Whether you’re a counsellor, teacher, social worker or psychotherapist, you are dedicating much of your life to looking after others. Whilst this can be extremely rewarding, it can also be very stressful and emotionally draining. Especially if you are also a parent or caring for a family member. It’s therefore easy to ignore the signs…
If you are interested in sandplay therapy training, you have probably looked at many different courses. Sand play is described as Jungian Sandplay in most places and integrative sandplay therapy in a few. What’s the difference? Sandplay sprang up organically in the 1920s when counsellors in London noticed young child clients started putting toys into…
In my years teaching sandplay and creative play courses, I have seen many people meeting their traumatised parts for the first time in a sandtray. There in that little wooden box are the lost parts that call out in our dreams. Now we see them in all their 3-D numinous glory. Once a kind witness…