Category: Program News

  • Introduction to NST Starts October 18, 2023

    Registration for this course has ended. Sign up for our newsletter below to stay informed about future courses. Sign up today for our newest course offering, Intro to Narrative Sand Therapy©: A Foundation in Theory & Practice This course will introduce the philosophy and theories that ground NST, as well as demonstrate a variety of… Read more

  • How Existential Experience Can Be Represented Through Symbol Activation

    Registration for this course has ended. Sign up for our newsletter below to stay informed about future courses. Join us this October 17 and 24 for our two-part course where we will emphasize ways existential experience can be represented through symbol activation. Dee Preston-Dillon, MA, Ph.D. will present this course virtually each of the Tuesday… Read more

  • Fall Courses Open for Registration

    Registration for these courses has ended. Sign up for our newsletter below to stay informed about future courses. Our fall lineup of courses provides multiple opportunities for learning. We have two, two-part virtual sessions and one hybrid immersion course where participants attend a 3-hour virtual session and choose their preferred day for a 5-hour in-studio… Read more

  • New Course: Representations of Existential Meaning

    New Course: Representations of Existential Meaning: Activating Symbols, Engaging with Stories Join us for two evenings this October are we explore and emphasize ways existential experience can be represented through symbol activation. Aspects of narrative therapy, process hypnosis, and active imagination will help balance client verbal with non-verbal expression through symbols and story. Each session… Read more

  • Join us in Sedona this August

    Dr. Dee and Tim will be presenting at the Expressive Therapies Summit this August 27 – 31, 2023 in Sedona Arizona. The event will be held at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock, the premier Sedona resort located at the gateway to the red rocks. Our sessions include, “Miniatures, Metaphor & Poetics in Sand Therapy:… Read more

  • TSTTI to Offer an Introduction to Narrative Sand Therapy©

    The session, titled, “Telling Life Stories: The Power of Symbols in Sand Scenes” will be offered to mental health professionals from IPCF China – Integrated Psychological Training Center for Child and Family on June 30, 2023. Dialogues with symbols in a sand scene is a powerful way for clients to tell their stories, from very… Read more

  • TSTTI to Present a 12-Session Narrative Sand Therapy Course to IPCF-China in Fall 2023

    The fall course will elaborate the use of the therapist’s imagination, safe engagement with process hypnosis, collaborative amplification, and wonderment, and when appropriate how to use active imagination with symbols in sand. Read more