First Fridays of: March & November
When: 11:30am-1pm ET
Where: Zoom (Virtual)
Instructor: Heather Maritano
Non-Contact EUs: 1.5/session

Sandtray is an expressive modality for all ages that uses sensory and symbolic means to safely explore the full range of self and experience. MORE ➝
Explore the complex nature of clinical supervision, the various tasks and roles of a supervisor, techniques and supervision models.
Helping seasoned or emerging clinicians enhance professional development. In-person and virtual options, customizable, package rates available.
Ethical practice is a way of recognizing and thoughtfully resolving, to the best of one’s ability, the inevitable conflicts that arise in our work.
Learn the basics, explore theory, understand the science of play and its clinical applications across populations and more.

Clinical or personal consultations for individuals or organizations; individual sessions utilizing sandtray and expressive arts; and a variety of co-created processes to meet your needs
Whether for personal wellbeing or professional use, expressive modalities can be profoundly impactful. Many of our workshops & retreats provide CE hours for participation.
A weekend retreat to calm the mind & ground the body

Experience powerful healing metaphors through ancient Japanese practice of Kintsugi, the breaking, adorning, and rejoining with gold. NOV 2025 ➝

An evening to practice, connect with, and celebrate the history of feminist fabric collage and women’s work in textiles. And eat cheese. SEE 2024 ➝

Personal consultations; individual sessions utilizing sandtray and expressive arts; and a variety of co-created processes to meet your needs
New opportunities added regularly.
Book Study for Inscapes of The Child’s World ON DEMAND
Book Study for Partners in Play: An Alderian Approach to Play Therapy ON-DEMAND
Using Sandtray in Supervision ON-DEMAND
Ethics & Cultural Competence COMING SOON
August 1 & 2, 2025: Practicing With Play, Creative Interventions Across the Lifespan On the Road, hosted by Timberview Ranch & Retreat in Clinton, IL
August 15-17, 2025: Sandtray Foundations, Part 1
August 22, 1pm-3pm ET: Sandtray Consultation Group ZOOM
August 29 & 30: The Art & Science of Play Therapy, an Introduction
September 10, 11am-1pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group ZOOM
September 12, 10am-12pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group
September 17, 10am-12pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group ZOOM
September 20, 9:30am-4:00 pm ET : Sand, Symbol, Self Skill Development & Retreat Day
October 8, 11am-1pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group ZOOM
October 15, 10am-12pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group ZOOM
October 17, 10am-12pm ET: Monthly Play Therapy Consultation Group
October 24, 1pm-3pm ET: Sandtray Consultation Group ZOOM
November 1: Kintsugi, Filling the Cracks with Gold
November 7, 11:30am-1 pm ET: Ethics Discussion ZOOM
November 14-16, 2025: Sandtray Foundations, Part 2
Coming Soon!
May 14-17: Stilling the Waters Within Retreat
First Fridays of: March & November
When: 11:30am-1pm ET
Where: Zoom (Virtual)
Instructor: Heather Maritano
Non-Contact EUs: 1.5/session

Ethical practice is a way of recognizing and thoughtfully resolving, to the best of one’s ability, the inevitable conflicts that arise in our work.
Decision making can be fraught with uncertainty, perhaps even shame, as we work through the options. Laws and codes give us some structures but relatively few clear answers for the complexities of clinical practices.
In this discussion and experiential based on-going series, we explore the issues we’re facing, the decisions we’re making, and the implications for our practice. Simple self nurture activities are integrated to reflect the perspective that best practices require a well functioning practitioner.
Our discussions focus on identifying various ethical dilemmas from true case illustrations. Participants are encouraged to submit issues from their own practices that can be used to enhance everyone’s learning. Submissions can be sent to Heather at hlmaritano@gmail.com prior to the session so she can be prepared, and make room for your concern. Please ensure that all identifying information has been removed.



Join us on the first Fridays of March & November from 11:30am-1pm ET.
Each meeting counts as 1.5 hours of ethical content for licensure compliance. In Indiana we are required to have 1 hour annually.