Connecting Sandplay

friDay
afternoon
June 3
3:00 - 3:15
break
3:15-4:45
worksHops/
presentations
STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM
3:00-3:15 break
technology support for the sandplay therapist
Dori Pelz-Sherman, PhD, ISST/CST-T (raleigh, NC)
This hands on ‘Tech-Fair’ offers the opportunity for both Mac and PC users to get answers
to their questions regarding the most frequently utilized tools by sandplay therapists, presenters
and teachers. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their laptop computers
or other portable devices along with specific questions.
LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE
Could oedipus Have been Cured? a Jungian approach to treating
early trauma
Mark Bortz, PhD, ISTA (Kfar Saba, Israel). Sponsor: Lorraine Freedle, PhD, ABPdN,
ISST/CST-T (Hilo, HI)
The oedipus myth will be viewed as an example of early trauma with a brief exploration
of Freud’s misinterpretation of this myth. Erich neumann’s concept of the emergency ego
and Donald Kalsched’s concept of archetypal defenses will be reviewed as a way of understanding
the psyche’s response to early trauma. Both these theories will be compared with
neuropsychological research. We will then explore why sandplay therapy is particularly effective
in treating early trauma. Finally we will look at a clinical vignette focusing on two
early sandworlds that graphically capture Kalsched’s conceptualizations, and a later sand
world that illustrates psycho-spiritual development.
LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE
wonder woman: Healing of the body-Mind split through sandplay
Britt Finley, MEd, rN-BC, LAC, SP (Missoula, MT). Sponsor: Maria Chiaia, PhD, JA,
ISST/CST-T (Berkeley & San rafael, CA)
The trays of sand players, ages 18 to 74 years, using Wonder Woman will be reviewed.
Each client had a psyche-mind split with body discomfort. Four distinctive evolutionary
stages will be outlined. The first phase sees Wonder Woman as a powerful protector. In the
second phase, Wonder Woman’s Golden Lasso allows Truth to be revealed and the body
fatigue and spiritual dryness appears. In the third phase, Wonder Woman figure is buried
and from this incubation period a variety of the expressive feminine is rebirthed. In the
fourth phase, the transcendent ego-self axis is celebrated and the sandplayer’s creative
reconstruction is visible.
LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE
sandplay Case Consultation 2
Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator
Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants.
LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED. NO CE CrEDITS.
1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS
4:45-7:30
Dinner break
4:45–7:30 Dinner on your own
pre-Dinner reception: Caring for the soul, sandplay in switzerland alumni