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Digital Seminar

Sand Therapy: A Powerful Tool to Create Safety and Healing for Trauma, Anxiety & More


Faculty:
Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S™
Duration:
1 Hour 31 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
May 12, 2022
Product Code:
POS058936
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Sand therapy is a powerful neurobiological approach to treating children, teens and families with trauma, anxiety, and attachment issues.
In this 90-minute recording, you will learn why sand therapies are so effective and the neuroscience behind them. Get a tour of the sandtray playroom, view a video sandtray demonstration, learn creative techniques and gain the basics that will keep you wanting more.

  • Integration of neurobiological trauma and sandtray
  • Expressive tool to deepen healing providing a safe psychological distance from the clients' problems
  • Directive and nondirective methods and case studies will be addressed to demonstrate the power of sand therapies in a therapeutic setting
  • Integrated within different theoretical models

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 1.75 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Tammi Van Hollander, LCSW, RPT-S™, is a renowned speaker, trainer, and clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience. Specializing in attachment, sandtray play therapy, and sensory integration, she holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and extensive training from the Family and Play Therapy Center in Philadelphia. A certified advanced trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach® and founding board member of the World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals, Tammi’s published works include Casey’s Greatness Wings and The Bibliotherapy Toolkit: 100+ Creative and Playful Story-Based Interventions. She created Casey’s Greatness Sticks and Cards, teaches virtual Sandtray classes, co-taught the inaugural Sandtray therapy class in China, and delivered a TEDx Talk, Stories in the Sand: Healing Trauma, Anxiety and Grief, in October 2023.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Tammi Van Hollander is the owner of Main Line Therapy, LLC. and has employment relationships with the Expressive Arts Therapies and the Mid-Atlantic Play Therapy Institute. She receives royalties as a published author. Tammi Van Hollander receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Tammi Van Hollander is a member of the Association for Play Therapy and the National Association for Social Workers. She is a board member of the World Association for Sand Therapy Professionals and a program committee chair for the Specialists of Schools.


Objectives

  1. Demonstrate the therapeutic value of sandtray play therapy to improve client engagement.
  2. Demonstrate safe and effective outlets to help clients heal trauma, reduce anxiety, improve relationships, and gain resilience.
  3. Demonstrate how to integrate sand therapy into your practice with children, and adolescents to offer safe psychological distance to deepen healing.

Outline

  • Intro and History to Sand Therapy
    • Difference between sandtray and sandplay
    • Different theoretical approaches to sand therapy
  • Benefits of Incorporating into your Practice, Agency, or School Setting
    • Deep healing and transformation
    • Offers whole-brain integration
    • Quiets mind and body
    • Full sensory experience
  • Neurobiology of Sand Therapy
    • Expressive tools to deepen healing and provide safe psychological distance from client challenges
    • Therapeutic powers of play in the sand
    • Client-centered /nondirective sand therapy
    • Directive sand therapy
  • Video of sand therapy with teen
  • Case study for family and individual sand therapy

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Mental Health Clinicians
  • Play Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Psychiatrists
  • School Counselors
  • Social Workers

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