STA -2014 Bi-Annual Meeting: The Spirit of Story in Sandplay

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Objective 1: Compare how Sandplay Therapy, as founded by Dora Kalff, is based on the work of C.G. Jung, including the connection in clinical work to Jungâ€™s concept of the Collective Unconscious.

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.

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Objective 2: Explain how C.G. Jungâ€™s healing process included playing in the sand at the waterâ€™s edge and carving stone, and how this led to his encouraging Dora Kallf to pursue the medium of Sandplay.

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.

Objective 3: Realize the importance of the pioneering work of Margaret Lowenfeld who created the World Technique using a sandtray and miniatures within a clinical setting, which focused on the healing aspects of play for traumatized children.

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.

List three components of vulnerability in the clinical setting.

Identify three stories involving vulnerability and shame for women in fairytale and myth for use in the clinical setting.

Describe three factors in resilience in the clinical work of women and girls.

Discuss the study of Sandplay as taught by Dora Kalff (history, theory, antecedents, practicality, particular aspects)

Explain how to provide a learning environment for the study of sandplay

Explore Jungian version of the human psyche (symbols and the unconscious)

Define the differences between grief and trauma

Identify Dan Siegel's nine domains of neural integration in sandplay.

Discuss Experience-based Sandplay Consultation

Explain the theoretical development of the feminine

Discuss historical relevance to Jungian theory

List similarities of sand play process and historical mythology

Apply accurate diagnosis of mental health conditions that may be amenable to medication therapy.

Describe how to collaborate with medical/psychiatric providers for co-management of selected clients.

Explain the use of common medications used to treat mental health disorders in children.

Discuss the healing power of stories/fairytales and storytelling

Explain how trauma impacts a persons ability to symbolize

List the uses of the symbol in Sandplay and Storytelling

Discuss the role of witness in the sandplay process through personal refelctions by seasoned sandplay therapists

Expalain how to validate the clinical maturity that comes from reflecting on one's own sandplay process with the witness

Discuss how to reinforce the qualities of the holding capacity of the witness through remembering the story on one's personal process in the context of group reflection, dialogue and collaboration Objective 4- To identify those qualities of the holding of the temenos by the witness of our sandplay story maturing our understanding of the value of sandplay therapy

Explain how Sandplay Therapy, as founded by Dora Kalff, is based on the work of C.G. Jung.

Explain how C.G. Jung's healing process included playing in the sand at the water's edge and carving in stone, and how this led to his encouraging Dora Kalff to pursue the medium of Sandplay.

Explain aspects in clinical practice of Sandplay

Explain adult use of imagistic language in the symbolic process of psychological transformation

Compare Kalffian Sandplay from other forms of sandtray therapy.

cite examples of lumen naturae, the light from below

Discuss Mother Nature/Sophia arising with her serpent companion, Mercurious Duplex

Discuss Neumann's "earthing" in individuation today

Explain how unresolved family trauma themes present in Sandplay scenes.

Discuss Jung's ideas around 'the unlived life of the parent' and the impact on the Play Therapy & Sandplay Therapy process.

Explain how our own wounding deeply impacts our work with clients.

Discuss the use of Heroes/Heroines in Sandplay.

Discuss the value of acquiring familiarity with the Modern Hero and how he/she relates to the legacy of hero in myth, legend and fairy tale.

Identify common aspects of Sandplay Heroes/Heroines in combination with other miniatures, the elements, alchemic factors' that play a role in the Hero/Heroine's journey.

List effective research designs for evidence based sandplay/play therapy study

Discuss the significance and implications of sandplay research data

Explain how to collect and organize sandplay data that can be used for sandplay/play therapy research.

Discuss the meaning and significance of the inner Self when portrayed in play therapy and sandplay.

Explain how images of the Self can evolve when a series of them are made in a sandplay process.

Describe the meaning and significance of the dark side of the Self when expressed in a sandplay process.

Discuss use of the symbol of the turtle in Jungian sandplay therapy.

Discuss the significance of myths, legends and stories about the turtle and their relevance to the therapeutic uses of this symbol.

Discuss the significance of the archetypal layer of the psyche as it relates to the symbol of the turtle in psychological healing.

Identify a symbol Ali used to confront her fears

Describe an example of how dramatic play was used to confront Ali's fears

Describe an action repeated over several sessions and why it was significant.

discuss the difference between a Self tray and Donald Kalsched's archetypal defense of the Self.

complare Michael Fordham's notions of Deintgration and Reintegration in light of the client-therapist relationship

discuss the healing that becomes visible in the sand as all figures begin to move in harmony

identify somatic awareness of image in the body and how new consciousness can emerge.

identify somatic felt-sense awareness in sandplay case studies

identify how images can move and change in the body consciousness.

Discuss Cultural Sensitivity: awareness of the Bedouin culture and the issues and problems of introducing Sandplay and play therapy to cultures inherently opposed to therapy of any kind.

Discuss common psychological issues and problems of traditional cultures in transition to modern demands and limitations

Discuss of the complex relationship between Jews, Arabs, and Bedouins in Israel as it relates to the collective conscious and collective unconscious of each along with appreciation of the figures and objects that are culturally and collectively characteristic of Bedouin client's Sand Play Therapy images.

Discuss the theme of miniature as it relates to the 'archetype of the tiny hero' evident in myth and fairy tale

List examples of the archetype of the tiny hero appearing in myth and fairytale, following a progression from small, smaller, to smallest.

Explain how the unique capabilities of miniature heroes or objects in myth and fairytale are analogous to the miniature figures used in Sandplay therapy to effect a course of healing.

Discuss typical sandplay work of ADHD children.

Recognize a sensory motor play and its significance in sandplay process.

Define the major components of symbol research both to write a symbol paper and to present a symbol as part of a sandplay consultation group

Explain the physical characteristics of dragonflies, their life cycle and reproductive behavior

Explain the symbolic meaning of dragonflies in European, Japanese,and Zuni cultures and the possible meanings of dragonflies when used in sandplay

Discuss C.G. Jung on nature and the archetype of land

Discuss potential meaning of nature scenes in Sandplay

Discuss six case studies where nature is present in Sandplay

Discuss the power of symbolic work in Sandplay Therapy.

define and discuss the term "Sandplay Process" as used by Estelle Weinrib.

discuss the archetype of the Self as it is experienced in a Sandplay process.

Describe Axline's principles of Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT) and Rogers principles of Person Centered Therapy.

differentiate issues of countertransference and its impacts on therapeutic decision making.

Discuss an orientation from an analytic perspective

explain what constitutes a safe holding space with clients within the therapeutic relationship.

list three important variables about therapeutic attunement from Dr. Bath's research on how mindfulness is important for a therapist relating to the client in a play therapy session.

Compare and contrast their experiences in play therapy to newly learned experiential practices of mindfulness for use in the play therapy environment.

Discuss the origins of sandplay therapy with the history of play therapy.

Discuss the controversies and challenges facing sandplay and play therapy worldwide.

Describe three of more symbolic meanings of the crow/raven.

Explain the meaning of the crow/raven in Alchemical terms and its psychological significance.

Discuss the symbolic and psychological meaning of the crow/raven in several sand play processes.

Discuss the constructs of both latency age and adult male cases with a female therapist.

Describe the in-depth contribution of play within the sand tray cases as well as in the trnasference

Discuss the characterizes of latency age male play and adult male play in the sand trays.

Identify what a living symbol is and how to work with it.

List difference between a symbol and in this case the veil, as defense or as a doorway to other areas of the psyche.

Identify the experience of the ineffable mystery as it emerges in the movement of the psyche through dreams, art and sandplay

Explain the historical genesis of Jung?s technique of active imagination from the basis of his self-experimentation.

Explain the rationale of this technique and the role it played in the subsequent development of art therapies

Compare the relation of this technique to historical and current practices in analytical psychology and sandplay therapy.

identify symbols of attachment disruptions and repair in Sandplay and Play Therapy.

identify behaviors consistent with repeating patterns of trauma response (fight, flight, freeze) and attachment disruption in children and their families in treatment.

identify therapeutic interventions that create a "free and protected space" into which a child might tell her previously un-languaged story.

Name two similarities and one major difference between Margaret Lowenfeld?s World Technique and Kalffian SandplayÂ®.

Describe some ways that Margaret Lowenfeld?s life experiences influenced her development of the World Technique.

Discuss how early experiences and the stories that frame our beginnings show up in two SandplayÂ® cases and participants' own experience.

Apply the following basic Jungian concepts to clinical understanding in sandplay and play therapy: complexes, shadow, persona, anima/animus, and transcendent function.

Discuss how to amplify symbols in connection with sandplay and play therapy.

Describe the basics of Jungian theory as it relates to sandplay and play therapy.

Discuss masculine archetypes in their adult and child version and how they manifest in the play and sandplay therapy process.

identify symbols associated with masculine archetypes in the play and sandplay therapy process.

name the evolutionary stages as depicted by Erich Neumann

name three symbols which depict the Great Mother archetype

explain the phenomenon of "coming full circle"

discuss and compare, with broader perspective, the literary case study of Hamlet to cases in their practices.

explain the differences between various theoretical points of view and those of Jung and Kalff.

list ways in which one may elicit and approach symbolic material.

Discuss the personal importance of the miniature pieces in the collection and the implications in the transference relationship

explain the value of the veil in the sandplay therapy

compare the images of History of Art to the images of the sandplaytherapy

describe the transformative power of the sandplay therapy

Discuss a form of therapist awareness that may be used in verbal therapy, sandplay, play therapy and the expressive arts.

Discuss the relational field of transference and countertransference in psychotherapy.

discuss how the landscape of a tray can reveal memories,personality and psychological themes.Participants will observe how the clients choice of figures illustrate developmental change in the psyche.

Discuss the role of attachment with traumatized clients, how to integrate other play therapy approaches with adult clients to enhance a sandplay process.

identify levels of symbolism in sandplay and play therapy, including personal, transferential, collective, archetypal and alchemica.

Compare Jung's conceptualization of the ego and the Self.

Explain the process of psychological symbol formation and how it manifests in Kalffian play therapy.

Explain how the symbol of the mermaid is related to the development of the ego.

Explain historical, mythological, cultural and sandplay literature references to the symbol of the ladder.

Discuss the concept Jungian concepts of the ?transcendent function? and ?individuation process? and its significance to the sandplay the process

Discuss examples of cases where the use of the ladder is significant and represents the concepts of ?transcendent function? and ?individuation process? and conclusions we can draw from this anaylsis

explain what constitutes a safe holding space with clients within the therapeutic relationship.

list three important variables about therapeutic attunement from Dr. Bath's research on how mindfulness is important for a therapist relating to the client in a play therapy session.

Compare and contrast their experiences in play therapy to newly learned experiential practices of mindfulness for use in the play therapy environment.

Discuss the importance of self awareness and of the personal content in the sandplay collection

Identify themes from Wizard of Oz that relate to trauma and distress

Explain how psychological themes from Wizard of Oz in play therapy and sandplay cases assist with emotional healing

Discuss how themes from Oz story assist with issues that arise when returning to ordinary life after therapeutic experience

Explain the significance of Jung's Red Book and through grasping its significance in his life and work and learning to read these historically

Explain how the Red Book enables one to study and grasp Jung?s own individuation process

Explain how the Red Book enables one to grasp the genesis of Jung?s work from 191t onwards.

Objective 4: Apply the concepts of Jungian Analytical Psychology to the clinical work of Sandplay and Play Therapists.

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.

Objective 5: Acknowledge the work of Jungian Analysts Estelle Weinrib and Kay Bradway as we honor their contributions to the founding of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy and Sandplay Therapists of America.

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.

Objective 6: Incorporate the cultural story telling traditions of the Northwest indigenous people into our work as Sandplay and Play Therapists in which, in Jungâ€™s words, â€œthe psyche tells its own story.â€

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.

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