August 1st & 2nd, 2025 8:30am-4:30pm

In this workshop, participants will learn the method of sandtray therapy through demonstrations and the opportunity to experience their sand trays personally. Using sand, water, and miniatures, you will learn how the unconscious manifests itself and how to bridge the play into conscious awareness.

The workshop will focus on understanding how to use expressive play therapy with children and adolescents, emphasizing the use of sandtray. Typical child and adolescent patterns of sandtray will be discussed.

September 25 & 26, 2025, Thur 10:am-5:30 and Friday 9:00am-4:30

This workshop is a continuation of the beginning expressive sandtray workshop. Through experiential exercises and demonstrations, the participants will learn how to deepen the journey of the play experience. Observation skills will be enhanced while helping participants use their senses and abilities.

This workshop will introduce you to expressive play therapy. While talk is the traditional therapy method, expressive play therapy utilizes a client's possible expressive capacities, thereby utilizing their capabilities in the healing process.

This experiential workshop will teach each participant how to integrate a variety of play therapy modalities in the therapeutic setting when working with groups, couples, or families. Emphasis will be placed on using sandtray with these populations.

Calling all witches, wizards, and play therapists! Are you ready to embark on a magical journey of self-discovery and therapeutic growth guided by the wonders of the wizarding world? This interactive workshop delves into the power of play therapy, using the beloved Harry Potter universe as a captivating lens to explore “self” as a play therapist.