Sandtray Therapy Credential Program
How does it work and what does this program include?
As part of this program, you can expect:
10 days of in-person experiential sandtray therapy trainings (Split in 2) along with a virtual consulting program lasting 16 weeks between our in-person sessions!
That is over 60+ hours of sandtray therapy training!
PLUS…
You will receive a chosen book for your learning needs.
You will get your own wooden sandtray many goodies including miniatures, some yummy food, fun experience and your own healing through the use of the sandtray!
AND... you’ll come away with friendships and the confidence needed to work with your clients for the long term.
Cost: $4399 (taxes incl.) Flexible Interest Free Payment Plans Available
Want to become a Credentialed Sandtray Therapist?
At the Canadian Sandtray Institute we offer the IAST- Credential. This program accepts mental health professionals and graduates of a specified mental health program to partake in a hybrid learning experience. The program consists of 4 levels taken in 2 Level Blocks of in-person sandtray therapy training with 15 hours of virtual case consultation with your learning group and instructor.
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Level 1-Introduction to Sandtray Play Therapy
Level 1 will provide the learner with the basic foundation of Sandtray Therapy. It covers working with Adults in the sandtray and provides specific techniques
and tricks to allow you to begin right away.
Day 1
Based on the content of this Level I am able to:
- Gain knowledge of the history of sandtray work in play therapy.
- Understand the difference between sandtray and sandplay therapy.
Have a basic understanding of materials needed for this work, such as miniatures, sand, and sandtrays.
Understand and develop skills needed to process sandtray with adults.
List 20 directives for sandtray work in play therapy provided by the instructor and create others when given case examples from the instructor.
- Work through several case studies of adults and gain an understanding of the process that occurred within the treatment.
Learn 10 themes in the sandtray, including those which indicate mental health concerns and healing.
Day 2
- Have an overview of developmental issues that occur within sand tray work with children and other special populations.
Understand and experience role play of sandtray work and experience a role play of how this occurs with children and sandtray.
Work through several case studies of children and gain an understanding of the process that occurred within the play therapy treatment.
Learn the latest brain-informed research behind the power of sand tray in play therapy.
Experience a group sandtray and learn 3 ways that sandtray can be used in a group and family therapy setting.
Level 2-Neuroscience of Sandtray Play Therapy
Day 1
Based on the content of this Level I am able to:
- Discuss knowledge of the basics of brain structure, especially in how this relates to play therapy.
Identify the tenets of interpersonal neurobiology in a play therapy setting.
Revise several case studies in terms of neuroscience integrating with play therapy.
Explain how different ages work in the sand and play from a brain science perspective.
Recite the effect of trauma on the brain and how this affects sandtray therapy.
Apply 2 new techniques to help explain the brain structure to how working in the play and sandtray setting.
Day 2
- Analyze the Polyvagal theory and how this relates to play and sandtray therapy.
Interpret sandtrays based within brain science.
Demonstrate the importance of implicit vs explicit memories within therapy and play.
Practice skills to enhance your work as a facilitator of sandtray therapy.
Implement the tenets of brain science research into your work in the sandtray.
Recite the explanation of how sandtray therapy can be a form of play therapy from a brain-informed method, including the nine pathways of integration.
Level 3-Advanced Learning & Personal Work
Day 1
Based on the content of this Level I am able to:
- Recite how the brain works through the sandtray and play therapy process.
Discuss and review several personal case studies as well as those provided by the instructor within the play room.
Discuss several case consolations provided by participants in the sandtray and play therapy room.
Provide demonstration of personal work in the sandtray with the trainer and participants.
Analyze 2-3 differing theories regarding the use of particular methods of sandtray work in the sand and play therapy
Apply techniques in the sandtray and play therapy from both the client and therapist’s perspective.
Identify 5-6 processing prompts appropriate for both children and adults in sandtray play therapy
Day 2
- Analyze a live demonstration of the sandtray process and play therapy with a non-participant.
Discuss demonstration using clinical tools learned in the sandtray process the previous day.
Design 1-2 techniques to use in the sandtray therapy process from a particular theoretical orientation.
Assess and critique personal processing skills in the sandtray while in pair exercises.
Explain the importance of personal work within the sandtray as a tool to becoming an effective therapist through an experiential exercises.
Discuss how to incorporate sandtray and play therapy into other models of therapy.
Level 4
The Canadian Sandtray Institute offers:
Trauma in the Sandtray Across the Lifespan
Join the IAST-Credential Training
The in-person sandtray therapy training will consist of 4 levels with 15 weeks between levels 2 & 3. Between levels 2 & 3 you will partake in 15, one hour case consultations via zoom with your group.
The ICST sandtray therapy training is ideal for those who are working as mental health therapists or in a graduate program concentrating on a discipline within the mental health field.
Cost: $4399.00 CDN (taxes included)
Flexible Interest Free Payment Plans are Available
Email: office@canadiansandtrayinstitute.ca to inquire
April 25-28th 2024
& Nov. 7-11 2024
Calgary, AB
30 Day Money Back Guarantee when paid in FULL,
After 30 days no refunds will be accepted- instead if you must cancel your fee will be placed toward a future cohort
