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Introduction to Jungian Sandplay
June 29, 2018 @ 2:30 pm - June 30, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
Prepaid Cost: $250.00Event Navigation
Presented by Harriet Friedman, M.A., M.F.T.
Marion Anderson, Ph.D.
Gita Morena, Ph.D., M.F.T.
Friday, June 29, 2018 – 2:30 – 8:30 pm
Saturday, June 30, 2018, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Admission to the course requires the completion of an application form, which can be downloaded and returned electronically, or via regular mail to the Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Download the Form (pdf file)
Sandplay therapy is a hand-on, non-verbal therapeutic process based on the depth psychology of C. G. Jung and Dora Kalff. It provides an opportunity for aspects of the unconscious to be experienced and expressed symbolically by playfully placing small images into a tray of sand. This allows both patient and therapist an opportunity to observe the development of a symbolic process, and integrate symbolic material into the therapeutic field. It is a powerful and healing process for dealing with issues of trauma, grief & loss, depression, anxiety and change of life transitions.
This is the first weekend of a comprehensive and sequential Jungian sandplay training program offered through the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles for professionals and graduate students in the field of mental health. It is designed to develop an awareness and understanding of how symbolic imagery is expressed and integrated into psychotherapy by focusing on the origins of sandplay, its history and development, its Jungian underpinnings, and its application in clinical situations.The weekend will include experiential opportunities, as well as a discussion of sandplay case material. CE credits are available and training hours can be applied towards sandplay certification through STA (Sandplay Therapists of America)
Optional: 2-hour Consultation Group – Sunday, July 1, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm – $60 per person (No CE credits available for this option, Hours apply for STA membership)
Course Objectives:
- Describe 3 basic concepts of sandplay.
- Briefly describe the history of sandplay, including its primary founder.
- Describe the relationship between Jungian theory and the practice of sandplay therapy.
- Describe the importance of symbols from a Jungian perspective in relation to the healing process.
- Describe how the sandplay process allows an individual to access unconscious material.
- Give 2 examples of how sandplay can facilitate healing, utilizing a case study.
- Describe how sandplay deepens the analytic process.
- Describe 3 ways sandplay images express stages of the individuation process.
- Describe 3 fundamental differences between Jungian sandplay and other sand tray techniques.
- Give an example from your own experience of the effectiveness of symbolic imagery.
Harriet Friedman, MA, MFT, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in West Los Angeles. She is a founding member of Sandplay Therapists of America, a member of the International Society of Sandplay Therapy, and a former Director of the Hilde Kirsch Children’s Center. Co-author of Sandplay: Past, Present, and Futureand author of Supervision of Sandplay Therapy, she lectures frequently on Sandplay and Jungian psychology.
Marion Anderson, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, certified teaching member of STA/ISST and a Jungian Analyst working in private practice in Santa Monica. She is a faculty member of the Reiss Davis Graduate Center and the Reiss Davis Fellowship program and teaches sandplay and Jungian theory nationally and internationally. She is a founding member of IBT-Sandplay in Brazil and for over 20 years works with groups in painting inner images of the psyche.
Gita Morena PhD, MFT, is a teaching member of ISST/STA (CST-T), co-founder and member of STA’s Sandplay Therapy Institute team, research editor for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, and past chair of the STA research committee. As a transpersonal psychotherapist, Dr. Morena is particularly interested in the mind-body-spirit connection, and incorporates a Jungian orientation and Buddhist perspective to address core issues of psychological and emotional healing. She has a private practice in West Los Angeles, and teaches sandplay around the world.
Continuing Education:
Psychologists/LCSWs/MFTs/LPCCs: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Nurses: The C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles is an accredited provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Registered Nurses may claim only the actual number of hours spent in the educational activity for credit.
