Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Live, Interactive Webinar (18 hours)
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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
- Learn the history and theory of Jungian Sandplay Therapy, the practical application of sandplay therapy, how to use sandplay therapy with children, adolescents, and adults, and how to interpret sandplay images
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 Sandplay Therapists of America and International Society for Sandplay Therapy. She is the author of Sandplay and The Clinical Relationship (2013) and a chapter, “Attuning to the Flow of Relational Energies in Sandplay: Healing Complex Trauma in Adults” in The Routledge International Handbook of Sandplay Therapy (2017). Over the past twenty-five years, Dr. Cunningham has written many articles for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy on the topic of the therapeutic relationship in sandplay. Dr. Cunningham created Sandplay Training Worldwide in 2013, offering sandplay trainings for professional therapists and trainees. Since then, she has introduced sandplay and depth psychotherapy to hundreds of therapists and counselors. Dr. In addition to the Sandplay Training Worldwide offerings, Dr. Cunningham has provided special trainings for sandplay therapists in United States, Ukraine, Taiwan, Chile, South Africa, China, and Russia. Dr. Cunningham is a frequent presenter at sandplay conferences. You can read about Dr. Cunningham’s teaching style here. She practices in Gig Harbor, Washington, specializing in anxiety, preverbal trauma and blocked creativity.