NEW MEXICO SANDPLAY ASSOCIATION
presents
The Spiritual Impulse in Sandplay Therapy: Archetypes of Healing and Compassion
September 10, 2016
First Unitarian Church
3701 Carlisle Blvd NE (at Comanche)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The therapist’s comfort with silence and unconscious process is critical in supporting the sandplayer’s exploration of Self and a true journey to wholeness. Dora Kalff referred to the spiritual impulse which is present even in young children, and Kalff’s development of sandplay therapy relied on her practice of silent meditation and Buddhism as much as it did on Carl Jung and Margaret Lowenfeld. This workshop will trace this important root of sandplay therapy historically as well as its application to clinical work.
The workshop will be experiential, including periods of silence as well as teaching several fundamental practices of mindfulness, drawn from Vipassana and Zen meditation traditions, which are relevant to the work of being a Sandplay therapist. Material will be presented on Buddhist archetypes of healing and compassion as these relate to Jung’s ideas of the transcendent function.
Case material illuminating these archetypes will be shown and discussed.
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Presenter: Jill Kaplan is a certified teaching member of ISST/STA, in private practice in San Jose, CA, and also a Zen teacher. She is especially interested in the ways Sandplay and Zen practice parallel one another, both concerned with recognizing and alleviating suffering, both relying on the depth of silence. Jill has written several articles in the Journal of Sandplay and also taught on sandplay and Buddhism at workshops and conferences nationally and internationally.
For more information contact: nmsandplaysociety@gmail.com
Early Bird (until Aug 27 ) Members $70. Non members $90.
After Aug 27 Members $80, Non members $100.
Reciprocal membership for STA members.
Jill will be offering both individual and group consult hours on Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
Call or text Luanne Lee to register. 505-450-9548 or info@nmsst.org
Refreshments will be provided. Brown Bag Lunch. CEU’s available.
Location: 3701 Carlisle Blvd NE (at Comanche), Albuquerque, NM