Child & Adolescent Expressive Sandtray Therapy December 4 & 5, 2026

$375.00

The workshop will focus on understanding how to use expressive play therapy with children and adolescents, with an emphasis on using sandtray. Typical child and adolescent sandtray patterns will be discussed. Each participant will complete 2-3 individual sandtrays daily and learn how to incorporate different expressive modalities with this population. 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:

• Explain adolescent developmental play therapy sandtray patterns
• Discuss the use of the Hero’s Journey in expressive play therapy
• Explain latency age developmental play therapy sandtray patterns
• Demonstrate the therapist’s roles while working with children and adolescents in play therapy
• Apply the use of art, puppetry, writing, music, and other expressive modalities in conjunction with sandtray when working with children and adolescents in play therapy

The workshop will focus on understanding how to use expressive play therapy with children and adolescents, with an emphasis on using sandtray. Typical child and adolescent sandtray patterns will be discussed. Each participant will complete 2-3 individual sandtrays daily and learn how to incorporate different expressive modalities with this population. 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:

• Explain adolescent developmental play therapy sandtray patterns
• Discuss the use of the Hero’s Journey in expressive play therapy
• Explain latency age developmental play therapy sandtray patterns
• Demonstrate the therapist’s roles while working with children and adolescents in play therapy
• Apply the use of art, puppetry, writing, music, and other expressive modalities in conjunction with sandtray when working with children and adolescents in play therapy

The workshops are held at 871 S. Orem Boulevard in Orem, Utah. The workshops begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. on both days. Registration is from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Friday. 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 at least 30 days prior to the workshop date. 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 contact hours of continuing education are available. Evergreen Counseling is an APT-approved provider 15-404.