The Sand Therapy Training Institute

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

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: 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

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

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

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