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

$375.00
sold out

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 run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on both days. Registration is from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Friday. If you have questions, contact John at 801-225-7805 or sandmanutah@gmail.com.

Cancellation Policy:

"I do not offer refunds for cancellations. All registration fees are final. You may transfer your registration to another person if the original registrant notifies John Burr at sandmanutah@gmail.com with the new attendee's name, phone number, and email address."

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. We will make every effort to notify you of any cancellation at least 10 days before the workshop. 

Due to the experiential nature of the workshops, registration is limited. We must receive at least 10 registrations, or the workshop will be rescheduled.

Twelve continuing education contact hours are available. Evergreen Counseling is an APT-approved provider 15-404.