Sandtray Therapy Training: Facilitating Healing Through Creative Expression
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Sandtray therapy is a powerful, evidence-informed tool for promoting healing from trauma, abuse, anxiety, and self-esteem challenges. In this training, you’ll discover how sandtray provides a safe, imaginative method of communication—one that allows clients to express what may be difficult or impossible to verbalize.
Rooted in creative arts therapies, this approach supports reintegration of difficult experiences, builds self-awareness, deepens interpersonal connections, and fosters the development of a strong self-concept. For LGBTQ individuals in particular, expressive arts offer a brave and affirming space where both pride and pain can be held with compassion and dignity.
During this hands-on training, you will:
- Learn how to set up a sandtray space
- Understand what materials are needed
- Explore practical ways to implement sandtray in your clinical practice
- Develop skills to interpret sandtray creations and client interactions
As a facilitator, you will help create an environment that encourages clients to tell their stories—often layered with elements of the past, present, and future. Through the transformative process of sandtray therapy, you’ll witness clients build resilience, access their inner wisdom, and move toward healing.
Sandtray Therapy Training: Facilitating Healing Through Creative Expression