Meet your law and ethics requirement for California CE – CAMFT BBS Approved Continuing Education Provider #28347
Delving deeply into the archetype of Integrity, the law and ethics of Depth Psychology, and the Buddhist principles of the Ten Paramitas, ancient practices honed over millennia, we will consider the STA and ISST ethical guidelines for sandplay therapists. We will examine our current professional, legal and ethical standards, emphasizing compassion and the imperative to “do no harm.” Small group work will give participants an experience of thoughtful, compassionate, ethical decision-making that honors both Masculine and Feminine, thinking and feeling.
Educational objectives: To bring masculine and feminine, thinking and feeling, together in our internal work with ethical dilemmas in sandplay, and to learn two new models for assessing our ethical choices.
Learning objectives: By the end of this weekend course, students will be able to
- Define “ethics”
- Name three of the Ten Paramitas
- Name three ethical principles found in the STA or ISST Code of Ethics
- Explain the training, education and experience needed to ethically practice sandplay therapy
- Discuss whether to follow state laws or STA ethics guidelines if there is a difference between the two.
- Discuss three common ethical dilemmas in sandplay therapy
This course meets qualifications for 6 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 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.