Fall Sand Schedule 2010

Association for Play Therapy provider # 05-161
National Association for Social Workers provider # 886477192
National Board for Certified Counselors # 6305

AUGUST 13 FRI -- Ethics and Clinical Practice (Sponsored by Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars, contact: www.cbpseminars.org or info@cbpseminars.org)

AUG 22 & 23 SUN & MON – CULTUREPLAY--  Narratives in the Sand (noon to 6 p.m.)

SEPTEMBER 13 MON -- Ethics/ Supervision College Park Youth Services, MD (contact Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars: www.cbpseminars.org or info@cbpseminars.org)

SEP 17 & 18 FRI & SAT -- Creative Counseling with Play for Children and Adolescents (The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, one graduate credit, register through GWU)

OCTOBER 1 & 2 FRI & SAT – CULTUREPLAY--  Understanding Sand Scenes – The Meaning of Symbols sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com

OCT 12 TUE -- Narrative Sand Therapy: Transformative Journeys for Clinician and Client (day-long session at the APT conference, register through www.a4pt.org)

OCT 29 FRI -- Transformation in Sand Therapy: Spiritual Journey, Mindful Metaphors (Loyola University Maryland) 6 CEus 9 am to 4 pm (contact www.loyola.edu/psatoralcounseling/myc)

NOV 7 & 8 SUN & MON – CULTUREPLAY--  Grief and Loss (noon to 6 p.m.) sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com

DEC 5 & 6 SUN & MON – CULTUREPLAY--  Advanced Sand Therapy (noon to 6 p.m.) sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com

** All CULTUREPLAY dates will be held in College Park, MD.  Directions sent upon registration. All Cultureplay workshops are kept at very small groups to allow for individualized in-depth training, and are conducted by Dr. Preston-Dillon, Director of The Center of Culture and Sandplay. Descriptions will soon be posted at www.cultureplay.com. Registration required. Email sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com for info and registration.
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February Announcements

Hello Sandplay Enthusiasts,

Dr. Preston-Dillon is just back from VAPT's winter conference at Regent University in Virginia Beach where she presented Narratives in the Sand: Practice and Ethics for Metaphors in Play Therapy on Friday and Exploring Sand Therapy in the Supervision of Play Therapists on Saturday. Almost 100 attendees including seasoned clinicians, faculty, and graduate students, worked in groups to explore the power of cultural experience in sand, boundaries and caution for sand therapy, the value of play therapy to help build counselor connection with clients, the importance of self reflection and personal work to increase counselor skills using play therapy, and ways to incorporate narrative ideas in play therapy supervision.

~~ Our next training opportunity is on March 14th with Ethics, Supervision, and Clinical Practice: Three Dimensions for Play Therapists, Supervisors, Clinicians, and Students. Space is currently available. Please request a registration form at sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com if interested. This workshop will be held in College Park and directions are sent when registration is received.

~~  On Friday, March 19th, Dr. Preston-Dillon will present Identifying Archetypes in the Sandtray: An Experiential Exploration for  Clinicians and Supervisors in Play Therapy  Cosponsored by the Virginia Association for Play Therapy and the Phoenix Family Counseling & Play Therapy Center, PLL this training will take place in Gainesville VA. It runs from 10 am to 4 pm, provides 6 CE. For registration and information, contact Liz Fong: contacteliteprogram@gmail.com http://www.phoenixfamilycounseling.com

~~ Dr. Preston-Dillon will present Amplifying Cultural Worlds: Meaning and Integrity in Sandplay at the 2010 National Sandplay Conference in June at Boulder, Colorado. Email us for information.

~~  We have been asked about offering week day training opportunities. Before we can set one up, we'd like to ask how many of you would be interested in attending during a week day instead of a weekend. You may want to create personalized day-long training for your staff, or let us know you’d like a weekday training and what kind of training you would like. Please email sandplayvoices@cultureplay.com and let us know your interest.

~~  A clarification: Our July 11 & 12 Ethics workshop notes that personal consults are combined with the training. This is an offer to set up individual consultations for a separate fee over the same weekend specifically for those who come from a distance. They are not included with the workshop fee. Consults are available at other times, also, through appointment.

~~  Sandplay Voices Network Coordinator Loraine Hunsaker (writing as LK Hunsaker), has a new novel out titled Off The Moon.  The story involves a teenage girl dealing with loss and abuse, and a self-absorbed pop star who pulls her in from a window ledge and provides a safe haven. The story includes counseling issues, specifically creative counseling and family relationships.  For more information about the book, see http://www.lkhunsaker.com/OffTheMoon/main.htm or ElucidatePublishing.net where there is a book club guide.

~~ Sometimes we are asked how our training in sand therapy differs from other training. In brief, Dr. Preston-Dillon was trained in Jungian Sandplay and over the last 25 years has incorporated narrative, humanistic and existential approaches. Training and consulting defines her practice; it is not an incidental she does on the side. Her doctoral research and writing focus on sand and she continues to work on theoretical foundations for the phenomenal experience of symbolic work and transformation in sand.

Fall 2009 Sand Schedule

Association for Play Therapy provider # 05-161
National Association for Social Workers provider # 886477192
National Board for Certified Counselors # 6305

Two Groups and Five Workshops

Group Process

Group process for therapists who use sand is vital to nourish the creative self, increase skills to understand the depths and complexity of sand scenes, and rejuvenate one’s soul for meaningful work with clients. A support group with the same peers each month helps further a sense of safety and cohesion for more advanced work. Dr. Preston-Dillon is a specialist in group process and sand therapy. She has been facilitating groups since the early 1970s and teaches group psychotherapy at the master’s, doctoral level, and post graduate level.

Both groups with provide work in supervision, case work, personal sand trays, and new ideas for the use of sand with clients.

NEW

Group: Dimensions of Creativity, Sand, and Clinical Play for Clinicians and Supervisors

Contact Hours: 15 (5 sessions, 3 hr. each) 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Participants will have a choice between two ongoing groups. Both groups will meet once a month. The Sunday group is a closed cohort group to allow for advanced and cohesive group process and participants attend all sessions. Saturday is the alternative group. It is open and participants can select to attend any of the sessions they wish for 3 CEU hours for each session. Please select either Sunday Group or Saturday Group.

SATURDAYS: Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov.28, Dec. 19, Jan. 23 Cohort Group 15 CE credits

SUNDAYS: Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 29, Dec. 20, Jan. 24 Open Group, 3 CE credits for each session

ETHICS & SUPERVISION

Ethics, Supervision and Clinical Practice: Three Dimensions of Sand for Play Therapists, Supervisors and Clinicians

Contact Hours: 6 CE credits Noon to 6:00 p.m.

SUNDAY: October 18

Grief and Loss -- for Play Therapists, Supervisors and Clinicians

Contact Hours: 6 CE credits Noon to 6:00 p.m.

SUNDAY: November 8

PERSONAL GROWTH

Heal the Healer: Personal Renewal for Play Therapists, Supervisors, and Clinicians

Contact Hours: 6 CE credits 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

SATURDAY: November 14

NEW

COMBINED 4-DAY TRAINING

Advanced Sand Therapy & Ethics and Supervision: for Play Therapists, Supervisors, and Clinicians

Contact Hours: 24 CE credits

November 20, 21, 22, & 23 Friday noon to 6:00 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday noon to 6 p.m., Monday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

PERSONAL GROWTH

Transformation: Spiritual Journeys in the Sand -- for Play Therapists, Supervisors, and Clinicians

Contact Hours: 6 CE credits Noon to 6:00 p.m.

SUNDAY: December 6

~~~ Check our website or email sandplayvoices@msn.com for more information and to request registration.

Summer and Fall Schedule

Our training is certified for continuing Education by APT, NASW, and NBCC.
Association for Play Therapy provider #05-161
National Association for Social Workers provider #886477192
National Board for Certified Counselors #6305

All Workshops Developed and Given by Dee Preston-Dillon, PhD

For more information, see www.cultureplay.com or email sandplayvoices@msn.com

JULY

July 10, 11, 12 Efficacy I: Principles for Practice in Sand Therapy
July 16 and 17 Efficacy II: Ethics and Culture in Sand Therapy
July 24, 25, 26 Efficacy III: Narrative Therapy in the Sand: Theory and practice

AUGUST

August: 5, 6, 7 Supervision for Practices Using Sand Therapy
August: 16, 17 18 Efficacy I: Principles for Practice in Sand
August: 24, 25 Grief and Loss: Healing and reclamation in sand therapy

SEPTEMBER

September 7 & 8 Efficacy I: Principles for Practice in Sand
September 16 Grief and Loss: Healing and reclamation in sand therapy

OCTOBER

October 6th Myths, Dreams and Sandplay
October 26 & 27 Efficacy III: Narrative Therapy in the Sand: Theory and practice

NOVEMBER

November 3 & 4 Grounding and Renewal: Mindful practice in sand therapy
November 9 Supervision and the Sand Box: Ethical approaches for clinical supervision of graduate interns and seasoned professionals
Nov 24 & 25 Group Process: Art, Sand, and Stories

DECEMBER

December 1 Efficacy II: Ethics and Culture in Sand Therapy
December 2 Grief and Loss: Healing and reclamation in sand therapy
December 16 Humanistic Approaches in Sand Therapy: Gestalt and Transactional Analysis

JANUARY

January 5 & 6 Efficacy I: Principles for Practice in Sand
January 18 Grounding and Renewal: Mindful practice in sand
January 25 & 26 Group Process: Art, Sand, and Stories