Making room at the table:

    ​Using sandtray therapy to safely recognize and care for dissociative parts

    Date: April 21 & 22, 2022

    Time: 9 am - 4:45 pm (both days-Central time)

    Hours: 12 education hours can be earned for attending this training as consistent with Texas Board requirements

    Description: Dissociation is a misunderstood and mistreated protector as clinicians are often taught to fear this nervous system adaptation. While dissociation does require special care, clients deserve to have these parts of self to be welcomed into their therapeutic work. Sandtray therapy, when handled carefully, can be utilized in learning to recognize dissociative pockets in clients and provide these states the messages of support they deserve. This workshop will explore these concepts through lecture, case examples, group discussion, and experiential activities.

    Learning objectives:
    1. Discuss dissociation from a nervous system point-of-view
    2. Describe the various other protective states engaged by body and mind when under threat
    3. Discuss methods of assessing for dissociation in clinical interviews
    4. Explain the basic tenets of sandtray therapy
    5. Describe sandtray adaptations when working with complex trauma
    6. Discuss sandtray client behaviors that can reveal pockets of dissociation
    7. Describe ways to use the sand tray for psychoeducation about dissociation
    8. Discuss ways for effectively working with spontaneous emergence of dissociation during sandtray therapy sessions

    Registration information: The registration fee is $380
    The training will occur at The Workshop, 300 Allen St., Austin, TX, 78702

    Cancellation policy: Registration is non-refundable, but half of the fee may be transferred to a future training.

    Presenter: Marshall Lyles, MA, LPC-S, LMFT-S, RPT-S, EMDRIA Approved Consultant
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