Sandtray Therapy Basics - An Expressive Play Therapy Approach for Clients of All Ages

    Facilitators:
    Linda Homeyer and Marshall Lyles

    Description:
    Available to all pre-licensed and licensed mental health professionals, this 4-day workshop will blend lecture, discussion, and experience as the basic skills and protocols of sandtray-based play therapy for use with all ages are introduced in a manner that honors the power of attuned connection. Over the series, participants will be exposed to historical development of the use of sandtray within play therapy, sandtray use from the vantage point of different play therapy clinical theories, and attachment-aware/trauma-sensitive sandtray-based considerations. This highly interactive training will ask the participants to actively experience the concepts being taught throughout the series.

    Dates: Thursday-Sunday, January 18-21, 2024 (9 am - 4:30 pm daily)

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

    CE information: 24 live instruction contact APT CEs are available. This event is sponsored by Marshall Lyles, APT Approved Provider 17-508. 

    Cost and cancellation policy: All materials are provided (as well as light breakfast, drinks, and snacks) at the cost of $600. Twenty spots are available. Refunds cannot be guaranteed. If there is a waitlist and adequate notice allows your spot to be filled, a refund may be available.
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    Objectives:
    1. Discuss how the history of sandtray therapy and play therapy evolved into current day practices
    2. Discuss the integration of a chosen play therapy clinical theory with the cross-theoretical modality of sandtray therapy
    3. Describe how the awareness of and connection to play therapy materials are applicable to executing sandtray sessions
    4. Discuss standard practices and protocols of sandtray and how to integrate into play therapy with all ages
    5. Apply knowledge of play therapy reflective skills and theme analysis to sandtray case studies
    6. Practice sandtray sessions in practice play therapy simulations
    7. Describe the trauma-sensitive components of sandtray-based play therapy
    8. Identify considerations for creating a trauma-sensitive sandtray space in your play therapy room
    9. List at least three ways to establish safety in the therapeutic relationship using sandtray-based play therapy
    10. Create trauma-informed treatment plans for sandtray-based play therapy
    11. Discuss play therapy methods for processing sand world narratives that attachment complexities
    12. Discuss person of the play therapist themes relevant to maintaining deep trauma work with clients
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