Professional Education
Advanced Narrative Sand Therapy Certificate Program

Countering the Stigma of Play:
The Neurophysiology of Projection & Active Imagination*
With Tim Mewmaw
Wed, Feb 22nd 10am-1pm (EST)

Creativity and imagination come up against injunctions very early in life; you can’t – sing, draw, play music, create, invent. Family, social, and cultural expectations require a shift away from being inventive to a so-called “practical” reality. For many clients, the shelf of symbols, the tray of sand, the invitation to draw or activate an image evoke strong anxiety and activate a lifetime of social judgments and constraints.
This highly experiential course demonstrates how a basic understanding of neurophysiology combined with simple but powerful projective exercises can help clients overcome internal barriers and experience the profound power and depth of collaborative active imagination. Externalizing narratives and experiences of shame and trauma through therapeutic metaphor and symbol activation provides an opportunity to process, heal and reclaim lost, missing or damaged parts of the self.
Emphasizing the four basic principles of Narrative Sand Therapy (Presence, Permission, Protection and Empowerment), this 3-hour live virtual training provides a practical approach for normalizing uncertainty and reservation while utilizing clinician spontaneity and deep Rogerian presence to help clients immerse in their own projective process.
Self-Paced Trainings
Demonstrations of Narrative Sand Therapy©
Demonstrations of Narrative Sand Therapy©
A Telehealth Exploration With Symbols In Sand
Competencies in Sand Therapy:
Foundations for Safe and Ethical Clinical Practice
“The core principles for all competencies include a clear vision of expertise, well-defined skills and aptitudes, awareness of problems and ways to correct them, and established steps for learning.”
This course presents specific aptitudes for proficiency with Sand Therapy. Each of the three levels builds on the former to address essential principles such as:
- How to conceptualize a sand scene
- Theory as a lens to understand dynamics potentially present in sand scenes
- Mental representations vital to resonate with the process
- How to respond to clients
- Potential problems and risks
- And, the importance of clinician immersion in their own work
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