Sandtray Foundations, Part 2

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Description

Building on Foundations, part 1, participants in this 3-day workshop continue to develop their understanding and use of sandtray therapy in clinical practice.

The training prioritizes clinician presence and the unique therapist-client relationship as foundational for facilitating sandtray. There are numerous ways of understanding and multiple theories or applications for sandtray. We explore principles that assist clinician decision making. This course includes discussion of professional and ethical issues related to all aspects of treatment, including documentation and clinical conceptualization.

Specific techniques will be explored that can enhance exploration of client concerns. We will addresshame, grief, trauma, and other attachment based issues. Particular focus will be given to the clinical relationship as it relates to transference, countertransference, and co-transference. Participants will have opportunities to refine and integrate therapeutic skills and understanding through hands-on practice.

Each participant will create multiple individual sandtray worlds. 

Objectives

  • Develop skills for facilitating sandtray play therapy in clinical practice;
  • Identify ways to understand and document the process of sandtray play therapy;
  • Assess treatment variables in sandtray play therapy;
  • Describe the significance of the clinical relationship to healing in clinical practice;
  • Demonstrate how to recognize and make use of countertransference in sandtray play therapy;
  • Describe the function of presence and the witnessing role during sandtray play therapy;
  • Identify shame as a challenge in clinical practice;
  • Utilize personal sandtray for integration of learning goals;
  • Identify ethical practices, competencies, & risks in sandtray play therapy

Course Details & Materials

Available September 1, 2025

All sections must be marked as complete to receive certificate.

Sandtray Foundations, Part 2 Training Evaluation

Inner Resources Training Institute is an approved provider for the following organizations: 

Indiana Professional Licensing Board has approved this organization to provide category 1 continuing education hours for LSWs, LCSWs, LMFTs, and LMHCs. Provider # 98000765A

NBCC, ACEP No. 7363

Association for Play Therapy Approved Provider #07-200

Registered Sand Therapist Trainer RST-C/T
World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals

Inner Resources Training Institute follows all CE guidelines for the hours it provides and maintains full responsibility for all aspects of programming. 

Programs that do not qualify for NBCC and/or APT, or any CE hours are clearly identified. To ensure that the credit hours you receive are applicable for your purposes, please contact the agencies for which you are seeking credit directly.  You must attend the entire session to receive credit, no partial credit will be issued.

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Inner Resources Training Institute reserves the right to cancel any training due to unforeseen circumstances. If this occurs, you will be refunded the full amount of your registration fee. Liability for cancellations is limited to the cost of the registration fee. Inner Resources is not responsible for other expenses incurred by the customer, such as lodging and travel.

If you make your request for cancellation, by email or voicemail, no later than 21 days prior to the start of the workshop 75% of your registration fee will be reimbursed. You may transfer/ sell your enrollment to another qualified person at anytime.

As a general rule, no refunds will be issued for missed sessions or cancellation requests initiated within 21 days of your scheduled workshop. Inner Resources Training Institute has the discretion to issue a refund or a credit for valid emergencies such as sudden illness, death, or national emergency .

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