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Training & Conferences

Listed below are scheduled Trainings and Conferences.  All instructors listed below 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 (pdf).

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Trainings


Conferences

STA National Conference
Sand, Sea and Sky in Savannah:
Innovation and New Dimensions in Sandplay

May 18 – 21, 2008
Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa
Savannah, Georgia

3rd Annual Fresno Regional Sandplay Conference
The Tiger, the Bear, the Lion and Unicorn:
The Meaning and Work of Animals in Sandplay

March 8, 2008 (Fresno, California)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
4824 East Butler Avenue
Fresno, CA
Fee: $110 before 02/08/08; $125 thereafter; $80 students
6 hours CEU provided for Board of Behavioral Science for MFT/LCSW
Submitted for approval to MCEP for Psychologists

Presenters: Janet Tatum, LCSW, Kathleen Beavers, LCSW with
Audrey Punnett, PhD (STA Teaching Members)

To register or for more information click here. (pdf)

New for 2008
Caring for the Soul Conferences presents
Sandplay in Switzerland– A Two-Week Training Intensive for
Professionals

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 overlooking the Lake of Zurich, and live for two weeks with international master teachers and a community of like-minded souls. The program includes presentations by faculty, soul painting workshops, 3 private Sandplay sessions, the opportunity to present your own work, ritual in the center’s labyrinth, and several excursions into the magical Swiss environment.

July 12 – 26, 2008
Near Zurich, Switzerland at the Boldern Center
Faculty: Martin Kalff, Sabine Hayoz-Kalff, Judy Zappacosta,
Catherine de Dardel, and Adriana Mazzarella
Program Coordinator: Patty Flowers
Credit: 45 CEUs for MFTs and Social Workers and 45 hours toward
ISST/STA certification.
Fee: $4,950 includes all program costs, lodging in a shared room for 14 nights, and most meals. Four different types of rooms, including singles, are offered for different costs; please inquire. Travel to Europe is not included.

Enrollment is limited to 22, and is by application only.

Pre-Conference Workshop:
Interior Rhythms with Judy Zappacost
An opportunity to awaken and acclimate to the inner and outer landscapes of the psyche exploring dreams, movement, ritual, and voice work.

July 10 – 12, 2008
Fee
: $380 - $490 depending on choice of room, includes workshop plus lodging and meals for 2 nights. Enrollment is limited to participants in Sandplay in Switzerland.

For more information, please contact:
Patty Flowers
Caring for the Soul Conferences
Email: caringforthesoul@earthlink.net 
Phone: (831) 761-8499
Address: 492 Corralitos Road, Corralitos, CA 95076


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

Jungian Theory of the Personality through the Lens of Sandplay:
A 3-Part Series

February 16th, March 15th, April 19th (Christiana, Pennsylvania)
The following may be taken as a complete series or individually.

Instructor: Betty Jackson, LCSW
Cost: $150 per class
For more information email BettyCJackson@mac.com

Part 1: Persona, Ego, Shadow
February 16, 2008
9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Part 2: Anima and Animus
March 15, 2008
9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Part 3: The Self
April 19, 2008
9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Fundamentals of Sandplay Therapy

April 11 – 13, 2008 (San Francisco/Bay Area, California)
This course will provide a foundation in the theory and practice of Sandplay therapy as developed by the Swiss Jungian analyst, Dora Kalff. Using lecture, video and slides, topics to be discussed include the basis theoretical concepts of sandplay, the significance of the initial tray, tracking the sandplay process in the sand, the essentials for setting up a sandplay practice, using sandplay in different therapeutic settings and the difference between sandplay and other forms of therapy that use sand. Complete case presentation of a child and an adult will be shown.

Friday 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm; Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm;

John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill Campus
20 credit hours available

Instructor: Lois Gradwell, MFT
For further information contact JFK University at www.jfku.edu/ce or call 800-557-1384

The Sandplay Process: Tray Types and Features in Three Stages

April 19, 2008 (Denver, Colorado)
This practicum explores characteristics and stages of the sandplay process in child and adult cases. We address the significance of the initial tray and subsequent tray types, as well as the typical elements, patterns of movement and their unique expressions in three general stages of the sandplay process.

832 Emerson Street
Denver, CO

6 credit hours STA, APT (Provider #99-049)
Presenters: Nancy Burnett, Ph.D, CST-T and Christine Ford, CST-T, LPC

For more information call (303) 832-9767 or email sandford@ecentral.com

Silent Meditative Retreat with Sandplay and Energy Healing

April 25 - 26, 2008 (Bloomington, Illinois)
Friday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm; Saturday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Bloomington, IL
Presenter: Mariellen Griffith
For more information email mgriffithg@aol.com

Fundamentals of Sandplay Therapy

April 25 – 27, 2008 (San Francisco/Bay Area, California)
This course will provide a foundation in the theory and practice of Sandplay therapy as developed by the Swiss Jungian analyst, Dora Kalff. Using lecture, video and slides, topics to be discussed include the basis theoretical concepts of sandplay, the significance of the initial tray, tracking the sandplay process in the sand, the essentials for setting up a sandplay practice, using sandplay in different therapeutic settings and the difference between sandplay and other forms of therapy that use sand. Complete case presentation of a child and an adult will be shown.

Friday 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm; Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm;

John F. Kennedy University, Campbell Campus
20 credit hours available

Instructor: Lucia Chambers, MFT
For further information contact JFK University at www.jfku.edu/ce or call 800-557-1384

Healing Trauma with Sandplay and Pre-Sandplay Therapy

May 3, 2008 (Denver, Colorado)
This practicum shows how in cases of early trauma, sandplay may be augmented with sensory-motor and tactile experiences. This work, called ‘pre-sandplay therapy,’ can help integrate memory, imagination and body experiences that trauma has shattered. We explore case material and hands-on clinical techniques. Participants gain experience in recognizing the need for pre-sandplay trauma therapy; meeting clients’ needs for sensory experiences; and interpreting pre-sandplay activities and images on a symbolic, healing level.

3441 Tennyson Street
Denver, CO

6 credit hours STA, APT (Provider #99-049)
Presenters: Grace Foster Pollard, MA, CST-T, D.Min Candidate and Laurel Howe, MA, STA Associate, Analytic Diploma Candidate

For more information call (303) 332-8828 or email laurelhowe@msn.com

Training in Sandplay Therapy with Children (Kailua, Hawaii)

Part 1: May 23 to July 18, 2008
Part 2: September 19 to October 31, 2008
Part 3: January 2009, dates to be announced

Friday 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

315 Uluniu Street, #207
Kailua, HI

Instructor: Carla Sharp, APRN, RPT-S, CST-T
For more information: carlasharp@hawaii.rr.com

Writer’s Retreat and Case Consultation

October 19 – 22, 2008 (Pacific Grove/Bay Area, California)
Write or complete your symbol papers, case study and/or receive case consultation. Take some quiet time by the ocean and sand and join us.

Sunday (10/19) beginning at noon through
Wednesday (10/22) ending at noon
Asilomar Conference Grounds
Pacific Grove, CA

Faculty: Judy Zappacosta, Maria Ellen Chiaia and other STA Teaching Members

For more information contact sta@sandplay.org

Sandplay and Analytically Oriented Psychotherapy
A Year Long Training in the San Francisco/Bay Area

September 2008 to June 2009 (San Francisco/Bay Area, California)
One year, in-depth training. Reading of theoretical material applied to case presentations by participants . 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’ psycho-therapeutic work by understanding this non-verbal modality as an integral part of analytically oriented psychotherapy. We are especially interested in relational and intersubjective elements, non-verbal and trauma based images that can be concretely seen in sandtrays created by clients. Topics will include but not be limited to infantile states, the analytic relationship, approach to the image and the transference, interconnection of dreams and sandplay, the numinous and the function of the spiritual in the psyche. All of thee areas will be studied and discussed as experienced in sandplay. Readings will be chosen from analytic and psychoanalytic writers that amplify these topics.

Enrollment limited.
One Saturday per month, 10:00 am – 1:15 pm
CEU’s available for MFC, LCSW, Psychologists
(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


Consultation Groups

Berkeley & San Rafael, California

Maria Ellen Chiaia, PhD
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 2007 –Training in Sandplay and Analytical Oriented Psychotherapy (click here for more information)
Email: mchiaia@sbcgloabal.net

Denver & Castle Rock, Colorado

Play therapy (APT Provider 99-049) as well as STA training credits

1st Fridays, 10 am – noon (389 Gilbert Street, Castle Rock)
Nancy Burnett, CST-T, PhD
Phone: (303) 549-4717 or email: nancyburnettphd@mac.com

2nd Mondays, 10 am – noon (832 Emerson Street, Denver)
Christine Ford, CST-T, LPC
Phone: (303) 832-9767 or email: 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

Global
Imagine studying your sandplay cases without the constraints of time…

Temenos Press® Learning Center
Sandplay Integrative Seminars
Individual and Group Consultation
Online & In-Person

Facilitated by Barbara A. Turner, PhD, MFT, RPT-S, ISST/STA

  • In person, or via secure, online setting
  • Groups meet monthly for five days, for 3 CE hours
  • Group or individual consultation members can to return to prior sand tray pictures, or print out all comments made during consultation

I take a directive role in the process, asking questions, and teaching principles and theory directly from case material

For Information:
Email: publisher@temenospress.com
Website: www.temenospress.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

Portland, OR

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

San Diego, CA

Private Sandplay Training & Consultation
Times & Dates Negotiable
Gita Morena, PhD, MFT, ISST/STA
Phone: (619) 328-9020
Email: gitam@cox.net 
Website: www.inshallahretreatcenter.com

San Francisco, CA

One Friday a month, September - June
Lauren Cunningham, LCSW, JA
Starting in September 2008 – 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 Rafael, California

Monthly Consult Group
Integrative Sandplay – includes attachment,
interpersonal, and symbolic theories and readings
Friday 8:30 – 10:30 am
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 

Woodinville, WA (Northeast of Seattle)

3rd Saturdays, 10 am – noon (or as convenient for group)
Geri Grubbs, Ph.D, LCSW, Jungian Analyst
Author of Sandplay Categorical Checklist for Sandplay Analysis
Phone: (425) 844-8194 or email: geri@EastsideJung.com 


Distance Learning

Journal of Sandplay Therapy

NEW!! Earn CEU credits by reading the Journal and taking a short test on-line.

Fees: $33.00 per class
CEU: 3 units per class; meets CEU requirements from the following: BRN, CA BBS, FL, ISST, NAADAC, NBCC, OH, STA, TX, TX, SBEPC, NASW

For information or to sign up: www.psychceu.com

Temenos Press® Learning Center
Fundamentals & Jungian Theory

With Barbara A. Turner, Ph.D, MFT, RPT-S, ISST/STA Teaching Member Author of The Handbook of Sandplay Therapy

  • Self-paced courses available at your convenience around the globe.

Courses Offered Include:

  • Foundation Courses
    The History and Development of Sandplay Therapy
  • Introductory Courses
    Introduction to Sandplay Therapy: Overview of Process and
    Procedures
  • Intermediate Courses
    Jungian Theory in Sandplay Therapy
  • Free Demonstration Class – 1 CE Hour
    About Jungian Sandplay Therapy

Fees: $49.00 to $89.00 (USD) plus books
CE hours available.

For information: publisher@temenospress.com  or
Visit Temenos Press® Learning Center (www.temenospress.com)

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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