STA 2010 National American Conference

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Explain how sandplay therapy provides an opportunity to contain the process of change within the therapeutic milieu

Give examples of how sandplay therapy expands our understanding of archetype and ego, neuroscience and mindfulness, mind and body

Give examples of creative motifs within sandplay, which show the process of healing and transformation

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Describe a variety of sandplay therapy interventions targeted at individual, family, and clinician-client relational factors central to improving the client's emotional functioning during sandplay and play therapy sessions

Identify sandplay therapy techniques, which enhance the relationship between client and therapist

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Discuss the theoretical underpinnings of sandplay

Compare a child or adult’s process in sandplay by viewing clinical material

Practice sandplay principles during the clinical hour

Identify basic alchemical stages and symbols

Explain how the symbols and stages of alchemy relate to Jungian concepts of psychological healing and individuation

Discuss the sandplay process through its relationship to alchemy

Describe Vasilisa’s three tasks when meeting the Baba Yaga, the Witch of the Forest

Identify and describe the symbol of illumination in the psyche in Vasilisa’s journey

Explain the heroine’s journey from innocence to maturity in the story of Vasilisa

Identify the evolutionary archetypal pattern of the psyche

Describe how early trauma affects the sandplay process

Label the archetypal stages in the sandplay process

Identify the usefulness of the 5 Wisdom Energies of Tibetan Buddhism in sandplay therapy as complimentary to Jungian psychology

Explain how to develop a deeper observational skill of bearing witness by learning how to use body/speech/mind description

Identify what creates a safer container for the sandplay client

Identify images of archetypal polarities that appear as an integral part of emotional and psychological healing

Describe personal and professional experiences of conflict and oppositions, and apply this information to therapeutic work with patients

Assess the extent of psychological healing by analyzing the imagery of mind-body-spirit integration that appears in their sandplay material

Analyze the first sandtray symbols and subsequent floor play which may give an indication of what is needed for the client's healing

Discuss the importance of establishing an early co-transference of "the therapeutic feeling relationship between therapist and patient"

Analyze the first sandtray symbols and subsequent floor play which may give an indication of what is needed for the client's healing

Discuss the neuropsychology of sandplay therapy and the importance of multi-sensory methods in the treatment of brain injury

Name the seven phases of psychological healing after brain injury and the conditions of sandplay therapy that bring forth change

Identify future directions for research in sandplay

Identify several healing factors recurring in the three case studies presented

Explain how these factors can help to bring the subjects out of their neuroses

Identify symbolic themes in the patient’s imagination as manifested in her sandplay scenes

Describe at least one example of the patient’s attempt to integrate the opposing forces within her

Explain how the child’s fear and anxiety manifested in her sandplay process

Define sandplay and spirituality as they are related to this research project

Identify field investigation methodology concerning the relationship between the sandplay and spirituality, based on 23 sandplayers’ responses

Describe a middle-aged Taiwanese man’s sandplay process as it is related to his mid-life transition and transformation

Explain how Michael Fordham’s theory of child development can be seen in sandplay process

Identify containment and boundary issues in the therapeutic setting

Explain how these boundary issues relate to the “free and protected space” of Dora Kalff

Utilize key symptoms as pathways of healing instead of focusing on symptoms as pathology

Explain how to weave EMDR into the sandplay process in the treatment of children

Explain how to build a working alliance with parents and involve them in a significant way in the therapeutic process

Explain how sandplay therapy enhances the positive co-transference, facilitating healing and recovery

Explain the importance of the therapeutic relationship in freeing the client's wounded inner child for healing to occur

Discuss the importance of the connection with the sand and the miniatures in activating the unconscious

Explain how to introduce sandplay to inner city adults using a culturally sensitive approach

Identify barriers to using sandplay that may confront inner city adults accustomed to the public mental health care system

List possible research questions relating to the use of sandplay with inner city adults

Analyze Melanie Klein’s &Thomas Ogden’s Paranoid/Schizoid and Depressive Positions and the enormous developmental leap from the former to the latter

Explain the ability to think symbolically and its relationship to concretized thinking

Explain the meaning of using few figures in the sand

Analyze the image of Eros as it appears in sand trays

Summarize the transference relationship

Identify the Eros and Power issues of the analyst and of the analysand

Identify the stages of a child’s sandplay process

Practice a specific art therapy technique to support and amplify the process of sandplay

Explain specific approaches to provide containment in difficult, messy, and water-filled sandplay processes with children

Describe the importance of anchoring and cultural amplification in sandplay

Explain the value and suggested types of qualitative research methods useful for studies in sandplay

State the relevance of altered states of consciousness in sandplay for ethical practice, witnessing, and holding the process

Explain how to apply the method of sandplay therapy to autistic children

Analyze symbols to understand the inner world of autistic children

Describe how to facilitate autistic children’s symbolic and verbal expression of their inner world

Describe how attachment impairment affects the feminine aspect of self during the sandplay process

Explain the role of co-transference in the sandplay process

Identify how client culture can present itself during sandplay sessions

Identify three relationship issues depicted in metaphorical representation in sandplay for batterers in domestic violence cases

Discuss how to integrate sandplay with verbal processing and cognitive treatment approaches in working with domestic violence

Explain how to provide sandplay sessions for domestic violence clients presenting with dysregulation issues related to abandonment and fragmentation

Explain culturally based differences between Korean and Western approaches to Sandplay training

Describe similarities and differences between Korean and Western approaches to the practice of Sandplay

Describe how the same Sandplay case material can be interpreted differently from the Korean vs. Western cultural perspective

Identify one alchemical theme as manifested in sandplay scenes

Give an example of the regressive and progressive movements of the psyche as seen through one of the elements in one patient’s sandplay process

Explain how the working with the elements in sandplay is connected to the patient’s individuation

Describe how kinesthetic empathy manifests in clinical practice

Identify somatic co-transference and how it contributes towards the dynamics of identification and projection

Practice effective witnessing by tracking movement and affect, kinesthetic empathy, spatial awareness and associations

Select effective research designs for evidence based sandplay study

Evaluate and present sandplay research results

Assess sandplay outcome research

Identify the conscious and unconscious contents of sand trays

Describe how the free and protected space of the therapeutic relationship allows for connection to the Self so that psychological growth and healing can occur

Identify treatment modalities that are complimentary to sandplay therapy

Discuss the healing and transformative nature of sandplay for the sandplayer and the witness

Describe the symbolic significance of miniatures chosen by the client

Analyze the symbolic representation of a portion of the individuation process

Describe the changes of a symbol throughout history

Analyze the cultural meanings of symbols

Compare and contrast personal interpretations of symbols

Describe the symbolic and thematic approaches in understanding sandplay pictures

Explain how the integration of analytic work and sandplay can help repair an early split in the psyche

Apply the symbolic and thematic approaches to deepen and enlarge their understanding of their clients’ sandplay pictures

Discuss how to bridge Sandplay with other creative methods

Explain when it is appropriate to bridge Sandplay and play therapy

Identify the challenges in bridging Sandplay and play therapy

Explore mindfulness in the context of counter-transference from the perspectives of neuroscience, attachment and analytic theories

Practice using one’s subjective experience in an embodied, mindful way to better contain and understand symbolic work in the sandtray, particularly within fields of early relational trauma

Describe the qualities of counter-transference experiences associated with each of the four relational fields

Explain the significance of symbols of conflict, death, and regeneration in the sandplay process of boys as they relate to psychological growth in response to multiple stressors

Utilize the stages of the Hero’s Journey as described by Campbell in understanding the sandplay process

Identify symbols of deep archetypal masculine energy as they emerge in the sandplay process of boys

Describe the method developed and the results obtained from the data analysis

Analyze the dynamic of images

Discuss possible applications of the method

Describe and explain the feminine principal in Jungian psychology, in its aspects of darkness at the chthonic level of the psyche, and of the fierce feminine forces found in goddesses of multiple cultures

Analyze the process of individuation in the three descent phases of: Entry, Suffering, and Experiencing the transcendent, followed by the ascent with jewels of transformation

Use a myth and case materials to amplify themes in writing the second symbol paper for STA membership

Identify and discuss the essentials of presence and containment in sandplay therapy and how it is similar to what can be observed in the body

Cite exercises and specific strategies useful to their practice with sandplay clients

Identify which activities can be developed and used in their on-going personal growth as sandplay therapists

Describe the need for collaboration between mental health professionals and medical professionals

Identify which clients may benefit from the use of psychopharmacologic medications

Discuss the use, safety, and effectiveness of psychopharmacologic medications

Discuss how to work with and document scenarios created by couples

Analyze scenarios created by couples working together in one sand tray

Describe and explain the psychological dynamics of a couple as evidenced in their sand scenes

Explain the symbolism of bees

Explain how the life cycle of bees mirrors the therapeutic relationship

Give examples of how bees have affected different world cultures

Evaluate a completed sandplay process that includes Cherokee Indian symbolism for native animals

Explain how representations of family change are manifested in the sand

Discuss mother/daughter co-transference in the sandplay process

Identify particularly vital moments of change/transformation in the creative work of clients

Describe the importance of symbol, image, and metaphor in interpreting the play and Sandplay therapies engaged in by clients

Explain the value of utilizing information contained in world literature, myth, nature, and other metaphorical vehicles, to amplify verbal (conscious) histories and life reports obtained from clients

Discuss the role of the clinician regarding ethnocentrism, alienation and marginalization

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Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

Was the educational content free of commercial bias?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room while you attended this educational activity?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain.

How much did you learn as a result of this educational program?

What did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient problems or patient challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient outcomes?

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