SPT - 2024 Sandplay Therapists of America's National Conference - Through Many One: Diversity & Unity in Sandplay Therapy

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Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 9:00 am - 4:45 pm

Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 9:00 am - 12:15 pm

Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 1:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Friday, June 7, 2024 - 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Friday, June 7, 2024 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Friday, June 7, 2024 - 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 2:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 8:30 am - 10:00 am

Sunday, June 9, 2024 - 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

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Objective 1: 1. Describe how Kalffian sandplay promotes psychological healing and growth for people of diverse backgrounds and spiritual beliefs. 2.Investigate aspects of personal and collective consciousness regarding ethnicity, economics, and gender.

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

The teaching methods used were appropriate to the objectives

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Objective 2: 3. Assess theoretical strengths, divergences, and conflicts rooted in analytical psychology, play therapy, and sandplay. 4. Identify four therapeutic skills from conference presentations to apply to the clinical practice of sandplay and play therapy.

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

The teaching methods used were appropriate to the objectives

Objective 3: 5. Develop three ways to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion in one’s clinical practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

The teaching methods used were appropriate to the objectives

1. Describe the history and development of sandplay therapy 2. Explain the role of symbols in play therapy and sandplay

3. Describe indications for use of sandplay and play therapy 4. Describe how to research a symbol

5. Describe the terms for Jungian personality structures and three key Jungian concepts as these apply to sandplay and play therapy 6. Explain the phases and key dynamics of a sandplay therapeutic process

1. Identify the effects of colonization on indigenous peoples. 2. Describe how cultural stories and practices may foster resilience.

3. Evaluate sandplay therapy as a culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, and evidence-based treatment. 4. Assess the cultural and archetypal significance of three themes in the myth of Pele, goddess of fire and the volcano.

5. Describe the cross-cultural significance of the dark goddess as a transformational force. 6. Apply concepts to a case study and to our experiences–personally and globally

1. Utilize Active Imagination in Sandplay, nature encounters, and dreamwork. 2. Define the Mundus Imaginalis and how it relates to Jung’s concept of psychic reality.

3. Practice several ways to engage with the Mundus Imaginalis. 4. Demonstrate how the imaginal brings forth the soul through dreams, nature & sandplay scenes

5. Cultivate a relationship with the Mundus Imaginalis into daily life. 6. Integrate Jung's concept of psychic reality into clinical practice.

1. Categorize at least 3 tactile responses each to dry and wet sand commonly observed in sandplay and play therapy. 2. Describe patterns of touch behaviors and/or tactile responses evident in sandplay that are indicative of Sensory Processing Disorder.

3. Describe patterns of touch behaviors and tactile responses evident in sandplay that are indicative of Avoidant and Reactive Attachment Disorder. 4. Explain why the sense of touch may become inhibited in response to complex trauma.

5. Implement at least one “Reawakening the Senses” pre-sandplay touch exercise. 6. Analyze the therapeutic progression of touch behaviors evident in a series of 5 consecutive sandtrays created by a client diagnosed with Complex Trauma.

1. Identify how symbols connect individuals to archetypal energies for change.

2. Assess two ways to engage in the technique of active imagination using symbols.

3. Evaluate components of a personal symbol study for use in symbol amplification with clients. 4. List 5 elements required by STA for preliminary symbol papers and how these may be applied to the clinical practice of sandplay therapy.

1. Explain how Dora Kalff diverged from the play therapy field and applied her study of early Eastern philosophy in the development of sandplay therapy.

2. Describe how the sandplay therapist’s spiritual practice informs their clinical work.

3. Identify how symbols and archetypes promote spiritual development in both the client and the therapist in the context of sandplay and play therapy.

1. Learn 3 African mythologies that include the symbol of the rainbow and how it influences their Africanist culture.

2. Discuss and exchange personal stories of cultural tensions and how these tensions serve to support the individuation process.

3. Explore issues that occur in our multicultural American society related to ethnicity, economics and gender in the context of sandplay and play therapy.

1. Demonstrate how SandplayTherapy can decrease socio-economic, cultural and political distress.

2. Apply the symbols in Sandplay Therapy to the universal experience of being human.

1. Distinguish the role of inequity in the Pueblo storyteller's history within the social constructs of both race and gender.

2. Integrate two important and core concepts of Jungian play therapy in relation to the Pueblo storyteller's presence in sand trays, the transcendent function and the shadow,

3. Identify the unique role of narrator in myth and story, and how they can bridge the gap between the conscious and unconscious in sandplay and play therapy.

1. Describe three core features of Bhutanese culture.

2. Assess cross-cultural applications of short-term sandplay therapy through Bhutanese case studies.

1. Describe dimensions of diversity within Chinese culture through exploration of cultural images and Chinese mythology.

2. Identify three ways a sandplay therapist shows respect and tolerance for the suffering and trauma of the client.

3. Analyze applications of concepts to females with depression in other cultures.

1 Identify three Jungian principles that appear in a clinical case study of sandplay therapy.

2 Apply Kalff's concept of the "free and protected space" to a clinical case stuy of sandplay therapy.

1. List four culturally assigned qualities of Masculine and Feminine. 2. Apply a more differentiated, less stereotyped categorization of Feminine and Masculine to play therapy and clinical practice.

3. Apply a method of using sandplay or play therapy to increase awareness of biases that affect human interactions, including therapy and play therapy. 4. Give three examples of how Masculine and Feminine qualities appear in sandplay or play therapy.

5. Apply a less rigid view of masculine and feminine when interpreting the figures and their roles in play therapy and sandplay therapy. 6. Integrate an attitude of open curiosity toward the meaning of figures used in sandplay and play therapy.

1. Incorporate Lowenfeld's concepts of the use of play/play therapy modalities in clinical work with clients, especially the differing types of topographical constructions as they pertain to the unfolding healing process using the sandtray

2. Integrate the Developmental Stages of Erich Neumann, later adopted by Dora Kalff and clarified by Estelle Weinrib in clinical work

3. Evaluate Jung's concept of the Transcendent Function as seen symbolically in the play of a sandplay process

1. Identify shadow symbols and apply this knowledge in their clinical work.

2. Evaluate shadow material in the sandplay process from the perspective of the gold it contains.

3. Assess a broadened inquiry of symbols with sensitivity to the client’s culture, religious orientation, gender, education, and economic status.

1. Describe two (2) techniques or components of sandplay therapy (SPT) as an embodied best practices approach to working with children/adults.

2. Describe three (3) mindfulness techniques or skills development that may be applied to improve one’s therapeutic presence in Sandplay/ play therapy.

3. Define three (3) qualities of metaphoric play and its role in self-regulation for people who have experienced trauma as seen in play therapy.

1. Assess theoretical strengths, divergences, and conflicts rooted in analytical psychology, play therapy and sandplay..

2. Integrate new theoretical perspectives into one's current clinical practice

1.Define and practice mindful presence and awareness of co-transference, integrating the presence of Rainbow as an ally in the sandplay therapy process with disabled and non-disabled individuals alike.

2.Develop a rationale and plan to include more people with intellectual disabilities in your sandplay practice.

1. Identify guidelines and important considerations for conducting practice-based research in sandplay and play therapy.

2. Describe the evidence base of sandplay therapy.

3. Discuss current research and compare quantitative, qualitative and mixed designs in sandplay and play therapy research.

1. Describe the evidence for the Jungian understanding that fairytales express archetypal material.

2. Integrate your understanding of the transcendent function within client-centered play therapy.

3. Analyze a client's sandplay story for its symbolic meaning in play therapy.

1 Identify three Jungian principles that appear in a clinical case study of sandplay therapy.

2 Apply Kalff's concept of the "free and protected space" to a clinical case stuy of sandplay therapy.

1. List five traits of the wild woman archetype and describe how to help clients access these traits in themselves to facilitate psychological healing and development.

2. Explain similarities of the wild woman archetype and the wolf in the clinical case material of play therapy and sandplay.

3. Analyze how the wolf may represent the archetype of the wild woman in a sandplay and/or play therapy process.

1. Identify systemic barriers to sandplay training in STA and list three ways to overcome these barriers, specifically for people of diverse backgrounds.

2. Define the “community of practice model” in the context of sandplay therapy.

3. Apply principles of diversity, equity and inclusion and lessons learned from the STA Diversity Pilot Project to one’s own sandplay community.

1. Identify a range of symbolic meanings of food in sandplay and play therapy.

2.Assess food symbolism in the context of co-transference in sandplay therapy.

3. Compare the similarities and differences of how food is used in sandplay therapy and play therapy.

1. Set-up and utilize water and mud trays in their play therapy room.

2. Explain how sandplay therapists can meet the developmental play therapy needs of younger clients

3. Identify three play themes that are typical of water and mud play therapy sessions.

1. Describe how individuation manifests through generations

2. Identify how trauma, resiliency and creativity are transmitted through family lineages

1. Define Curanderismo and identify two ways traditional medicine can enhance clinical practice of sandplay therapy with people of diverse backgrounds.

2. Describe the role of traditional medicine for people in the Hispanic/Latino culture.

3. List three herbal or ritual remedies of Curanderismo and their healing functions.

1. Describe and hold the 'free and protected space' of sandplay when sexual behavior and sexual orientation are explored.

2. Define the Six Sexual Health Principles (Braun-Harvey and Vigorito, 2016)3. Apply concepts to the case study of Billy.

1 Identify three Jungian principles that appear in a clinical case study of sandplay therapy.

2 Apply Kalff's concept of the "free and protected space" to a clinical case stuy of sandplay therapy.

1. Identify three or more meanings of the symbol of rainbow as used in sandplay and play therapy.

2. Utilize experiential practices to connect people across difference and to expand ideas of oneness.

3. Utilize experiential activities to practice applying principles of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to improve cultural humility in our sandplay and play therapy practice.

1. Identify three or more meanings of the symbol of rainbow as used in sandplay and play therapy.

2. Utilize experiential practices to connect people across difference and to expand ideas of oneness.

3. Utilize experiential activities to practice applying principles of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to improve cultural humility in our sandplay and play therapy practice.

Did this program improve your Skill or Strategy in your role or contribution as a member of the healthcare team?

Yes

Please explain how, or why not?

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Was the educational content scientifically sound?

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Do you believe your participation in this activity will positively impact your healthcare team?

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