When

February 24, 2023 - February 26, 2023    
9:00 am PST - 4:30 pm PST

Details

Presenter: Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, CST-T
CE Hours: 18 (California and STA/ISST)
Cost: $575 Licensed/$550 Prelicensed
Event Type: Webinar/Online

Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Webinar

Contact: Linda Cunningham linda@drlindacunningham.com
 
Presenter: Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, CST-T

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This course, or its equivalent, is recommended before taking all others. 

This weekend introductory training teaches the basics of sandplay. Several times each year, this training is offered to therapists and therapists-in-training. It is always a fun weekend, with a large experiential component. In this training, you will learn to create a psychotherapy office setting for sandplay with the necessary equipment and you will be able to begin using sandplay in your practice.

Educational Goals:

  • Learn to create a psychotherapy office setting for sandplay with the necessary equipment
  • Be able to begin using sandplay in your practice
  • Increase your skills in creating the free and protected space
  • Improve your capacity for symbolic thinking

Learning Objectives: By the end of this weekend course, students will be able to

  • Identify the necessary equipment needed for setting up sandplay for a psychotherapy office.
  • Name one practical skill to use with sandplay clients.
  • List two qualities of symbols in sandplay.
  • Identify three differences between sandplay and sandtray.
  • List two reasons for providing safety in sandplay.
  • Identify two ways to ethically use sandplay with diverse client populations.
  • Discuss what is required to demonstrate “competence” in a sandplay therapist

This course meets qualifications for 18 hours of education credit toward certification for Sandplay Therapists of America / International Society of Sandplay Therapists (STA/ISST).

Linda Cunningham is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs

Linda Cunningham maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider #017288
Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, CST-T is a certified teaching member of STA & ISST and the author of Sandplay and the Clinical Relationship (2013). Over the past twenty years, she has written many articles for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy on the topic of the therapeutic relationship in sandplay and is a frequent presenter at conferences. Dr. Cunningham has taught sandplay for almost 30 years and currently gives sandplay trainings online to an international audience.