Connecting Sandplay

Sally Sugatt, MSW, MPA, LICSW, ISST/CST-T, is a licensed (1993) social worker in private practice in Exeter,
New Hampshire. Sally presently serves on the Board of STA and has authored three articles for the Journal of Sandplay
Therapy. Sally has been practicing classical yoga since 1978 and is a registered yoga teacher and Comprehensive
Yoga Therapist (2012). In addition to these on-going studies, Sally finds inspiration walking the NH beaches in all
seasons, knitting, playing the mandolin, maintaining friendships, traveling, and being a grandmother.
Xiuling Tang, PhD, IM/ISST, works in Kowloon, Hong Kong and has been training for more than 11 years in
sandplay and Jungian Psychology. She is the first Chinese therapist to initiated and complete the two years infant
observation (with Dr. Brian Feldman, under Michael Fordham’s developmental framework). She has presented
numerous times internationally.
Janet Tatum, MSW, LICSW, JA, ISST/CST-T, works with adults, children and adolescents in Redmond, WA.
Having been an assistant to Dora Kalff in the 1980s through UCSC Extension programs, she was an STA founder
and is a current Assistant Editor for the Journal of Sandplay Therapy, a previous board member, membership and
conference chai, and is currently STA Past President. She has presented nationally and internationally. She is past
president of Seattle Child Therapy Association and Jungian Psychotherapists Association, and has been on the
executive board for Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.
Cheryle Van Scoy, RN, MN, MA, JA, SP, is a sandplay advocate with a diverse professional background in
the medical sciences, art, design, and analytical psychology. Her private practice in Santa Barbara, CA is devoted
to psychological/ physical exploration and unveiling of soul meaning for individuals confronting somatic and/or
psychological symptoms, especially blocks in creative expression.
Barbara Weller, MSW, LICSW, ISST/CST-T, is a founding member of STA. A teaching member of STA,
she is in private practice in Duluth, MN. She has contributed interviews and articles to the Journal of Sandplay
Therapy.
Jacquelyn K. Wiersma, PhD, STA Associate has studied and practiced sandplay since 1987. She is a founding
and continuing member of MSTG, and she is currently a member of the STA Research Committee. In addition to
her private practice in Minneapolis, she has taught in doctoral psychology training programs at St. Mary’s University,
Minneapolis, the Minnesota School of Professional Psychology, the University of Minnesota, and the University
of Michigan. She has also worked as a senior training psychologist at Hennepin County Medical Center and as the
Director of the Child Guidance Clinic at North Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis.
Shannon Yockey, LCSW, ISST/CST, has over 20 years experience working with children and families in mental
health agencies, church communities, overseas military, and currently is in private practice. She works with teens and
adults using EMDR, sandplay therapy, and mindfulness practices in Fort Collins, CO. She is an EMDRIA approved
consultant and therapist. She has presented nationally on sandplay and EMDR and specializes in early attachment
trauma, relational trauma, anxiety and life transitions. ​She is also an analytic candidate in the Inter Regional Society
of Jungian Analysts.
Judy Zappacosta, MA, MFT, ISST/CST-T, has maintained a private practice in Santa Cruz, California for 31
years. She consults to and supervises therapists using sandplay, and she has published and taught both nationally and
internationally. She is Editor of the book, Pearls: Defining Moments in our Lives. She is co-founder of Caring for the
Soul, offering international trainings, and is Assistant Editor of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy.