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.
— Mary Bernard, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in DeLand, FLSand tray therapy is an approach that uses small figurines and sometimes water to build scenes and stories that represent a person's inner world within a sand-filled tray. It can help one become more aware of current challenges or become aware of something unknown. I often offer it as an intervention to all my clients, whether a child adolescent or adult. It is an incredibly relaxing activity in itself, but it is amazing what insights can be discovered. It is a great compliment to talk therapy.
— Laura Samalya, Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia Beach, VAI am recognized as an expert in Sand Tray Therapy, a powerful therapeutic modality that utilizes a sandbox and miniature figures to facilitate self-expression, exploration, and healing. My expertise is anchored in specialized training under leading figures in the field, specifically Amy Flaherty Hood of the Southern Sandtray Institute and Terry Kottman of the Encouragement Zone.
— Adria Booth Tyler, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in West Des Moines, IAI 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.
— Robin Poage, Clinical Social Worker in , ILSand 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.
— Erik Johnston, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Overland Park, KSSand tray therapy is a form of expressive therapy where individuals create scenes in a sandbox using miniature figures to represent their inner thoughts and emotions. This method helps clients visually and symbolically express and explore deep psychological conflicts and traumas, facilitating understanding and healing in a non-verbal, creative way. It’s especially useful for accessing and resolving issues that might be difficult to articulate, providing a powerful medium for emotional insight.
— Rose Dawydiak-Rapagnani, Therapist in ,I took a full course on sandtray therapy in graduate school and have taken multiple advanced trainings throughout my career to learn the most appropriate ways to include this modality to my clients of all ages.
— Lacey Castilleja Fisher, Licensed Professional Counselor in Austin, TXI 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.
— Melissa Wright, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Aliso Viejo, CASandtray, also called Sandplay is a modality of therapy that invites an individual to create an image in a tray of sand. Much like the process of dreaming, or other creative engagement, sandtray has the ability to allow our unconscious to create symbols that aid our working through difficulties. Sandtray is a modality for treating complex trauma, anxiety, depression.
— Laura Birchard, Licensed Professional Counselor in Portland, ORSandtray therapy is a unique type of expressive therapy where you can tell your life stories without having to rely on verbalizing. This can be especially helpful for those who have experienced traumatic events. This type of therapy uses sand and miniatures as tools, or emotion words, to tell your story in a safe environment.
— Katelyn Sager, Licensed Professional Counselor in Brentwood, TNSand 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.
— Morgan Ticum, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Overland Park, KSI use sand tray for in-person sessions. This is very effective in activating your right brain and deeper emotions and awakening your unconscious mind.
— Bitna Lee, Clinical Social Worker in Austin, TXSandtray therapy has been researched through neurobiology. In many circumstances talk therapy can only take us so far and the need for the brain's implicit processes begins to shift to the forefront. This approach creates a safe container where there are are no right/wrong ways to create a sandtray image. The sand, an element from the earth, unconsciously resembles our psychic field, a realm where one can experience freedom from judgment as well as an unfiltered presentation of our inner life.
— Lorís Simón Salum, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Houston, TXI have utilized Sand Tray Therapy with children, teens and adults throughout my career. Our practice has a variety of sand trays available with various textures available to meet sensory needs. Sand Tray Therapy is effective for many types of client but can be especially helpful to utilize with folks who struggle with words or expression of their thoughts and feelings.
— Kassi Lightfoot, Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Sherman, TX