Description
This 2-day in-person training will include drumming, playing in sand, experiencing community-created activities, and learning how ancient traditions inform us in the art of healing. All of these experiential learning activities will take place with sensitivity to cultural issues, ethical principles, and play therapy concerns. We will address the ethics of self-care and the ethical use of traditional practices from other cultures. Befriending paradox, drawing from principles of neuroscience, setting intentions, and integrating hands-on experiences will characterize the play and creative flow of this workshop.
Educational Goals
This training will help participants to:
- Describe ways to use sand, play, rhythm, and ritual for healing purposes across cultures.
- Use drumming and patterns of rhythm to create connection among group members through play therapy.
- Discuss the importance of setting intentions in working with ethical and cultural issues in sandtray play therapy.
- Utilize a journaling process to deepen personal experience and understanding of using intention in setting ethical and cross-cultural goals for play therapy.
- Identify ethical issues of misappropriating traditional practices of indigenous people during play therapy activities.
- Describe ways to create ritual and ceremony in sandtray play with cross-cultural and ethical issues in mind.
- Identify ways to apply the concepts learned in this workshop for creating daily rituals that are personally and professionally meaningful .
Equipment
In-person training does not have any equipment requirement. For online course equipment requirements, please refer to the linked document below:
Prerequisites
Graduate degree in mental health or enrolled in a graduate program degree program.
Continuing Education
This course is 12 contact hours.
