Connecting Sandplay

Janet Blaser, MA, MFT, SP, is a therapist working in private practice with children and adults in Los Angeles,
California, since 2008. She has worked with severely traumatized youth, and her area of focus is the development
of the individual through childhood trauma. Janet has presented at STA meetings, at the Jung Study Center and at the
Jung Institute of Los Angeles.
Regina Driscoll, PhD, ISST/CST-T, is a psychologist and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She has been in
practice in St. Paul, MN for 30 years, and specializes in working with trauma. She has taught sandplay therapy at
regional, national and international teaching events and provides sandplay process and consultation. She is a founding
member of the Sandplay Therapy Institute of STA and a past president of STA.
Lynne Ehlers, PhD, ISST/CST-T, offers sandplay, dream work, case consultation and Jungian-oriented depth
psychotherapy for adults in Albany and San Francisco, CA. A lifelong fascination with art and symbol led her to
become a docent for the Asian Art Museum where she developed a familiarity with the sacred art emanating from
Asia’s religions. She has worked with sandplay since 1977, written numerous articles for the Journal of Sandplay
Therapy, and teaches classes on sandplay and dream symbolism in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Antoinette Eimers, Psy.D., MFT, ISST/CST-T, is a member of the Sandplay Community of the Greater Los
Angeles Area (SPCLA). Dr. Eimers has presented at the Sandplay National Conferences in Berkeley and in Seattle,
as well as at STA Assemblies. Internationally, she has presented at the CAST conference in Vancouver, British
Columbia and has been published in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She has a private practice in Tustin, CA where
she specializes in sandplay with children, adolescents and adults.
Britt Finley, MEd, RN-BC, LAC, SP, is a psychiatric-mental health nurse with a subspecialty in addictions
in Missoula, Montana. She has taught undergraduate and graduate nursing student for over thirty years and has
maintained a private practice since 1984. As a Sandplay Practitioner her practice has been deepening for over ten
years, and she feels a kinship with STA as “her people” that has sparked therapeutic creativity.
Lorraine R. Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T, is a board certified pediatric neuropsychologist, psychotherapist,
and trainer in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics®. Dr. Freedle is an award-winning researcher for her work
with sandplay therapy and individuals with traumatic brain injury. Dr. Freedle is an international presenter who
illuminates current theory, neuroscience and the principles of depth psychology with compelling case studies. Dr.
Freedle is the Clinical Director of Pacific Quest with a focus on holistic healing. Her private practice in Hilo, Hawaii
is Black Sand Neuropsychological Services. She has published numerous professional journal articles and currently
serves as Research Editor for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy.
Harriet S. Friedman, MA, MFCC, JA, ISST/CST-T, is a founding member of Sandplay Therapists of America
and a Jungian analyst practicing in Los Angeles, CA. She currently is on the teaching faculty of the Jung Institute of
Los Angeles, former director of the Hilde Kirsch Children’s Center, and co-author of Sandplay: Past, Present and
Future, and Supervision of Sandplay Therapy. For the last 25 years she has also lectured nationally and internationally
on integrating sandplay and Jungian psychology. She has been published numerous times in the Journal of Sandplay
Therapy.
Eric Green, PhD, is an Associate Professor of School Counseling at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN,
as well as a part-time faculty associate in the School of Education at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
MD. Dr. Green is the author or do-editor of serveral recent books, including, The Handbook of Jungian Play
Therapy, No Child Forgotten, and Integrating Expressive Arts and Play.
Geri Grubbs, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T, practices in Woodinville, Washington, and is Vice President of the C. G.
Jung Institute of Seattle. In addition to her analytic work, teaching, and lecturing, she has published “The Sandplay
Categorical Checklist for Sandplay Analysis,” a research and training manual, and “Bereavement Dreaming and the
Individuating Soul.” Dr. Grubbs has published extensively in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, is on the teaching
staff of STA’s Sandplay Therapy Institute, and is a certified meditation instructor.