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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 session. This is in addition to a 12-session Narrative Sand Therapy course being offered to individuals affiliated with Integrated Psychological Training Center for Child and Family (IPCF) in China. We also have several recorded, self-paced courses available for you. Registration for our recorded courses is always open and we encourage to go at your own pace and enjoy our offerings.
Intro to Narrative Sand Therapy: A Foundation in Theory & Practice
Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (ET)
$395 for all 5 Sessions: October 4 through November 29
This course will introduce the philosophy and theories that ground NST, as well as demonstrate a variety of clinical applications. Each three-hour workshop will incorporate core ideas, ethical considerations, a demonstration of process, and an interactive exploration with images, symbols and sand scenes.
Representations of Existential Meaning: Activating Symbols, Engaging with Stories
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, and Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (ET)
$120 for both sessions | 4 Hours (pending CE sponsorship approval)
This two-part course will emphasize ways existential experience can be represented through symbol activation.
Cultural and Existential Dimensions of Sand Therapy: Cultural Sensibilities, Collaborative Practice
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, and Tuesday, November 21, 2023, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (EST)
$120 for both sessions | 4 Hours (pending CE sponsorship approval)
This session will explore two aspects of cultural intersubjectivity: 1.) How symbols in a sand scene represent ethnic, gender, and cultural identities beyond what words can express and 2.) Clinical competencies to collaboratively engage culturally sensitive symbol dialogues.
Immersion for Clinical Competence: Congruence
Tuesday, December 5, 6:00-9:00 p.m. (EST) – Live, virtual session
Saturday, December 9 or Saturday, December 16, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (EST) – In-Studio (pick one)
$290 for both sessions | 8 Hours (pending CE sponsorship approval)
This course addresses the space of immersion – meaningful personal experience and aesthetic congruence. This space is especially relevant to process symbols, imagined stories, and projective images. Congruent approaches include wonderment, amplification, silent I-Thou dialogues, active imagination, resonant pacing, poetics, and metaphors.
