Advanced Expressive Sandtray Therapy, September 25 & 26, 2025
This workshop is a continuation of the beginning expressive sandtray workshop. Through experiential exercises and demonstrations, participants will learn how to deepen their journey of play experience. Observation skills will be enhanced as participants utilize their senses and abilities. By engaging in 2-3 personal sandtrays daily, the participant will develop their ability to nurture creativity and imagination. Additional expressive modalities will be employed, and participants will be instructed on how to enhance the therapeutic experience. John utilizes a client-centered sandtray approach. The Beginning Expressive Sandtray Therapy workshop is a required prerequisite for this course.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate the use of amplification and understand when this method can be used in the sandtray play therapy session
• Utilize a variety of techniques that can be used to deepen the play therapy experience when using the sandtray
• Asses how to work with and understand countertransference in the play therapy therapeutic relationship
• Describe directed sandtray play and when to use it in the play therapy session
• Use a variety of expressive play therapy modalities and learn how to use them to deepen the therapeutic experience in play therapy
The workshop is held on Thursday and Friday at 871 South Orem Blvd., Orem, Utah. Registration is 8:30am-9:00am. It will start at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday and end at 5:30 p.m., and it will start at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and end at 2:30 p.m. This is the only workshop that takes place on a Thursday and Friday, with different start and end times.
This workshop is a continuation of the beginning expressive sandtray workshop. Through experiential exercises and demonstrations, participants will learn how to deepen their journey of play experience. Observation skills will be enhanced as participants utilize their senses and abilities. By engaging in 2-3 personal sandtrays daily, the participant will develop their ability to nurture creativity and imagination. Additional expressive modalities will be employed, and participants will be instructed on how to enhance the therapeutic experience. John utilizes a client-centered sandtray approach. The Beginning Expressive Sandtray Therapy workshop is a required prerequisite for this course.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate the use of amplification and understand when this method can be used in the sandtray play therapy session
• Utilize a variety of techniques that can be used to deepen the play therapy experience when using the sandtray
• Asses how to work with and understand countertransference in the play therapy therapeutic relationship
• Describe directed sandtray play and when to use it in the play therapy session
• Use a variety of expressive play therapy modalities and learn how to use them to deepen the therapeutic experience in play therapy
The workshop is held on Thursday and Friday at 871 South Orem Blvd., Orem, Utah. Registration is 8:30am-9:00am. It will start at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday and end at 5:30 p.m., and it will start at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and end at 2:30 p.m. This is the only workshop that takes place on a Thursday and Friday, with different start and end times.
This workshop is a continuation of the beginning expressive sandtray workshop. Through experiential exercises and demonstrations, participants will learn how to deepen their journey of play experience. Observation skills will be enhanced as participants utilize their senses and abilities. By engaging in 2-3 personal sandtrays daily, the participant will develop their ability to nurture creativity and imagination. Additional expressive modalities will be employed, and participants will be instructed on how to enhance the therapeutic experience. John utilizes a client-centered sandtray approach. The Beginning Expressive Sandtray Therapy workshop is a required prerequisite for this course.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
• Demonstrate the use of amplification and understand when this method can be used in the sandtray play therapy session
• Utilize a variety of techniques that can be used to deepen the play therapy experience when using the sandtray
• Asses how to work with and understand countertransference in the play therapy therapeutic relationship
• Describe directed sandtray play and when to use it in the play therapy session
• Use a variety of expressive play therapy modalities and learn how to use them to deepen the therapeutic experience in play therapy
The workshop is held on Thursday and Friday at 871 South Orem Blvd., Orem, Utah. Registration is 8:30am-9:00am. It will start at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday and end at 5:30 p.m., and it will start at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and end at 2:30 p.m. This is the only workshop that takes place on a Thursday and Friday, with different start and end times.
Note: The Beginning Expressive Sandplay Therapy workshop is a required prerequisite for this workshop.
The workshops are held at 871 S. Orem Boulevard in Orem, Utah. The workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on both days. If you have any questions, feel free to contact John at 801-225-7805 or at sandmanutah@gmail.com.
Cancellation Policies
Registration cancellation must be submitted in writing to John Burr. The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative charge, will be refunded only if the request is postmarked 30 days prior to the date of the workshop. No refunds will be issued for any requests posted less than 30 days before the workshop. Registration may be transferred to another person without penalty only if the original registrant notifies John Burr.
John Burr reserves the right to cancel any workshop due to any unforeseen circumstances. If the workshop is canceled you will receive a full refund. All attempts will be made to notify you of any cancellation within 10 days prior to the workshop.
Due to the experiential nature of the workshops registration is limited. A minimum of 10 registrations must be received or the workshop will be rescheduled.
Twelve Continuing Education credits are available. The Center For Sandplay and Expressive Therapy is an APT-approved provider 15-404.