Colorado Sandplay Therapy Association

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Hands in Sand




Colorado Sandplay Therapy Association

The hands know how to solve a riddle that the intellect wrestles 
with in vain 
- C.G. Jung


MISSION

The Colorado Sandplay Therapy Association (CSTA) was founded  in April 1995 to nurture and expand Dora Kalff’s vision of Sandplay Therapy and to support the Sandplay Therapists of American (STA). The practice of sandplay is grounded in Jungian psychology, Margaret Shelf Figures Lowenfeld’s World Technique, and Tibetan Buddhist wisdom.  CSTA’s mission is realized through educational programs and professional support.

Board of Directors  

Kelly Taylor-Russell, MA 
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Barbara Lane, LCSW, Analytic Diploma Candidate
Ruth Weinberg, MA
Robert Woods, LPC, CST Candidate
Shannon Yockey, LCSW, CST Applicant
Emeritus: Grace Foster Pollard, D. Min., CST-T


Upcoming Events 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE   2010  and 2011

Brochure   Membership Benefits, Membership Application

Welcome to CSTA training and member opportunities. We are excited to share  workshops with visiting and local presenters.
Sandplay Therapy Workshop Series (Denver, Colorado) sponsored by Colorado Sandplay Therapy Association

Sept. 25, 2010

A Woman in Search of Her Feminine
Grace Foster Pollard, D. Min, CST-T
with Kelly Taylor Russell, MA
The stages and themes of this completed sandplay process of a 38-year-old wife and mother, suffering from her separation from the deep feminine, demonstrates clinical issues of precaution, resistance and transference. 

Nov. 6, 2010
Archetypal Meaning in Fairy Tales
Laurel Howe, JA, CST Candidate
Sponsored by Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
How fairy tales reflect collective and individual patterns of development, what masculine and feminine characters in fairy tales represent, and how to recognize in clinical material the dynamics that fairy tales express. 

Jan. 22, 2011  (free 1/2-day training for members)
Case Presentations and Consultation
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Laurel Howe, JA, CST Candidate

Feb. 26, 2011
I. The Symbol as Psychic Energy
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Case examples of energy expressing visually in the tray, from the unconscious depths of instinct, archetype, symptom, and complex, to its emergence in a symbol carrying the numinous psychic energy that can transform consciousness.

II. Symbol of the Tree
Shannon Yockey, LCSW
Sponsored by Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Collective amplifications of this major archetype, how this symbol evolved throughout the process of a 10-year old girl, and the role of mindfulness and attunement in understanding the evolution of symbols in the sand.

April. 9, 2011
I. Finding the Body in Sandplay
Ruth Sherrod, MA 
Sponsored by Grace Foster Pollard, D. Min., CST-T
 
How the body and psychosomatic themes can appear in sand and objects, and the importance of containment and integration of body-centered issues in clients with early attachment wounding.

II. Healing the Mother Wound in Sandplay & Spiritual Practice
Robert Woods, LPC, CST Candidate
Sponsored by Grace Foster Pollard, D. Min., CST-T
The sandplay process of a 30-year old woman, and how healing through the trauma of the negative mother complex can open the path of authentic connection to spiritual growth.

Training and Case Consult Credits:
Sandplay Therapy training certificates issues for all programs (27 hours possible), and credit records maintained for all monthly case consult groups. 

(Housing provided to out-state registrants) 


Registration  Information
SCHEDULE 
Five  Workshops, 27 Hours Training Fall ’10—Spring ‘11
TIME 8:45am-4:30pm
CREDITS 
Sandplay
COST   
Non Members - $140 
Members - $120 (CSTA/CAPT/ATACO)
Students -  $90 (full-time students).
Discounts  for 3 or more workshops, and groups


Additional   Events
CSTA invites you to attend Training Workshops and Case Consult Groups to deepen your Sandplay practice, attain certification, or to begin training in this profound expressive arts therapy. The deepest form of training, the personal Sandplay process, is also offered locally. Process, training and case consult are requirements for National Sandplay Practitioners or Certified Sandplay Therapists.

CASE CONSULTATION GROUPS


Boulder, Colorado 
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T  

2nd Mondays, 10am-noon
3rd Fridays, 10am-noon      
1800 30th St. (Crossroads Gardens
303-832-9767
   info@sandplaytherapy.org

Denver, Colorado 
Christine Ford, LPC, CST-T
Monthly meetings to be arranged
832 Emerson St.
303-832-9767
   info@sandplaytherapy.org

COST  $45 with 90% attendance commitment; $60 drop-in

For questions or additional information contact Chris Ford    303.832.9767     info@sandplaytherapy.org 


Additional Resources
Sandplay Therapists of America
Events: and Conferences: 
http://www.sandplay.org/index.htm 

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