Open Enrollment has been extended until January 15th, 2024!
Learn the fundamentals of sandplay therapy and begin to use them in your practice!
On Demand, Self-Paced Training – Take the course at your leisure anytime, anywhere!
Introduction to Sandplay provides the basic theoretical, practical and clinical information needed to begin using sandplay in your practice. Introduction to Sandplay Therapy is the first course in the Sandplay Training Worldwide Professional On Demand Sandplay Training Series. This course is for professional therapists and therapists-in-training only, and is taught at the post-graduate level.
Sandplay Training Worldwide: On-Demand Introduction to Sandplay includes about 8 hours of video lectures with sandplay images, as well as downloadable PDF reference guides, suggested articles (with links) from the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, reflection exercises, and a suggested reading list of classic sandplay books, all presented in digestible lessons. Also included are three monthly live, experiential seminars that include Q&A plus symbol discussions or case presentations. Remember to write down your questions and bring them to the seminar! You will receive email reminders of the seminar dates and times. Please join in to meet other like-minded therapists and to discuss the different aspects of sandplay. These seminars help participants to integrate information and deepen their experience. The live, experiential seminars are optional because of time zone differences, but know that integration happens in these seminars. And, they’re fun!
This course is designed for you to immerse yourself as much or as little as you like. Feel free to watch the videos many times. I encourage you to actually do the reflection activities, and to read whatever suggested materials you are interested in.
This course is available for viewing at your leisure for one year.
You will receive the Course Completion Certificate when you have completed the course and passed an exam with 70% correct. This course meets qualifications for 8 hours of education credit toward certification for Sandplay Therapists of America / International Society of Sandplay Therapists (STA/ISST) and 8 CE hours for California licensed therapists.
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 25 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 to offer sandplay trainings for professional therapists and trainees. Since then, she has introduced sandplay and depth psychotherapy to hundreds of therapists and counselors. 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. Read about Dr. Cunningham’s teaching style. She practices in Gig Harbor, Washington, specializing in anxiety, preverbal trauma, and blocked creativity.