Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey and Heiko’s Sandplay Journey Map, based upon Campbell, Sandplay Teacher Betty Jackson, and the Clifts’ Hero’s Journey in Dreams.

Sandplay therapists in training have always been vitally concerned with where their clients’ work was progressing in this cycle. The Sandplay Journey Map continues to refine this journey model by explaining these stages in a way that is simple and elegant. This practical method of scrutinizing the client’s work in the sand deeply enriches and illuminates our perspective on our clients’ struggles.

This presentation will cover the various ways to approach understanding the stages of the Sandplay Journey through case presentation, discussion and shared experiences. As the saying goes, “Anyone can plant a seed, but only a farmer can make it grow.” This workshop will help therapists cultivate their understanding of this complex process of Sandplay practice.

Afternoon Session: The Burning Bowl: Using Fire Directly and Symbolically in Play Therapy and Sandplay

The workshop illuminates responsible use of fire and symbolic representation of the element in play therapy and sandplay through video, case presentation, discussion and an experiential format. Specific use of the Burning Bowl will be highlighted.

Please contact Jacquelyn Kelley, MSW, CST-T, at jkelley200@aol.com or 469-667-9413 for details and to register

Location
First Presbyterian Church - Austin
8001 Mesa Dr.
Austin, Texas 78759

Joe Meyer and Jacquelyn Kelley, CST-Teaching Members, will present a two day introductory seminar on Sandplay Therapy in San Antonio, Texas, on November 8 & 9, 2012. Please contact Jacquelyn at jkelley200@aol.com or 469-667-9413 for additional information.

Sandplay Therapy Institute (Tampa, Florida )

September 7,8 & 9, 2012
The Sandplay Therapists of America is pleased to announce the opening of the Sandplay Therapy Institute in the Spring of 2010. This is the first time a permanent Institute for the study of sandplay will exist in the United States. The purpose of this Institute is to promote the study of sandplay as taught by Dora Kalff. The goal is to provide a learning environment for in-depth study of sandplay, and an exploration into the intricate workings of the human psyche, with affordability as a key priority.

The core sandplay curriculum will be augmented with coursework in Jungian psychology, mythology, dreamwork, spiritual traditions and symbolic process, and will be integrated with clinical and therapeutic case material of children and adults. Each seminar will be taught by a team of Certified Sandplay Therapists and researchers.

The coursework will be completed over a two year period with four intensive weekends per year (two each fall and two each spring). This training program meets all the coursework requirements for ISST/STA membership.

Where: The first two-year program will be centrally located in Tampa, Florida

For more information, click here.

Woodinville, Washington (near Seattle)

EXPLORATIONS IN SANDPLAY ANALYSIS
By Geri Grubbs, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 - 9:00-4:00
Early registration: $125 $100 students/interns
For details, see: http://www.eastsidejung.com/
 

Online Courses in Sandplay Foundations and Theory

CE & Training Hours
For more information: www.temenospress.com/learning

Professional Program in Sandplay Therapy Studies (San Diego, CA)

Offered through the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Post-masters training for licensed and licensure track mental
health professionals.
16 one-day (7 hour)/month seminars
CE credit available
Program Coordinator: Gita Morena, PhD, CST-T
For more information and brochure, contact Kristy Higdon
atkhigdon@ucsd.edu or (858) 964-1070

The Elements, the Archetypes and the Self (San Francisco/Bay Area, CA)

The Elements, the Archetypes and the Self (San Francisco/Bay Area, CA) Fall 2011, Winter 2012 and Spring 2012 – 3 weekend retreats TBA, Friday - Sunday

The four elements in nature move in a circular process that we experience in the seasons and phases of the moon. In sandplay archetypal images that reflect the unfolding Self in the individuation process also circle around as we move through the ages and stages of life. Ancient practices, from both East and West, work to bring the four elements into a balance and flow, promoting the healing of the body, mind and spirit. Sandplay, like Navaho sand painting, provides us with such a practice.

Through experiential work, theoretical and sandplay case material we will learn how the elements manifest and transform as the psyche works to create balance and flow. This process of alchemical transformation of the elements forms one of core aspects of sandplay, connecting our present work to ancient healing practices as well as to the practice of alchemy in the 21st century.

This course is intended for therapists who are currently using sandplay in their psychotherapeutic practice, who have had introductory level courses in sandplay, and have experienced a personal sandplay process. The purpose of this course is to deepen clinicians’ psychotherapeutic work by understanding and experiencing how the elements, the archetypes and the Self guide transformation of the psyche in sandplay.

Tuition for three weekends is $350 per weekend plus residential fees TBA. CEU’s available for MFC, LCSW. Psychologists pending. (30 hours for year’s seminar)

Presented by Jungian Analysts and ISST/STA Teaching Members Maria Ellen Chiaia, PhD, JA and Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, JA
For information: contact Maria Ellen Chiaia, PhD, JA at mchiaia@sbcglobal.net or (510) 654-3281 or Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, JA at Lauren_c@pacbell.net or (415) 585-4551

Symbolic Process in Sandplay Therapy (Bayside, CA)
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 9:30-4:30

This six-hour Fundamentals of Sandplay course will focus on symbolic process and its relevance to Sandplay Therapy. We’ll explore a cluster of symbols relating to centering and circulating. Such symbols are commonly seen in sandplay representing psychological change. Images of circles, spheres, spirals, mandalas will be illustrated through Sandplay of both adults and children. Theoretical material will be presented on the difference between symbol and sign, visual vs. material (body) symbol, and the manner of interpretation of symbols. There will also be several experiential opportunities to amplify your understanding of the use of symbols.

LOCATION: Humboldt Area Foundation, Bayside, CA
-Jill Kaplan, MFT, CST-T (link to Jill's bio)
-Ellen Searle LeBel, MFT, SP
For more information and registration go to www.norcalsandplay.org and click on "2012 trainings".

Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Seminar

Donna Johnson, LCSW, ATR-BC, CST-T
The Link Counseling Center
348 Mt. Vernon Hwy. NE
Sandy Spring, GA 30328
4th Friday of January - May 2013
1-5 pm
$375
404/256-9797
dj4art@earthlink.net

Advanced Sandplay Therapy Seminar

Donna Johnson, LCSW, ATR-BC, CST-T
Second Friday: September, October, November, 2012, and January, February and March, 2013
1pm - 4:30 pm
$375
limited to 12
Topics and case presentation:
Masculine sandplay process vs. Feminine
Adult sandplay process
Children in sandplay
Alchemical themes and archetypal symbolism
Combining sandplay with other treatment modalities
Symbol Papers
Must have completed 18 hr. intro class with STA teaching member
The Link Counseling Center
348 Mt. Vernon Hwy. NE
Sandy Springs, GA 30328
404/256-979 or dj4art@earthlink.net
http://www.sandplay-alchemy.com/

Illinois Sandplay Therapists Association

March 16, 2013
Joe Meyer, LCSW, CST-T will provide 1.5 hours of training on “Signs of Wounding and Healing in the Sand”. He will also lead supervision and discussion of sandplay cases. The group will spend time developing their understanding of the process of sandplay and assist each presenter in exploring the issues presented by the client in the sand. Symbolism of the miniatures will also be explored.

Where: Edgebrook Court, 1639 N. Alpine Rd., Suite #260, Rockford, IL 61107, Ph: (815) 222-9485
When: Sat. March 16, 2012, 9:00 – 1:00pm
Cost: $40.00 ILSTA Members, $60.00 Non-Members, Half-day Workshop, $80.00. Individual Process, Individual Consultation, Individual process or consultation will be available. If you have any questions you can contact Joe at: joemeyer@amerytel.net Printable Flyer

Sandplay and Play Therapy
2012 Training Program

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

April 21 Fundamentals of Sandplay Therapy
June 16 History and Theories of Sandplay Therapy
August 4 Stages and Themes in Sandplay Therapy
October 20 Archetypal Journey in Sandplay Therapy

The Sandplay Therapy and Play Therapy Training Program
will offer six workshops (6 Ceus) through out the year on
a Saturday morning. During the afternoon participants will have
an opportunity to do a Sandplay Individual Process or
Consultation.

Mariellen Griffith
mgriffithg@aol.com


Consultation Groups

Atlanta, GA

First and third Fridays
Sandy Springs, GA
Donna Johnson, LCSW, ATR-BC
Atlanta, GA
Phone: (404) 256-9797
Email: dj4art@earthlink.net

Berkeley & San Rafael, California

Maria Ellen Chiaia, PhD, JA
Co-author of Sandplay in Three Voices: Images, Relationship, the Numinous
Individual and group consultation
San Rafael Consult Group (Mondays 1x per month; 11-1 pm)
Berkeley Consult Group (times and dates negotiable)
Starting in September 2009 –Training in Sandplay and Analytical Oriented Psychotherapy (click here for more information)
Email: mchiaia@sbcgloabal.net

Santa Rosa, California

Elizabeth Margoliash, MA
Available for individual consultation or personal sandplay process.
Office Phone (707) 542-4549

Bloomington, IL

Training and Consultation Group and Individual consultation and sandplay therapy available.
sessions will be scheduled during the afternoon
following the training.
Mariellen Griffith, Ed.D, LMFT
Certified Sandplay Therapist – Teacher
Phone: (309) 378-3020
Email: mgriffithg@aol.com 

Boulder, Colorado

Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
3rd Fridays, 10am-noon
Monthly meetings of 2nd group to be arranged
1800 30th St. (Crossroads Gardens)
303-832-9767
sandford@ecentral.com

Denver, Colorado
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Monthly meetings to be arranged
832 Emerson St.
303-832-9767
sandford@ecentral.com

Folsom and Roseville, California

Kathleen Beavers, LCSW, ISST/STA Teaching Member
New group forming in Folsom
Individual consultation in Folsom/Roseville
Phone: (916) 984-8769

Menlo Park or San Jose, California

Individual Consultation
Sandplay and Jungian Analytic Therapy
STA Teaching Member: Jill Kaplan, LMFT
Contact: by phone at (650) 364-4670 or or email jillkk@att.net

Consultation Groups Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Monthly Training and Consultation Group (all levels)
CEUS Available
Pacific Palisades, CA
Marion Anderson, JA, ISST/STA Teaching Member
Debbie Mego, Ph.D., LCSW, ISST/STA Teaching Member
Phone: (310-459-0400)
Email: Debbiemego@aol.com

Los Angeles, CA and Portland, OR and International

Monthly Consultation Group (Silver Lake, Los Angeles)
Tuesday 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Individual case consultation and consultation for Sandplay research are available by appointment

Locations: Silver Lake office in Los Angeles, Portland, OR
Distant (international) case consultation available by appointment

CEU for MFTs and LCSWs provided
Sachiko Taki Reece
Phone: (323) 661-5297 and (323) 351-5163 (cell)
Email: takisan2@mac.com 

Sandplay Community of the Greater Los Angeles Area (SPCLA)

Regions Served: Greater Los Angeles Area
Meeting Location: CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles
10349 Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90064
About the SPCLA:

We are a group of therapists who use sandplay in our clinical practices. Our lively group discussions comprise a variety of topics related to sandplay. In our meetings certified teaching members provide group supervision. Credits towards ISST/STA membership available. We meet approximately four times a year and there is no charge.

Email: sandplaycommunityla@gmail.com

New York City and Northern Pennsylvania

Darcey J. Ortolf, Ph.D., Clinical and Teaching Member
Mondays and Fridays
Phone: (212) 249-0980
Fax: (570) 588-4443
Email: dortolf@ptd.net

Individual and Group Consultation
Fridays
STA Teaching Member: Kate Adams, MA, LMHC
Contact: 215-348-8454
kateadamslpc@verizon.net

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Area
Individual and Group Consultation
STA Teaching Member: Kate Adams, MA, LPC
Contact: 215-348-8454
kateadamslpc@verizon.net

Portland, OR

New group forming
Bonnie McLean, LCSW, JA
Phone: (503) 221-7220

San Diego, CA

Individual, Group and Skype Consultation
Gita Morena, PhD, LMFT
Phone: (619) 328-9020
Email: gitam@cox.net 
Website: www.gitamorena.com 

San Francisco, CA

One Friday a month, 10:00 – 12:30 am, September - June
Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, JA
Also starting in September 2009 – Training in Sandplay and Analytical Oriented Psychotherapy (click here for more information)
Email: lauren_c@pacbell.net 
Phone: (415) 585-4551

San Francisco & Petaluma, California

Every 2 weeks for 1 ½ hours
CEUs available for MFTs and LCSWs
Beginning January 2006
Petaluma: Thursday or Friday Morning
San Francisco: Thursday Afternoon
$50 per meeting
Liza J. Ravitz, PhD, JA, Teaching Member, Jungian Analyst
Phone: (415) 931-6135 or (707)762-7827
Email: lizajill@comcast.net

San Francisco Bay Area & San Jose South Bay, California

Group Consultation
Meeting Dates: First Saturday of each month
LaVon Bobo, MFT, CST-T
Email: lavonbobo@comcast.net
Phone: (408) 735-9247 or (650) 200-7771

San Jose, California

Group Consultation
Sandplay and Jungian Analytic Therapy
Information: Friday, once a month 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
STA Teaching Member: Jill Kaplan, LMFT and Olivia Heathcote, EdD, LMFT
Contact: by phone at (650) 364-4670 or or email jillkk@att.net

San Rafael, California

Monthly Consult Group
Integrative Sandplay – includes attachment,
interpersonal, and symbolic theories and readings
Friday 10:00 am to 12 noon
Group Forming (week to be decided by group)
Tessamarie Capitolo, MFT (Analytic psychotherapist.
National and international presenter, published several
articles in Journal of Sandplay Therapy.)
Phone: (415) 456-4448
Email: tcapitolo@sbcglobal.net 

Tampa, FL

Monthly Training and Consultation Group
September through May 2009
Patricia Dunn-Fierstein, LCSW
Certified Sandplay Therapist – Teacher
Phone: (813) 253-3797
Email: patricia.df@verizon.net 
Website: www.sandsearch.org 


Distance Learning

Online Courses with Barbara A. Turner, PhD, MFT, CST-T, RPT-S

Extensive curriculum in the Foundations and Theory of sandplay therapy.

Foundational and Introductory Courses

  • The History and Development of Sandplay Therapy (Parts 1 & 2)
  • Introduction to Sandplay Therapy: Overview of Process and Procedures (Parts 1 & 2)

Intermediate Courses

  • Learn Jungian Personality Therapy and Apply Directly to Actual Sandplay Case Material
    (Dr. Turner personally reviews and comments on your work)
  • Jungian Theory in Sandplay Therapy (Part 1): The Unconscious, Consciousness, and the Ego-Self Relationship
  • Jungian Theory in Sandplay Therapy (Part 2): The Four Functions, Persona, Shadow, and Archetypes
  • Jungian Theory in Sandplay Therapy (Part 3): Individuation, Differentiation, Compensation, and Adaptation
  • Jungian Theory in Sandplay Therapy (Part 4): Symbol Formation and the Transcendent Function

Online Case Consultation
Continuing Education Credits
For more information and course detail, contact publisher@temenospress.com or visit the website at www.temenospress.com/learning

Kate Amatruda, Clinical Teaching Member

  • Psyche & Soma
    Sandplay Therapy and the Body
  • Sandplay Therapy & The Liminal World Video
    The Threshold between Body and Psyche
  • Sandplay: The Sacred Healing
    A Guide to Symbolic Process
  • Trauma, Terror and Treatment
    PTSD in children and adults
  • The Witch and the Queen
    Psychotherapy with Women at Midlife and Beyond

Information:  Kate Amatruda (888) 777-3773   www.psychceu.com


Internships

California

  • San Rafael
    Child Therapy Institute of Marin
    Two-year internship in Sandplay.
    Information: Brian Lukas, Ph.D. or Linda Bath, MFCC at (415) 456-7724

Hawaii

  • Honolulu
    The Sandplay Therapy & Training Institute, Inc.
    Information: Luana Rowland, (808) 957-0038

International Training Associations

British and Irish Sandplay Society (BISS)

  • BISS
    PO Box 382240
    London, NW3 2WQ  ENGLAND
    Information: bisst@btopenworld.com  Tel: 01342-837232 (message service)

Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy CAST

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sandspieltherapie

Israel Sandplay Therapist Association

Italian Association for Sandplay Therapy

  • Dr. A. Navone
    Via E. Q. Visconti 103
    00193 Roma, Italy
    Information: Telephone (039-661) 697 227 (home) or 687 640 (office)

Taiwan Sandplay Association

   

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