Description:
OPD Points: 10
Learn how to use sandtray in counselling for children and adults. Practice methods for introducing symbol work, knowing when to talk and not and how to make meaning from this work. Learn how to respectfully invite the creation of miniature scenes and stories that help clients see, know and change.You will have the opportunity to:Identify the theoretical basis of working with symbols (including Jungian, Narrative, Humanist, Gestalt perspectives)Consider the evidence Practise person-centred counselling skillsIntegrate the use of creative therapies into counsellingConsider appropriate developmental, practical and therapeutic benefits and limits Practically experience the therapeutic uses Consider practical ways to build an appropriate symbol collectionLearn in the safety and support of a small group
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Course overview:Sandtray allows for the projective expression of one's personal inner world. Learn how to respectfully invite the creation of miniature scenes and stories that help clients see, know and change. Course limited to 16 people.This 3 x 3 hours of experiential, online training introduces you to approaches and applications of sandplay. Work with a range of clients (aged 10 to 110) and therapeutic contexts will be considered. Sandtray is a powerful therapeutic method that has been around for nearly 100 years. It is a form of therapy that gives both child and adult clients the opportunity to portray, rather than verbalise, feelings and experiences often inaccessible and/or difficult to express. Its origins were in the work of Jung and Kalff who were analytically orientated. Current research has demonstrated successful use in shorter term strengths-based approaches with traumatised refugees, reducing measures of anxiety and depression, and with autistic children, increasing verbal expression, social interaction and spontaneous novel play. In the free and protected space provided by the counsellor, a client creates a concrete manifestation of his or her inner world using sand, water, and miniature objects.Learn the fundamental theoretical and methodological concepts in the practice of symbols and sandtray work. It will include an overview of the major theoretical influences in this field, the existing evidence base supporting it and a review of contemporary applications. The focus of the workshop will be an experiential and practical introduction to a range of directive and non-directive methods to engage and work with this media in counselling.Please note, this is a LIVE and INTERACTIVE training event. We don't record this.
Presenter / Provider:
Jacki Short
Presenter Qualifications:
Jacki Short is the Owner and Director of Sydney Centre for Creative Change. She has over twenty five years of clinical experience with children, young people and adults. Jacki has a passion for sandplay therapy and has been training in this modality for over 15 years.As an experienced and Masters qualified adult educator, Jacki has trained thousands of students and course participants in Australia and internationally and remains committed to the safe and expressive growth of all those with whom she works. She gives you practical, evidence-based techniques to help others talk about their lives more easily, feel better understood and find solutions that are right for them.
