Sandtray Therapy offers clients:

• a means of self-discovery, healing and integration
• a way to transform or rechannel blocked energy
• access to the creative playworld of childhood, re-awakening their creative capacities
• a means by which children and adults, unable to articulate their feelings and experiences, can find expression and integration
• safe entry into the deeper archetypal, mythic and transpersonal realms of the psyche
• an activation of their natural, self-healing capacity
• an opportunity for a creative non-rational experience, as a balance to society’s over-emphasis on the ego’s intellect

The 3 key areas of the training are:

• underpinning knowledge
• practical skills
• personal experience of Sandtray Therapy

The training will provide participants with :

• an outline of Jung’s theory of the psyche and the process of Individuation
• the theoretical basis of working with Sandtray Therapy and symbols as a therapeutic tool
• the knowledge, skills, experience and practice required to effectively begin work with Sandtray Therapy
• requirements and practical considerations for setting up a sandtray therapy space

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• learn the history and development of Sandplay/Sandtray Therapy
• understand the theoretical principles underpinning Sandtray Therapy and symbol work
• explore how Sandtray Therapy can complement the therapeutic techniques already in practice
• develop skills to introduce the Sandtray Therapy process to clients
• develop and practice skills to facilitate the process with clients
• experience the Sandtray Therapy process for themselves
• consider practical ways to introduce working with Sandtray Therapy into their own work situations
• explore the use of Sandtray Therapy as a creative approach to supervision and personal enrichment