Sand Therapy Training Institute

08/01/2025

Join us for our March Retreat! 18 CEs Available! -

Dear Colleagues, We want to extend our gratitude and appreciation for your support for Narrative Sand Therapy. We enjoy hearing from you, your special expertise, the challenges you face, the hope and joys in your work, and how narrative weaves a life of meaning and fulfillment.

17/11/2024

Feb Courses and March Retreat! -

A facilitated retreat open to individuals and professionals from all walks of life, participants will explore existential themes and life patterns through symbols and story. We hope you can join us, and please share this opportunity with your colleagues, friends and anyone else who may be intereste...

29/09/2024

New Free Video Series! -

Learn from the experience of other clinicians as Dr. Dee demonstrates symbol activation in "The Person of the Therapist" series, or learn more about Dr. Dee's innovative approach to sand therapy in "Narrative Sand Therapy Conversations"  

31/08/2024

Fall 2024 Courses - Beginning in Sep & Oct! -

This advanced series delves into techniques for engaging the imagination through symbols, metaphors, and storytelling. Our approach is rooted in phenomenology, hermeneutics, narrative, constructionist, and existential therapies. To earn the Level Two Certificate, we invite you to 6 case consultatio...

06/05/2024

Journey Through the Path of the Sand Therapist with Dr. Dee at the upcoming WASTP Annual Conference-

Dr. Dee will be participating in a panel discussion titled, Journey Through the Path of the Sand Therapist at the upcoming World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals conference. The conference can be attended virtually. It takes place Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18. The panel discussion ...

02/05/2024

The Importance of Immersion and Private Consultations -

As is emphasized in any credible clinical education program, immersion in our own process is essential to develop the sensibility and awareness necessary to safely and ethically facilitate therapeutic process for clients. Learn more about the importance of immersion and private consultations.

21/04/2024

A Few Spots Remain for our May Retreat - We hope you can join us!

Dear Colleagues, I believe that the most important aspect of any use of symbols in sand is the person of the therapist. Their dignity and depth. This is why I started retreats. Three days to create a series of sand scenes with time for reflection, journaling, and learning. Essential sensibilities su...

02/04/2024

An Invitation to Our May Retreat -

In this guided retreat, we will explore the power of stories in our lives. Through guided poetics, sand scenes, journaling, and drawing, the emerging stories give way to meaningful turns in one’s life path. It is a time to empower the wisdom of your intuitive, instinctual self, so essential in eve...

08/03/2024

An Introduction to Narrative Sand Therapy Course Begins March 27! -

Our 15-hour interactive course offers an introduction to Narrative Sand Therapy©, a deeply transformational approach to sand therapy suitable for clients of all ages that utilizes the imaginative activation of symbols to provide clients a safe, contained space to explore and process trauma and thei...

29/02/2024

Reserve your Place at our Annual Retreat - https://mailchi.mp/sandtherapytraining.com/reserve-your-place-at-our-annual-retreat May 24-26, 2024 at Bon Secours Conference and Retreat Center.

We are delighted to invite you to participate in our 3rd annual spring retreat May 24-26. Hosted at the beautiful Bon Secours Conference & Retreat Center in Marriotsville, MD, this is an opportunity for three days of rest, healing, clarity and growth; to pause the rush of time, to imagine and create...

28/01/2024

https://mailchi.mp/sandtherapytraining.com/register-now-for-the-narrative-sand-therapy-level-one-certificate-program Class begins February 12, 2024! Join us to learn new skills and insights using symbols in sand.

Therapists who seek new skills and insights using symbols in sand will want to register soon for this program which begins February 12, 2024. The cost is just $1,499 and includes:

23/01/2024

https://mailchi.mp/sandtherapytraining.com/explore-cultural-and-existential-dimensions-of-sand-therapy Explore the Cultural and Existential Dimensions of Sand Therapy with Dr Dee! Earn 4 CEs for APA/APT as you learn about cultural sensibilities and collaborative practice.