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Open Enrollment through 2024!

Learn the fundamentals of sandplay therapy and begin to use them in your practice!

Introduction to Sandplay provides the basic theoretical, practical and clinical information needed to begin using sandplay in your practice. Introduction to Sandplay Therapy is the first course in the Sandplay Training Worldwide Professional On Demand Sandplay Training Series. This course is for professional therapists and therapists-in-training only, and is taught at the graduate level.

Sandplay Training Worldwide courses include video lectures with images, recorded group discussions, downloadable PDF reference guides, suggested articles (with links) from the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, reflection exercises, and a suggested reading list of classic sandplay books.

Also included, through December 2024, are monthly live, experiential seminars that include Q&A plus symbol discussions or case presentations. Remember to write down your questions and bring them to the seminar! You will receive email reminders of the seminar dates and times. Please join in to meet other like-minded therapists and to discuss the different aspects of sandplay. These seminars help participants to integrate information and deepen their experience. The live, experiential seminars are optional because of time zone differences for our international participants. Just know that integration happens in these seminars. And, they're fun! These seminars will end in December, so be sure to join some before then!

Live 2-hour seminars on Zoom are scheduled for: 

November 16 at 10 am PST

December 9 at 1 pm PST (Monthly seminars end on December 9, 2024)

This course is designed to immerse yourself as much or as little as you like. Feel free to watch the videos many times. I encourage you to do the Reflection activities and read whatever suggested materials interest you.

You will receive the Course Completion Certificate when you have completed the course and passed an exam with 75% correct. Eight Continuing Education hours are available for California licensed therapists.

This course is available for viewing at your leisure for one year.

$497

This course meets qualifications for 8 hours of education credit toward certification for Sandplay Therapists of America / International Society of Sandplay Therapists (STA/ISST).

Linda Cunningham is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. 

Linda Cunningham maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider #017288

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On Demand Sandplay Training: Learn Jungian Sandplay Therapy!

• Flexibility: Train at your own pace, on your own time, and in the comfort of your own home

• Accessibility: On Demand Sandplay Training is available to therapists all over the world

• Affordability: On Demand Sandplay Training is priced to be affordable

Course Schedule

Introduction to Sandplay On Demand Professional Training -- Course Schedule

Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, Certified Sandplay Therapist-Teacher

8 hours toward STA/ISST Certification!

8 CE for California Therapists!

 Lesson 1- Welcome and Getting Started

• Welcome to the Introduction to Sandplay Therapy Professional On Demand Training

• Accessing the Course

• Video: Beginnings

• Video: Sandplay, a Creative Practice

• Course Objectives

• Syllabus

• PDF Reference Guide: Suggested Readings

• Questions for Reflection: Working with a Symbol

Lesson 2- Introduction to Sandplay

• Video: Introduction to Sandplay

• Video: Why Sandplay?

• Video: Depth Psychotherapy

• Video: The Importance of Play; Follow the Client; The Flow of Psychic Energies

• Video: The Free and Protected Space

• Reading: Introduction to Sandplay by Dora Kalff

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 3- The Sandplay Collection

• Video: The Sandplay Collection

• Reflection: Working with a Symbol

• Reading: The Sandplay Collection

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 4- Sand and Symbol I

• Video: Sand as Symbol

• Video and Reflection: Watch the video, "Moving the Sand."

• Reading: The Significance of Play

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 5- Sand and Symbol II: Images in the Sand

• Note About Sand Trays Shown in This Section

• Video 1: Working with Symbols and Images

• Bonus! Video 2: Working with Symbols and Images II

• PDF Reference Guide: Symbols

• Reading: Before Reaching for the Symbols Dictionary

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 6- Basics of Sandplay: Practical Issues

• Video: Basics of Sandplay - Practical Issues

• PDF Reference Guide: Introduction to Sandplay

• PDF Reference Guide: Where to Find Sandplay Figures

• PDF Reference Guide: How to Clean Sandplay Sand

• PDF Reference Guide: Template for Taking Sandplay Notes

• PDF Reference Guide: Progress Notes and Process Notes

• PDF Reference Guide: How to Take Photos of Sand Trays

• Suggested Readings

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 7- Approaching the Work: Witnessing Sandplay

• Video: Witnessing a Sandplay Process I

• Practice and Reflection: Witnessing Sandplay

• Video: Discussion of Symbols in the Sandtray

Lesson 8- The History of Jungian-Kalffian Sandplay

• Video: The History of Jungian/Kalffian Sandplay

• Reference Guide: The History of Sandplay

• Questions for Reflection

• Suggested Reading: Sandplay: Past, Present and Future

Lesson 9- Sandplay or Sandtray? What is the Difference?

• Video: Sandplay or Sandtray? What's the Difference?

• PDF Reference Guide: Differences Between Sandplay and Sandtray

• Reflection: Explore your thoughts and feelings about the noninterpretive stance of sandplay

• Reading: Sandplay is An Evidence Based Practice

Lesson 10- The Importance of the Clinical Relationship in Sandplay

• Video: Importance of the Relationship

• Video: The Relationship and Preverbal Issues

• Video: Co-transference

• Reading: Bradway, Transference and Countertransference in Sandplay

Lesson 11- Case Study 1: Beginning to Understand Sandplay Images

• Audio: Introduction to Sandplay Case 1 and Notes to Participants

• Video: Case 1. Beginning to Understand Sandplay Images

• PDF Reference Guide: Beginning to Understand a Sandtray

• PDF Reference Guide: What do we SAY to clients in sandplay?

• Suggested Reading: Twenty-one Points...

• Reflection: Write about your experience

Lesson 12- Symbolic Process in Sandplay: Kalffian Theory

• Video: Symbolic Process in Sandplay--Kalffian Theory I

• Video: Symbolic Process in Sandplay--Kalffian Theory 2

• Reflection: Explore your Reactions to Kalffian Theory

• PDF Reference Guide: The V Diagram and The Deepening Process of Sandplay

• PDF Reference Guide: The Kalffian Perspective in Sandplay

• Readings: Kalff's Theory

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 13- Case Study 2: Practice Understanding a Sandplay Process

• Witnessing a Sandplay Process

• Video: Case Study 2. Practice Understanding a Sandplay Process

• Reflection: Understanding Sandplay Images That Have No Figures

• PDF Reference Guide: Beginning to Understand a Sandtray

Lesson 14- Jungian Theory in Sandplay: A Brief Introduction

• Video: The Jungian View of the Unconscious

• Video: Jungian Theory in Sandplay, A Brief Introduction

• Audio: Discussion of Jungian Theory

• Reflection: Jungian Concepts

• Reflection: Definitions of Jungian Terms

• Suggested Reading: Jung's Map of the Soul

Lesson 15- Video of Sandplay Process

• Video: Witnessing the Creation of a Sand World

• Reflection on Practice Witnessing the Creation of a Sandtray

• PDF Reference Guide: Beginning to Understand a Sandtray

Lesson 16- Ethics and Diversity Issues in Sandplay

• Video: Ethics in Sandplay 1

• PDF Reference Guide: Ethics in Sandplay

• Release of Information (ROI) Form

• Readings: Ethics in Sandplay

• Questions for Reflection

Lesson 17- Integration

• Audio: The Archetypal Pattern of Healing and Transformation

• Video: Archetypal Patterns of Healing: Overview

• Video: Archetypal Patterns of Healing: The Ten Oxherding Pictures

• PDF Reference Guide: V-Diagram

• Reflection: Your own experience of a creative process

Lesson 18- Commonly Asked Questions and Answers

• Questions for Reflection, and Answers Too!

• PDF Reference Guide: Sandplay FAQ

• What are your questions about sandplay?

Course Evaluation Exam: Test Your Knowledge and Receive Your Certificate!

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact Linda Cunningham at linda@drlindacunningham.com.