Description
Building on the previous three foundational levels, participants in this workshop continue to develop facilitation skills for sandtray play therapy. The training includes discussion of professional and ethical issues related to diagnosis, treatment planning, transference, and the clinical relationship. An amplification technique, countertransference and co-tranference are given particular focus in this level. Participants will have opportunities to refine and integrate therapeutic skills through hands-on practice with workshop partners. Each participant will have an individual sand tray for practice exercises and for creating individual sand tray words.
Educational Goals
This training will help participants to:
- Identify advanced skills for facilitating sandtray play therapy in clinical practice.
- Discuss issues related to countertransference and co-transference in sandtray play therapy.
- Apply skills in using the amplification technique in sandtray play therapy.
- Explain the concept of right brain-to-right brain processing in sandtray play therapy.
- Describe the first two fields of archetypal relational fields in Linda Cunningham’s concept of sandplay therapy.
- Assess witnessing skills of peers during sandtray play therapy practice.
- Explain how self-regulation is built on the platform of co-regulation during sandtray play therapy.
- Identify ethical concerns related to practicing sandtray play therapy.
Equipment
In-person training does not have any equipment requirement. For online course equipment requirements, please refer to the linked document below:
Prerequisites
Levels 1, 2, & 3; graduate degree in mental health or enrolled in a graduate degree program.
Continuing Education
This course is 12 contact hours.
