Connecting Sandplay

Stephen W. Olmsted, PhD, ISST/CST-T, is stresses a multi-modal therapeutic orientation in his practice in Duluth,
MN and has extensive training and experience in Jungian-based sandplay therapy. He currently serves on the STA
Board of Trustees as Secretary. Dr. Olmsted is also trained in EMDR and is a member of the EMDR International
Association. Dr. Olmsted has worked extensively with children, adolescents, and adults who have been separated
or estranged from their birth families. Dr. Olmsted recently retired from his general practice but he continues to be
available for consultation and for working with therapists desiring to complete their sandplay processes.
Dori Pelz-Sherman, PhD, ISST/CST-T, is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill. Her private practice in Raleigh, NC offers sandplay integrated with depth-oriented psychotherapy to children and
adults. She is trained in Jungian analytic psychology, psychological and cognitive assessment, and relationship-based
developmental psychotherapy. Her specializations include autism, Asperger’s, anxiety, depression, ADHD, parentinfant
mental health and working with artists and adult students. She is a published author, an experienced researcher,
and a frequent speaker.
Audrey Punnett, PhD, JA, RPT-S, ISST/CST-T, is the past President of the STA Board. She is a member of the
International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and served as secretary & vice-president on the board of
trustees of the Association of Graduates in Analytical Psychology (AGAP). She teaches nationally and internationally;
has published in peer-reviewed journals and recently published The Orphan: A Journey to Wholeness. Dr. Punnett is
an Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF-Fresno, Department of Psychiatry and maintains a private practice in Fresno,
California, USA.
Denise G. Ramos, PhD, JA, ISST-T, is the Chair of the Center of Jungian Studies at the Graduation Program in
Clinical Psychology (PUCSP) in Sao Paolo, Brazil and Vice-President for Americas of ISST. She is the author of
various articles and books on psychosomatics and she has been lecturing in Europe and USA on this subject. Her
book, The Psyche of the Body, is published in Portuguese, English, French, and Russian. Currently she is involved in
research on sandplay, psychosomatics, and trauma.
Luana Rowland, MA, LMFT, ISST/CST-T, is is Jungian trained. She was introduced to sandplay therapy in 1983
and began her association with Dora M Kalff in 1984. She completed the ISST requirements for teaching membership
in 1990 in Kyoto, Japan. She has been practicing and teaching sandplay therapy in California and Hawaii since that
time. Now practicing in Mountain View, CA, Luana has a deep appreciation for the spiritual and transformative
capacity of sandplay therapy.
Ellen H. Saul, MS, LP, ISST/CST-T, is a psychologist who works with children, families, individuals, and couples in
a private practice In Faribault, MN. She studied with Dr. Agnes Bayley and incorporates “In Touch Again” strategies
in her therapeutic work. Her interest in Body, Mind, and Spirit connections led her to complete studies as a Somatic
Experiencing Practitioner, in addition to her broad scope of multi-modal approaches to healing work. She has recently
accepted a position on the STA Board, after ten years of active participation (as secretary and president) on the Board
of the Minnesota Sandplay Therapy Group (MSTG).
Dyane Sherwood, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T, began sandplay training in the early 1980’s, studying with June
Matthews, Kay Bradway, and Dora Kalff. She co-authored, with the late Joseph L. Henderson, MD, Transformation
of the Psyche: The Symbolic Alchemy of the Splendor Solis, which is widely used in analytic training and depth
psychotherapy programs. Her other interests include the neurobiology of implicit communication and affect regulation,
active imagination, shamanism, Native American wisdom, and the art of Wassily Kandinsky. She is an IAAP-certified
Child and Adolescent Analyst, as well as an Adult Analyst, and has a private practice in Oberlin, Ohio.
Laura Soble MFT, REAT, CST-T is a teaching member of Sandplay Therapists of America and the International
Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), and an Advanced Analytic Candidate at the CG Jung Institute of San Francisco,
CA. She has published in the Arts in Psychotherapy Journal and the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. She is a founding
member and former board officer of the Northern California Regional Sandplay Society (NCRSS). Laura Soble
presents nationally and internationally on sandplay and the integration of the arts in therapy. She has a depth
psychotherapy practice in Oakland, CA.