Sandplay Training Worldwide

Experiential, depth training in the art and science of sandplay therapy

Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Webinar

There are two options for the Introductory training in sandplay therapy:

Live, Interactive Introduction to Sandplay Webinar (18 hours)

or

On Demand, Self Paced Introduction to Sandplay (8 hours)

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Live, Experiential Trainings are Friday, Saturday, Sunday

9am – 4:30pm Pacific Time

18 CE (California) LMFTs and LCSWs and STA/ ISST Hours toward Certification.

Would you like to learn how to use sandplay in your practice? Join us for a weekend training, Introduction to Sandplay Webinar,

Several times each year, Dr. Cunningham offers this training to therapists and therapists-in-training who are interested in learning about sandplay. It is always a fun weekend, with a large experiential component. No previous experience is necessary. In this training, you will learn to create a psychotherapy office setting for sandplay with the necessary equipment and you will be able to begin using sandplay in your practice.

This course, or its equivalent, is recommended before taking all others. 

This weekend introductory training teaches the basics of sandplay. Several times each year, this training is offered to therapists and therapists-in-training. It is always a fun weekend, with a large experiential component. In this training, you will learn to create a psychotherapy office setting for sandplay with the necessary equipment and you will be able to begin using sandplay in your practice.

Educational Goals:

  • Learn to create a psychotherapy office setting for sandplay with the necessary equipment

  • Be able to begin using sandplay in your practice

  • Increase your skills in creating the free and protected space

  • Improve your capacity for symbolic thinking

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

  • Identify the necessary equipment needed for setting up sandplay for a psychotherapy office.

  • Name one practical skill to use with sandplay clients.

  • List two qualities of symbols in sandplay.

  • Identify three differences between sandplay and sandtray.

  • List two reasons for providing safety in sandplay.

  • Identify two ways to ethically use sandplay with diverse client populations.

  • Discuss what is required to demonstrate “competence” in a sandplay therapist

Course meets the qualifications for 18 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

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

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Enrollment fee is refundable until exactly 30 days before the training. For more information, call 415-346-6363 or linda@drlindacunningham.com.

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Sandplay Training Hours

STA requires a minimum of 120 hours of education as one of the requirements to become certified in sandplay therapy. The minimum hours of coursework in each content area are as follows: Introduction to Sandplay (18 hours); Clinical Sandplay Practice (48 hours); Jungian Theory (18 hours); and Symbolism (18 hours).

This training covers 18 hours of Introduction Sandplay. Continuing Education Credit: 18 CE California BBS and Sandplay Therapists of America/ International Society for Sandplay Therapists (STA/ISST).

Continuing Education in California: Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, CST-T is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs. Linda Cunningham maintains responsibility for the program/course and its content. CAMFT Provider Number 017288.

What is SandplayTherapy?

Sandplay is a gentle, deeply meaningful experience for clients who are drawn to it. Using small figures representing every aspect of the world, and a small sandtray painted blue on the bottom and filled with sand, clients are often surprised and delighted at the picture of their own internal world that spontaneously forms. Making sandtrays over time is like having “waking dreams” that offer insight and integration of energies and information that were previously inaccessible. Symptoms recede, clarity settles in, and serenity and inner stillness suffuse one's experience. Sandplay is used very successfully with children. However, I have found that in depth work with adults who are interested in this method, the level of healing is quite profound and lasting. Read more...

Linda Cunningham, Ph.D., MFT is a Certified Teaching Member of STA/ ISST. She is the author of Sandplay and the Clinical Relationship (2013) as well as Relational Sandplay Therapy (2005). She has presented at both national and international conferences, and has taught sandplay as well as contemporary relational theories for over twenty years in both graduate and postgraduate settings. For many years, she was adjunct faculty in the Sonoma State University M.A. Depth Psychology Program and at the California Institute of Integral Studies.  Linda offers trainings and workshops in sandplay, Jungian and relational theory throughout the year.

Every effort will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. If you have special needs regarding accessibility, materials or content please contact Linda Cunningham in advance to allow arrangements to be made. 415-346-6363 or Linda@drlindacunningham.com

Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, CST-T

Gig Harbor, WA 98332

www.drlindacunningham.com

linda@drlindacunningham.com

415-346-6363

Copyright 2013 Linda Cunningham.