“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Spring Schedule

The Center for Culture and Sandplay's Spring 2007 Schedule
Online and face-to-face classes for the Certificate in Sand Therapy and for Play Therapy certification (RPT and RPT-S).

[Find more information at www.cultureplay.com]

February 10
Symbols and Meaning: Understanding symbols in creative approaches to psychotherapy
What does the sand scene mean? How is it related to the client’s story? How do I relate a sand scene to the treatment plan? This workshop demonstrates the use of symbol dictionaries, myths, fairy tales, and modern children’s literature for clinical process.
For therapists who use sand therapy this workshop is especially useful in the study of ethical interpretations and understanding of the symbolic.

Online Component: Case studies in the application of symbols and literature in clinical practice.

February 25
Explorations of the Feminine: Reclamations along life’s journey
A part of the gender and culture series.
Participants will explore the dynamics of the feminine and the implications for clinical interventions. Core archetypes: Goddess, Witch, Healer, Mother, Daughter, Sister, and Companion. An experiential workshop.


March 9 & 10
Gestalt and Transactional Analysis: Reclaiming the Inner Child in psychotherapy
Gestalt therapy and Transactional Analysis combined form a remarkable intervention. Set the process into Sand Therapy and the added dimensions of Jungs’ Shadow and Complex enliven Berne and Perl’s theories. This experiential workshop introduces these three theories into an impressively effective skill set. Demonstrations and practice include gestalt, sand therapy and TA.

Online Component: Case studies in the application of three Humanistic perspectives in sand therapy.


March 25
Explorations of the Masculine: Reclamations along life’s journey
A part of the gender and culture series.
Participants will explore the dynamics of the masculine and the implications for clinical interventions. Core archetypes: King, Warrior, Healer, Father, Son, Brother, and Companion. An experiential workshop.


April 21 & 22
Efficacy in Sand Therapy I: Four essential principles for effective practice
Containment, Reflection, Amplification, and Facilitation are core components for effective sand therapy – both sandplay and sand tray. This workshop presents the basic theoretical foundation and demonstrates the skill sets for each of these four areas. Our goal is safe and competent sand therapy no matter the clinician’s theoretical orientation.

Online Component: Case studies in the application of four skill sets for sand therapy.


April 29
Mini Retreat for Clinician Renewal
Burnout, administrative stress, and case work trauma drain the clinician of energy, enthusiasm, hope and a sound positive sense of self efficacy. This one-day mini retreat is designed to refocus attention on reclaiming self, reframing perspective, and healing the tired soul. Time for peaceful reflection, journaling, encounters with nature, and purposeful exercises in sand will support our journey for renewal.


May 11 & 12
Consciousness: Transformation in dreams and psychotherapy

Understanding the role of consciousness and altered states as a part of creative psychotherapy helps the clinician recognize this phenomenon not as an extraordinary event, but as a part of being fully present and engaged in the psychotherapeutic process. Key ideas to be explored include; mindfulness, centering, deep reflection, increased awareness, self hypnosis, and activating the intuitive. An experiential workshop.


May 20
Clinical Passages in Personal Myth: Hillman’s Acorn and Campbell’s Myths
This workshop explores the powerful perspectives in James Hillman’s The Soul’s Code and Joseph Campbell’s mythological perspective as they apply in the use of Jungian sandplay therapy. An experiential workshop, participants will map out their personal journey through story-telling and sand scenes.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

November and December Workshops

Hello!

This is a list of trainings available for the next two months at the Center of Culture and Sandplay: http://www.cultureplay.com


November 26th -- Clinician Renewal: Inner peace for crisis work 10 am to 4 pm

December 1st -- Dreams and Sandplay III 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm ~~ Open to non clinicians

December 9th -- Myths, Symbol and Ritual in Sandplay 10 am to 4 pm

Click on "trainings" for more information about each. (Registration and 24 hour cancellation notice required for every workshop.)

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Grounding Sandplay: Baltimore, MD



American Psychological Association Workshop
Baltimore

Professional CEUS available
Sunday September 17th



Presenter: Dee Preston-Dillon, Ph.D.

Title of Workshop:
Grounding Sandplay Therapy: Narrative and Active Imagination

Workshop description:
Active Imagination is the Jungian approach to view Individuation as it emerges in a series of sand scenes. Sandplay’s compatibility with Eastern philosophy is readily seen when we ground this work with the unconscious in ways of being fully present and aware—Mindful of the process. Yet, there are at least six potential domains of activity during sandplay. Narrative Therapy offers the sandplay clinician ways to consider cultural constructions. A demonstration will show how Mindfulness and Narrative maintain the “safe and protected” space prescribed by Sandplay’s originator Frau Kalff and help ground analytic abstractions.

Questions for the evaluation at the end

1. Competency in Sandplay therapy requires the study of Jungian theory, completing one’s personal process using sand, and knowledge of the function of sandplay as an adjunct to psychotherapy.


2. Sandplay is a projective technique, which draws on an understanding of global myths, symbols, and cultural traditions as well as current cultural constructions.

3. Grounding Sandplay Therapy using Mindfulness and Narrative Therapy balances and enhances the use of Active Imagination to understand a sand scene.


Email sandplayvoices@msn.com for more information

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Sand Tray and Sandplay: A Comparison



Hello Sandplay Colleagues and Guests!

We would like to invite you to view a Powerpoint presentation comparing Sand Tray Therapy to Sandplay Therapy. Created by Dr. Preston-Dillon, the slideshow begins with a brief history of each founder and concludes with a hint of Jungian theory.

To view the presentation, click on this link:
Sand Tray and Sandplay: A Comparison

To exit, close the new window that will appear with the presentation.

Please feel free to leave comments and/or questions about the presentation or issues within the presentation by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of this post.

As always, email us at sandplayvoices@msn.com with private questions.

Be Well,
Dee Preston-Dillon, Ph.D., Director
Loraine Hunsaker, Network Coordinator

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Welcome!




Hello and welcome to the Sandplay Voices Network blog. This is where we will be hosting guest lectures, posting articles and information, and sharing knowledge of sandplay therapy.

If you have questions, check the website or email sandplayvoices@msn.com.

Wishing you peace and creativity,
Dee Preston Dillon, PhD., Director
Loraine Hunsaker, Network Coordinator