The Art of Stewardship: Advanced Practice, Teaching, and Creative Leadership in Sand Therapy

The Art of Stewardship: Advanced Practice, Teaching, and Creative Leadership in

Sand Therapy

Program Description

This three-day immersive learning experience is designed for seasoned sand therapists

who are ready to expand their work beyond the tray and into the wider professional

landscape. Through experiential practice, reflective consultation, and guided creative

development, participants will deepen their clinical mastery while cultivating the skills

needed to offer high-quality sand therapy consultation, design and facilitate

transformative workshops, and craft written content that contributes meaningfully to the

field.

Across the three days, practitioners will engage in advanced sand process work,

explore frameworks for ethical and attuned consultation, and practice translating clinical

wisdom into teachable, accessible formats. Participants will also receive structured

support for developing their own workshop outlines, consultation approaches, and

written pieces—whether for publication, training materials, or community education. The

experience centers the therapist’s voice, presence, and lineage of learning, inviting

each participant to step into their role as a steward of the modality.

Facilitators: Linda Homeyer & Marshall Lyles

Dates: August 13-15, 2026

Time: 9 am - 3:30 pm daily (Central time)

Location: The Workshop, 300 Allen St., Austin, TX 78702

Learning Objectives

By the end of this 3-day advanced training, participants will be able to:

Consultation; Advanced Clinical Stewardship

1. Demonstrate advanced skills for providing sand therapy consultation,

including case conceptualization, process attunement, and ethical guidance for

practitioners at varying levels of experience.

2. Identify core elements of effective consultation structures, including pacing,

reflective prompts, and methods for supporting consultees’ clinical growth without

overriding, but enhancing, their therapeutic style.

Workshop Design; Facilitation

3. Develop a complete framework for a sand therapy workshop, including

learning objectives, experiential components, safety considerations, and methods

for supporting diverse learners.

4. Apply principles of adult learning and experiential pedagogy to create

workshops that are clinically grounded, accessible, and transformative.

Writing; Creative Contribution

5. Create an outline or draft of a written sand therapy resource, such as an

article, training handout, or reflective essay that communicates clinical concepts

with clarity and depth.

6. Describe strategies for translating embodied, sensory, and symbolic sand

work into written language that is ethically sound, culturally responsive, and

aligned with professional standards.

Registration info: The workshop costs $495. Marshall Lyles has applied for CE approval. This seminar meets and exceeds the WASTP requirements for supervision training for the RST-C and the train-the-trainer training for the RST – C/T.

Cancellation policy: Due to the small group nature of this event, refunds cannot afford to be given, but you can secure your own replacement if needed.

Agenda:

Day 1: Consultation; Advanced Clinical Stewardship

9 am - 10:30 am

Demonstrate advanced skills for providing sand therapy consultation,

including case conceptualization, process attunement, and ethical guidance for

practitioners at varying levels of experience.

-Opening experiential

-Lecture

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Identify core elements of effective consultation structures, including pacing,

reflective prompts, and methods for supporting consultees’ clinical growth without

overriding, but enhancing, their therapeutic style.

-Lecture

-Group discussion

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Applied practice of the morning's content

Day 2: Workshop Design; Facilitation

9 am - 10:30 am

Develop a complete framework for a sand therapy workshop, including

learning objectives, experiential components, safety considerations, and methods

for supporting diverse learners.

-Opening experiential

-Lecture

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Apply principles of adult learning and experiential pedagogy to create

workshops that are clinically grounded, accessible, and transformative.

-Lecture

-Group discussion

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Applied practice of the morning's content

Day 3: Writing; Creative Contribution

9 am - 10:30 am

Create an outline or draft of a written sand therapy resource, such as an

article, training handout, or reflective essay that communicates clinical concepts

with clarity and depth.

-Opening experiential

-Lecture

10:30 am - 10:45 am

Break

10:45 am - 12:15 pm

Describe strategies for translating embodied, sensory, and symbolic sand

work into written language that is ethically sound, culturally responsive, and

aligned with professional standards.

-Lecture

-Group discussion

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Applied practice of the morning's content