Symbols and Symbolic Process in Sandplay Webinar
When: October 22-24, 2021; 9am- 4:30pm PST
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.
- 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
- Investigate a particular symbol from personal, cultural and archetypal sources
- Discuss how to write a symbol paper
Linda Cunningham, Ph.D., MFT, CST-T is the author of Sandplay and The Clinical Relationship (2013), Relational Sandplay Therapy (2005) and many articles in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She has taught sandplay as well as contemporary relational theories for many years in both graduate and postgraduate settings. She was adjunct faculty in the Sonoma State University M.A. Depth Psychology Program and at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and is a Certified Teaching Member of STA/ ISST. She has a private practice in Gig Harbor, WA.