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I am recognized as an expert in Sand Tray Therapy, a powerful therapeutic modality that utilizes a sandbox and miniature figures to facilitate self-expression, exploration, and healing. My expertise is anchored in specialized training under leading figures in the field, specifically Amy Flaherty Hood of the Southern Sandtray Institute and Terry Kottman of the Encouragement Zone.

— Adria Booth Tyler, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in West Des Moines, IA

I received my training in Sand Tray Therapy from the Institute of Playful Healing and am working toward certification. I am trained and experienced in use of sand tray with individual trauma work, children and adolescents, couples, families and groups.

— Mary Bernard, Licensed Mental Health Counselor in DeLand, FL
 

I have training in Sandtray through an online program called the Southern Sandtray Institute. I've also attended a Sandtray summit to get more hands on experience in sandtray. I have experience using sandtray with adults to help bring about deep change and healing. Sandtray helps clients use both parts of their brain, which can be especially helpful for grief and trauma. On top of this, sandtray can be a refreshing change to traditional talk therapy or when talking isn't working.

— Robin Poage, Clinical Social Worker in , IL

Sand Tray Therapy is a wonderful therapy I have seen support every age with a great many of issues and wants. On a technical level Sand Tray Therapy is the best mode of helping find greater meaning, resources and new ways forward to life's issues. This is because it is the chance to allow your creativity - whether you feel its there or not - to find the problem as it lives in your personally and form there builds the bridges to solutions and a more integrated life.

— Erik Johnston, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Overland Park, KS
 

Sand tray therapy is a form of expressive therapy where individuals create scenes in a sandbox using miniature figures to represent their inner thoughts and emotions. This method helps clients visually and symbolically express and explore deep psychological conflicts and traumas, facilitating understanding and healing in a non-verbal, creative way. It’s especially useful for accessing and resolving issues that might be difficult to articulate, providing a powerful medium for emotional insight.

— Rose Dawydiak-Rapagnani, Therapist in ,

Sand tray therapy is an approach that uses small figurines and sometimes water to build scenes and stories that represent a person's inner world within a sand-filled tray. It can help one become more aware of current challenges or become aware of something unknown. I often offer it as an intervention to all my clients, whether a child adolescent or adult. It is an incredibly relaxing activity in itself, but it is amazing what insights can be discovered. It is a great compliment to talk therapy.

— Laura Samalya, Licensed Professional Counselor in Virginia Beach, VA

Sand Tray therapy is a modality that allows a person to create their internal world externally through the utilization of miniatures in the sand. It is a creative way to express yourself in a different way than talk therapy and allows a person's inner thoughts, struggles and concerns to be reflected in the sand and to gain a different perspective. I am currently trained in Sand Tray levels one and two and am excited to continue my education in sand tray.

— Mary Moran, Licensed Professional Counselor in Chandler,
 

Sand tray therapy is a powerful therapeutic intervention that uses a specially designed tray filled with sand and a collection of miniature figurines and objects to help you connect with your inner, symbolic world.

— Jackie Sargent, Creative Art Therapist in Fairfax, VA

I am trained in Humanistic Sand Tray therapy and have been practicing Sand Tray and Sand Play therapies as long as I have been licensed.

— Alexandria Pena, Licensed Professional Counselor Associate in Carrollton, TX
 

Sand tray is a great expressive therapy for all ages. Using sand, water and miniatures, the client is able to express repressed underlying thought patterns and world-view perspectives through this soothing creative expression.

— Katherine Crane, Licensed Professional Counselor in Rockwall, TX

Through the use of the sand tray children, adolescents, and adults alike will be able to process some of their deepest concerns and traumas in the sand. It allows the individual a safe place to feel and uncover their past which is causing a stuck feeling in the present moment.

— Christina Francisco, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in Crystal Lake, IL
 

Sand tray therapy can be a powerful way to use symbolism as a way to gain insight into dilemmas and to bring healing into situations in which a client may not have to words to express their thoughts and emotions.

— Aime Ferow, Licensed Professional Counselor in Spring, TX