NCRSS Training – SANDPLAY THERAPY AND TRAUMA

Olivia Heathcote, Ed.D, LMFT, CST-T
6 CE Credits

This intermediate level course presents past and current research related to the healing of trauma through Sandplay and child play therapy. Studying the impact of trauma on the brain through the research of Donald Kalsched, Bonnie Badenoch and others, reveals the importance of body-oriented, physical modalities in treating trauma. The healing power of Sandplay with trauma will be demonstrated in the case of a five to nine-year old boy.  His birth two months premature and multiple surgeries in the first year of life led to trauma and early disruption. Sandplay helped the boy recover a sense of autonomy and embodiment through sandplay and clay.  An experiential activity using clay will help students appreciate the value of a physical modality in treating trauma.

Learning objectives: this workshop is designed to help you:

1. Summarize why sandplay can be effective in healing early trauma.
2. Explain how a sandplay process supports a five-year old boy to recover a sense of autonomy.
3. Describe how the boy used the symbol of the snake as Kundalini energy to gain a sense of indwelling spirit.
4. Describe how the participation in a clay activity impacted his/her understanding of non-verbal methods of play therapy.
5. Name three researchers who are resources in the field of trauma and the brain/body/psyche.
6. Describe the concepts and contributions of Badenoch and Kalsched that support the use of sandplay with cases of trauma.

Olivia Heathcote, Ed.D, MFT, CST-T, is a teaching member of the Sandplay Therapists of America and the International Society of Sandplay Therapy. She is an analytically-oriented psychotherapist with a particular interest in how early life trauma affects psychological development. Olivia lectures and teaches sandplay nationally and internationally. She serves on the STA board and is the current chair of STA’s Education Committee.  Dr. Heathcote is a contributing author of Pearls: Defining Moments in Our Lives (2014) and of Living the Tides of Uncertainty (2006), and was published in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy (2009).  She maintains a private practice in Los Gatos, California where she works with children, adolescents and adults.

Fees:  

• Professional: NCRSS member $165  Non- member: $190
• Unlicensed Interns/students: NCRSS members $140 Non-member $160
• Continuing Education: additional $25 per course

REGISTER AT www.californiasandplay.org

Continuing Education credits: CPA Accredited: NCRSS is approved by the California Psychological Association (# NOR021) to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. The California Board of Behavioral Sciences recognizes CPA for continuing education credit for LCSW’s, LMFT’s and LPCC’s. NCRSS is responsible for maintaining this program and its contents. A maximum of 6 CE credits may be earned, based on class attendance. Each individual course is 6 hours of instruction eligible for CE credits. One credit equal 60 minutes of instruction  Play Therapy CEs: Provider #13-343  Four courses have been submitted for approval for six hours APT credits.