Symbols and Symbolic Process in Sandplay

Symbols and Symbolic Process in Sandplay Webinar

The infinite holding and integrative powers of the symbol are key in sandplay. In this training, we experience several symbols in depth, and discuss Jung’s ideas about the symbol, the archetype, and the flow of psychic energies. These concepts will be applied to case material.

This course may be taken at any time, and by non-sandplay therapists, too.

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

• Explain the importance of the symbol in healing
• Demonstrate the ability to “play” with symbolic meaning
• Describe the visceral and emotional power of the symbol
• Explain how to investigate a particular symbol from personal, cultural and archetypal sources
• Discuss how to write a symbol paper
• Describe an archetypal pattern of healing

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.