Sand Tray Therapy

Sand tray therapy allows individuals to build their world using miniatures and sand. This experiential technique is helpful for all ages to visualize aspects of their current situation they may not have considered otherwise.

I received my training in Sand Tray Therapy from the Institute of Playful Healing and am working toward certification. I am trained and experienced in use of sand tray with individual trauma work, children and adolescents, couples, families and groups.

Sand Tray Therapy is a wonderful therapy I have seen support every age with a great many of issues and wants. On a technical level Sand Tray Therapy is the best mode of helping find greater meaning, resources and new ways forward to life's issues. This is because it is the chance to allow your creativity - whether you feel its there or not - to find the problem as it lives in your personally and form there builds the bridges to solutions and a more integrated life.

I have training in Sandtray through an online program called the Southern Sandtray Institute. I've also attended a Sandtray summit to get more hands on experience in sandtray. I have experience using sandtray with adults to help bring about deep change and healing. Sandtray helps clients use both parts of their brain, which can be especially helpful for grief and trauma. On top of this, sandtray can be a refreshing change to traditional talk therapy or when talking isn't working.

Completed Certification and additional course work in Sand Tray Therapy.

Sand tray therapy is a therapeutic approach that blends play and art therapies. Sand tray therapy is a healing process which helps the client work through any painful conscious or unconscious memories. At the end of the session, the therapist and client may reflect on and discuss the underlying meaning behind the creation. This is determined through the age of the client. Clients can also work through issues and come to their own solutions even without verbal processing.

Sand Tray Therapy is a modality that uses sand and miniature figures or objects to create scenes, symbols and narratives to help represent the client's inner world, emotions, experiences and relationships. This non-verbal approach helps clients process experiences or painful memories that are too difficult to talk about. Integrating mind and body, this tool is a sensory experience that can enhance self-regulation where clients can feel at ease exploring narratives and externalize feelings.

I received training in sand-tray and was supervised under a sand-tray therapist as well.

I have completed the following trainings: Training Level 1; Basic Tools & Methods for Experiencing Sandtray in Play Therapy Training Level 2; Basic Clinical Skills & Theory in Witnessing Sandtray work in Play Therapy Training Level 3; The Symbolic Integration of Sandtray & Play Therapy Using a Professional Perspective Training Level 4; Advanced Clinical Skills in Sandtray Play Therapy Training Level 6; The Work of Children & Adolescents in Sandtray & Play Therapy

I have developed expertise in sandtray therapy through training, practical experience, and a deep commitment to providing holistic and effective therapeutic interventions. My expertise in sandtray therapy is from years of successfully incorporating this modality into my counseling practice. I have witnessed the transformative power of sandtray therapy in facilitating self-expression, uncovering subconscious emotions, and promoting healing in individuals facing an array of challenges.

I trained in Sand Tray Tberapy in 2016 and I utilize this in my office with adult clients who are "stuck in their heads" and need to connect with the more creative parts of their brain.

Sometimes words are hard -- especially if one has a history of dissociating or being invalidated. Sand tray provides a space for metaphors, and for speaking when one can't immediately find the words. Clients get to use figurines to describe moods, interactions, phases of life and so much more. You get to choose.