Spirit. and Sandplay. through. Thursday, June 2 - sunday, June 5, 2016 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Sandplay Therapists of America Body, Mind,

Connecting National Conference Sandplay Therapists of America Body, Mind, Spirit Affiliate, International Society for Sandplay Therapy / ISST through and Sandplay Thursday, June 2 - sunday, June 5, 2016 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Skokie Doubletree Hotel 9599 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie, IL Pre-conference WorkshoPs Thursday, June 2 conference opens Thursday evening, June 2 with the dora kalff honorary Lecture, delivered by Martin kalff, and ends at noon, Sunday, June 5. Presenters from Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. National vendors. Silent auction. featuring: Martin kalff, PhD, ISST/ SGSST-T, Swiss Society for Sandplay Therapy denise ramos, PhD, JA, ISST/ ibts-t, Brazil Institute of Sandplay Therapy Lorraine freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T, Sandplay Therapists of America Judy Zappacosta, MA, ISST/ CST-T, Sandplay Therapists of America CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT for psychologists, professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, as well as Association for Play Therapy (APT) credits REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! Beginning January 15, 2016, CLICK HERE TO REGISTER:www.regonline/sta2016

ConferenCe DesCription Connecting Body, Mind, and Spirit through Sandplay The secret is hidden not in the top, but in the roots of the tree... In psychological terms, this would mean that the self has its roots in the body... C. G. Jung, CW 13, 242 Sandplay therapy is a non-verbal, expressive therapeutic method developed by Dora M. Kalff, drawing upon the works of Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung and the pioneering English pediatrician and play therapist Margaret Lowenfeld. At this national conference, we wish to explore sandplay as an embodied, symbolic approach to healing. Both Jung and Lowenfeld focused on the healing aspects of play. We know that Jung created structures on the shore of the Lake Zurich as a way of working out inner conflict. In London, Margaret Lowenfeld observed the change that occurred in traumatized children as they played and told their stories. Jung s life work centered on images of transformation in which the psyche tells its own story. Kalff incorporated these ideas in developing her approach, enriched by her personal connection with Tibetan and Zen Buddhism. Keynote and plenary sessions will focus on integration of the roots of sandplay with findings from neuroscience, a Jungian emphasis on psyche as embodied, and experiential approaches that complement the sandplay process. Workshop presentations will include Jungian topics, advances in neuroscience that elucidate what we see in the sandplay room, the therapeutic relationship, encounters with Self, the bridge between sandplay and play therapy, applications of spiritual traditions and mindfulness, and clinical presentations. There will be vendors onsite, as well as a silent auction and book sale on behalf of the Journal of Sandplay Therapy.

about... Sandplay Therapists of America Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) is a non-profit professional organization established in 1987 to promote education, training, and research in sandplay therapy. STA is the US affiliate of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), which promotes professional development in sandplay in the tradition of the Swiss analyst Dora M. Kalff, based on the theories of C.G. Jung. STA sponsors a national conference alternating yearly with a national assembly. Sandplay Therapists of America publishes the peer-reviewed Journal of Sandplay Therapy, offers a two-year training through the Sandplay Therapy Institute, and supports regional groups and trainings throughout the US. STA members contribute to the field of sandplay therapy through casework, writing, research, and mentoring trainees to become Sandplay Practitioners (SP), Certified Sandplay Therapists (CST), and Teaching Members (CST-T). To learn more about Sandplay Therapists of America, visit our website at www.sandplay.org. Invitation and Acknowledgements The Board of Trustees of STA and the 2016 Conference Committee are pleased to invite you to join us for Connecting Body, Mind, and Spirit through Sandplay, with Keynote Speaker Martin Kalff, PhD, (Switzerland) and Special Plenary Speakers Denise Ramos, PhD (Brazil), Lorraine Freedle, PhD (Hawaii) and Judy Zappacosta, MA (California) Program Committee: Marion Anderson, Antoinette Eimers, Lorraine Freedle, Jill Kaplan, Dyane Sherwood Operations Committee: Juanita McCabe (Chair), Heather Cody, Jennifer Fendya, Kelly Finch, Christine Ford, Lisa Fowler, Pam Gottschalk, Barb Hodum Auction Co-Chairs: Anne Webb and Roger Higginbotham Continuing Education and APT Credits: Geri Grubbs, Caroline Isaacs Vendors: Leslie Field Brochure Design: Dyane Sherwood

LearninG objectives Connecting Body, Mind, and Spirit through Sandplay 1. You will be able to apply sandplay as an approach to psychological healing and growth that takes into account body, mind, and spirit. 2. You will deepen your clinical and play therapy skills from hearing case presentations and the application of Jungian and Kalffian viewpoints on healing and individuation. 3. You will incorporate practices of active imagination, movement, and mindfulness into the clinical work of sandplay and play therapy. 4. You will become familiar with the process of sandplay therapy and the way it facilitates symbol formation. 5. You will learn from case presentations how sandplay therapy can establish a re-connection with lost parts of the Self, with the natural world, and with relationships to others. 6. You will be able to apply knowledge from contemporary neuroscience and research in sandplay to the treatment of somatic and emotional disturbances.

thursday June 2 MORNING pre-conference workshops An additional fee applies for the day. 8:00 AM 9:00-12:15 (includes 15 minute break) REGISTRATION: 8:00 AM Mind, Body, and Spirit in the Sand: Fundamentals of Sandplay, Part I Stephen Olmsted, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Duluth, MN) and Ellen Saul, MS, LP, ISST/CST-T (Faribault, MN) Through this introductory overview of the basics of sandplay therapy, participants will gain an understanding of the therapeutic use of symbolic expression as well as personal experience with symbolic imagery. You will learn how to use sandplay from theoretical and practical applications in sandplay practice. The workshop will explore the history of sandplay therapy, the Jungian foundation of Kalffian play therapy, and the basic aspects of a sandplay process. The presentation will view the similarities and differences among sandplay and other play therapy modalities using sand. Presenters will offer perspectives in viewing sandplay creations. Level: IntrO 3 HOURS CE, APT credit approved At Play in the Relational Field: Complexes, Developmental Trauma, and Integration in Sandplay Therapy, Part I Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Francisco, CA) Complexes are frozen traumatic memories that emerge as images loaded with raw emotions and powerful psychic energies. When they are triggered in everyday life, complexes seize us like inner demons and take over consciousness. Beginning with an exploration of Jung s discovery and theory of this foundational structure in the psyche, we will then examine similar ideas in contemporary psychoanalysis. Through interpersonal neurobiology we will discover the body-mind basis of complexes. We will befriend the complex by exploring its hidden healing potential through written exercises and artistic expression that can be used in play therapy. The role of complexes in developmental trauma will be experienced through a dream series and sandplay and play therapy case material and discussion. LEVELS: ALL 3 hours CE, APT credit approved Dancing Between Heaven and Earth: Embodied Active Imagination in Sandplay and Play Therapy Ellen Searle LeBel, MS, LMFT, BC-DMT, ISST/CST-T (Arcata, CA) Symbolic play engages the body, mind and spirit. The axis mundi is a symbol of totality, physically and spiritually connecting earth and sky. Kalffian and Jungian concepts of the psyche, illness, and transformation had sources in Asian as well as Western philosophy Axis mundi symbols are found in sandtrays and across cultures. In many cultures one axis mundi, the world tree, embodies the energetic polarities of rooting and rising. Centering on the image of this archetypal tree, we experience how symbols of the Self arise in the body in sandplay, play therapy and active imagination through movement, art, and voice. LEVELS: ALL 3 HOURS CE, APT APPROVED

thursday June 2 morning 9:00-1 2:15 PM (includes 15 minute break) pre-conference workshops An additional fee applies for the day. Finding Hope in the Darkness: Healing Attachment Trauma through Sandplay and EMDR Shannon Yockey, LCSW, ISST/CST (Ft. Collins, CO) Sponsor: Lorraine Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T (Hilo, Hawaii) Working with our most traumatized and resistant child clients poses unique play therapy challenges in holding and containing the free and protected space. These children often resist any attempts at relationships and put up barriers in the therapeutic process out of fear and mistrust. We may doubt, feel lost, and wonder if we can make a difference at all. We will explore the harmful impacts of attachment trauma on the child s developing sense of self and learn strategies to foster trust. We will gain insight into our negative transference reactions and its effects on our ability to build connections and hold the sacred space. This will be done through an experiential exercise, small group discussion, and witnessing a complex sandplay journey of a heroic and treatment resistant eleven-year-old. Participants will also learn how to integrate EMDR s Early Trauma Protocol for children into the sandplay/play therapy process through a written narrative with parents and/or guardians. LEVELS: ALL 3 hours CE, APT credit approved 12:15-1:30 LUNCH BREAK THURSDAY JUNE 2 AFTERNOON 1:30 4:45 (includes 15 minute break) 12:15 1:30 Lunch on Your Own Mind, Body, and Spirit in the Sand: Fundamentals of Sandplay, Part II Stephen Olmsted, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Duluth, MN) and Ellen Saul, MS, LP, ISST/CST-T (Faribault, MN) Level: Intro 3 HOURS CE, APT credit approved At Play in the Relational Field: Complexes, Developmental Trauma, and Integration in Sandplay Therapy, Part II Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Francisco, CA) LEVELS: ALL 3 hours CE, APT credit approved (cont d on next page) Teaching Sandplay Fundamentals Olivia Heathcote, EdD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Los Gatos, CA), Sally Sugatt, MSW, MPA, LICSW, ISST/CST-T (Exeter, NH), Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA) This workshop is designed for certified sandplay therapists (CST s) and sandplay practitioners (SP s) of STA, who wish to explore, learn and practice skills involved when teaching a sandplay therapy fundamentals class in the tradition of Dora Kalff. Certified sandplay therapists who are teaching members certified by STA and/or ISST, as well as other advanced students who wish to hone their skills in teaching sandplay fundamentals are welcome to attend. Level: Advanced 3 hours CE

THUrSDAY JUNE 2 AFTErNOON 1:30 4:45 (includes 15 minute break) pre-conference workshops An additional fee applies for the day. Sandplay and the Alchemical Imagination Laurel Howe, JA, ISST/CST-T (Denver, CO) We look closely at sandplay and play therapy as forms of alchemy, in the sense that they transform the player (the operator) through engagement in the imaginal realm. The alchemists purposely evoke the imaginatio, a meditative state of mind; sandplayers enter the realm spontaneously through the physical act of witnessed play, joining body, mind, spirit (and soul) in a healing change. We explore how sandplay is psychological alchemy, looking directly at case material, and learn about projection, transference, and the alchemical stages of transformation as aspects of Kalffian sandplay therapy. Participants may engage in an experiential encounter with this realm. LEvELS: ALL 3 HOUrS CE, APT CrEDIT APPrOvED

thursday June 2 afternoon STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 3:00 3:00 pm ConferenCe registration 6:00-7:00 reception 6:00 7:00 associates and MeMbers reception thursday June 2 evening 7:00 Dora kalff Honorary LeCture 7:00 introductions and acknowledgements 7:30 9:00 individuation and neural integration Martin Kalff, PhD, ISST-T (Switzerland) Martin Kalff will explore his evolutionary perspective on Jung s individuation journey as a process of continuous integration of our animal and human aspects with an emphasis on how the world of instincts connects us with our body. He will also explore individuation, neural integration, and the role of mindfulness in understanding these processes in the training and supervision of sandplay therapy. This will be deepened by a follow-up plenary Saturday morning on the neuropsychology of sandplay and demonstration of methods. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE

friday June 3 MorninG STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 6:45-7:45 6:45-7:45 yoga - Gentle easy flow for all Levels Sally Sugatt, ISST/CST-T, ryt500, and Comprehensive Yoga Therapist, YogaLife Institute (Exeter, NH) 8:30-10:00 plenary kay bradway Honorary LeCture Can the Mind Heal? Denise ramos, PhD, JA, ISST-T (Sằo Paolo, Brazil) Can the mind promote healing? This lecture will focus on Jungian psychosomatic theory and the efficiency of sandplay therapy in the treatment of organic symptoms, enabling the audience to begin to develop a theoretical rationale and practical approach to work with patients with organic symptoms. We will examine the interrelationship between psychological complex and somatic symptoms, and how sandplay technique can promote healing by the transduction of a symptom from the signal to the symbol. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE 10:00-10:30 break 10:30-12:00 workshops/ presentations (cont d on next page) 10:00 10:30 MiDMorninG break where elephants Hide and become Masters of wisdom and integration Braam Beetge, ISST-C (South Africa). Sponsor: Lorraine Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/ CST-T (Hawaii) Dan, a ten-year-old boy in South Africa, invites us to cast a glance into the infinitely varied world of the psyche as he follows his call to connect inner and outer nature through the integration of body, mind and spirit. Within the silent temenos, Dan expressed his dysphoric mood and deep struggle with loneliness. Working with African elephants allowed him to make contact with an important, lost aspect of his psyche. As he connects his inner and outer natures, Dan starts to process his internalized anger and unites conscious man with primitive man in what C.G, Jung called "connecting with one s bush soul." His joyful and liberating acceptance of his creations in the sand, especially near the end of his sandplay process, mark the acceptance of his own creative potential and more importantly, himself. Through the therapeutic process, he is moved to seek opportunities to bring more awareness to others regarding the role of elephants and nature in inner healing and the healing of mother earth. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE

FRIDAY JUNE 3 MORNING 10:30-12:00 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS STA CONFERENCE PROgRAM The Serpent in Sandplay: Symbol of the Process of Redemption Janet Blaser, MFT, SP, JA (San Pedro, CA) Placing or sculpting a snake in the sand, one connects in a most profound way with her body and her own nature. In both its light and dark aspects the snake is related to the instincts farthest from human consciousness. The serpent sometimes appears in play therapy and sandplay as the initiator of a process of restoration of the healthy instincts. The process will be amplified through the relationship of good and evil, as illustrated in serpent symbolism using examples from sandplay and play therapy, story, and film. This presentation will provide an experience of the redeeming aspect of the serpent in both the patient and in the play/sandplay therapist. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE, APT Sandplay Therapy: A temenos for Uniting Mind and Spirit to Body Luana Rowland, LMFT, ISST/CST-T (Mountain View, CA) We will follow the sandplay therapy of a sixty-year-old woman betrayed as a young child by her own mother, at mid-life by her husband, and at a mature stage of life by her spouse. Through the images of her sand trays we witness the healing, transformation, and reclaiming of lost parts of the personality and psyche as they become embodied in the sand. Traumatic experiences caught in the mind, body, and psyche can create discord and disconnection. Once the symbolic representations are manifested in the sand they become part of new body memory. A sense of wholeness is then possible. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE (cont d on next page) The Triple Spiral in Sandplay: Dynamic Journey Within Margaret humphris, MFA, LCSW-BACS, CST (Baton Rouge, LA). Sponsor: Judy Zappacosta, MA, LMFT, ISST/CST-T (Capitola, CA) A unique and complex symbol, the triple spiral also contains the single spiral and the number three as essential components. The spiral speaks of natural dynamic movement and development, both without (in nature) and within (the psyche). Jung saw the unconscious process as moving spiral-wise round a centre. Three conjures triads of equilibrium, of balance, such as Body/Mind/Spirit, Ego/Self/Ego-Self Axis, and the transferential concept of the transcendent third thing emerging from duality. Associations with each symbol will be explored. Examples of the triple spiral utilized in the sandplay therapy creations of several adult women will be discussed. LEVEL: ALL 1.5 hours CE

friday June 3 MorninG 10:30-12:00 workshops/ presentations (cont d) STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM Dance of Death in the service of Life Lynne Ehlers, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Albany & San Francisco, CA) Kali, the fierce Hindu warrior-goddess, is the dark and terrible death-mother, who destroys demons on the battlefield. These demons, both inner and outer, threaten the very matrix of life. As we experience the story and images of Kali, we come to realize that this goddess of death is, paradoxically, a servant of life who offers fierce protection when it is most needed in the therapy process. To the accompaniment of Indian music, participants will be invited to embody Kali in her dance. Finally, we will examine and discuss the sandplay of two women who engaged with Kali during the course of ultimately healing therapeutic processes. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE sandplay Case Consultation 1 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED. NO CE CrEDITS. 1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS 12:00-1:30 LunCH break 12:00 1:30 LunCH on your own 1.5 and 3-Hour workshops Three-hour workshops are listed first. friday June 3 afternoon 1:30-4:45 workshops/ presentations (includes 15 minute break) (cont d on next page) active imagination for sandplay therapists Mary Dougherty, MFA, ATr, JA (Chicago, IL) Active imagination is an imaginal method used within the play therapy process in which one intentionally engages images, figures, and emotions in order to establish a dialogue with the unconscious. It is an active attempt to come to terms with aspects of our selves beyond our conscious ego identity. The capacity for imaginal perception depends on the quality of attention and the willingness to participate with unconscious contents. We will explore the theoretical and experiential aspects of active imagination as it is used in sandplay and play therapy generally, in order to increase one s capacity to recognize and to be in relationship to unconscious contents. Participants will make use of journal writing and image making exercises as the means through which to engage active imagination. LEvELS: ALL 3 HOUrS CE, APT APPrOvED

FRIDAY JUNE 3 AFTERNOON 1:30-4:45 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS (includes 15 minute break) 1:30-3:00 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS The Angelic Hidden Inside the Beast, Revealed and Released through Sandplay and Play Therapy LaVon Bobo, MS, LMFT, ISST/CST-T (Mountain View, CA) Seven years old when we meet, this child is expelled from three schools during our four years together, leaving the therapist feeling hopeless at times. In the process of sandplay and play therapy, he regains his authentic connection to body, mind and spirit as his creations depict the stages noted by Kalff and Neumann. As the child releases the beast he has embodied, he gradually reveals the remarkable, if not angelic, human being who has been locked inside. The opportunity to witness this boy s traumatic childhood through his own adult perceptions and deep awareness adds to the impact of the case. LEVELS: ALL 3 HOURS CE, APT APPROVED Research Roundtable STA CONFERENCE program 1.5 HOUR WORKSHOPS: 1:30-3:00 and 3:15-4:45 Lorraine Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T, STA Research Chair (Hilo, HI), Gita Morena, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Diego, CA), Denise Ramos, PhD, JA, ISST-T, ISST Research Chair (Sao Paolo, Brazil) Conducting research in sandplay therapy is a challenging, yet critical endeavor. With growing attention to evidence-based practice we must better understand the power of sandplay therapy and effectively share it with others. Conducting research in sandplay may involve deepening our understanding of the process, evaluating change that results, or comparing sandplay therapy to other methods. This interactive seminar will review current developments in sandplay research, explore research methods in sandplay therapy, and provide participants an opportunity to share research projects and ideas. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE Pachamama: The Great Mother and Elements of Earth Sonia Lucana, LCSW, RPT-S, SP (San Mateo, CA). Sponsor: Linda Cunningham, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Francisco, CA) Pachamama and the earth elements evoke images of rebirth and transformation, fostering self-regulation skills when working with children with trauma and experiencing somatic symptoms. We will explore and understand mother earth s symbolism and her protective living spirit and energy in a multicultural and clinical play therapy context. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE, APT APPROVED Writing Preliminary Papers and Final Case for Certifcation Audrey Punnett, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Fresno, CA) and Maria Chiaia, PhD, JA, ISST/ CST-T (Berkeley & San Rafael, CA) This session will cover: 1) the steps in selecting a subject for the preliminary papers, deciding on a final case and identifying an advisor and readers; 2) criteria for papers and case study; and 3) the approval process. Opportunity to discuss specific issues in small groups with Teaching Members of STA will be provided. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE

friday afternoon June 3 3:00-3:15 break 3:15-4:45 workshops/ presentations STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 3:00-3:15 break technology support for the sandplay therapist Dori Pelz-Sherman, PhD, ISST/CST-T (raleigh, NC) This hands on Tech-Fair offers the opportunity for both Mac and PC users to get answers to their questions regarding the most frequently utilized tools by sandplay therapists, presenters and teachers. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their laptop computers or other portable devices along with specific questions. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE Could oedipus Have been Cured? a Jungian approach to treating early trauma Mark Bortz, PhD, ISTA (Kfar Saba, Israel). Sponsor: Lorraine Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T (Hilo, HI) The oedipus myth will be viewed as an example of early trauma with a brief exploration of Freud s misinterpretation of this myth. Erich neumann s concept of the emergency ego and Donald Kalsched s concept of archetypal defenses will be reviewed as a way of understanding the psyche s response to early trauma. Both these theories will be compared with neuropsychological research. We will then explore why sandplay therapy is particularly effective in treating early trauma. Finally we will look at a clinical vignette focusing on two early sandworlds that graphically capture Kalsched s conceptualizations, and a later sand world that illustrates psycho-spiritual development. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE wonder woman: Healing of the body-mind split through sandplay Britt Finley, MEd, rn-bc, LAC, SP (Missoula, MT). Sponsor: Maria Chiaia, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Berkeley & San rafael, CA) The trays of sand players, ages 18 to 74 years, using Wonder Woman will be reviewed. Each client had a psyche-mind split with body discomfort. Four distinctive evolutionary stages will be outlined. The first phase sees Wonder Woman as a powerful protector. In the second phase, Wonder Woman s Golden Lasso allows Truth to be revealed and the body fatigue and spiritual dryness appears. In the third phase, Wonder Woman figure is buried and from this incubation period a variety of the expressive feminine is rebirthed. In the fourth phase, the transcendent ego-self axis is celebrated and the sandplayer s creative reconstruction is visible. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE sandplay Case Consultation 2 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED. NO CE CrEDITS. 1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS 4:45-7:30 Dinner break 4:45 7:30 Dinner on your own pre-dinner reception: Caring for the soul, sandplay in switzerland alumni

friday evening June 3 7:30-9:00 workshops/ presentations STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM sitting with the tray Harriet Friedman, MA, MFCC, JA, ISST/CST-T (Los Angeles, CA) and Jill Kaplan, MA, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Jose, CA) Come join us as we muse together on the symbolic content of the tray and how we hold the ongoing process. We will be in dialogue around an image or a few images from a case presented by a ISST/CST-T. This session is intended to model the holding of the free and protected space in sandplay therapy, play therapy generally and consultation sessions. The seminar also has the dual purpose of affirming connections among the sandplay and play therapy community. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE, APT APPrOvED sandplay therapist as instrument: Limbic resonance in sandplay therapy Heather Lesley-Swan, CAPA, PACFA, ArCAP, ISST-T (Sydney, Australia) This session will enhance sandplay therapists sensory acuity and knowledge of embodiment of Dora Kalff s concept of the safe protected space as a component of sandplay therapy. The session explores how the therapist self-cares, hears and holds transference, and mindfully attunes to embody the safe and protected space in service of the sandplay client. Recent neuroscience research concepts will be reviewed in terms of client needs, including the brain s defined default system as impacted by trauma, and therapist required responses. Experiential attunement processes will be included and the concept underpinned with photographs of sandtrays evidencing unconscious inclusion of the sandplay therapist as part of the client s recovery of Self. The session connects the sandplay therapist as an individual and unique person to the theme of the conference. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE archetypal imagery and amplification Janet Tatum, MSW, LICSW, JA, ISST/CST-T (redmond, WA) This will be an interactive presentation and discussion focusing on Jung's concept of the archetype as a representation of the collective unconscious. Using imagery, we will trace a theme from ancient times to the present. We will discuss how to amplify a symbolic image in sandplay and play therapy in order to better understand clinical material in clients play, sandplay or dreams. We will look at how a symbol, representing something previously unknown, can be relevant to clinical work. Handouts of reference material will be available along with books for review and information on the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) and the use of the Index of Jung s Collected Works. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE, APT APPrOvED sandplay Case Consultation 3 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED. NO CE CrEDITS. 1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS

saturday June 4 MorninG STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 6:45-7:45 6:45-7:45 yoga - Gentle easy flow for all Levels Sally Sugatt, ISST/CST-T, ryt500, and Comprehensive Yoga Therapist, YogaLife Institute (Exeter, NH) 8:30-10:00 plenary Making Connections: the neuropsychology of sandplay therapy and experience-related Case Consultation Lorraine r. Freedle, PhD, ABPdN, ISST/CST-T (Hilo, HI) and Martin Kalff, PhD, ISST-T (Switzerland) According to Jung, the psyche is the source of life and the prime mover (CW 8, 666) connecting body, mind, and spirit. The neuropsychology of sandplay and play therapy involves understanding the dynamic interplay between the brain and psyche that drives neurodevelopment and transformative change. Lorraine Freedle will present a neuropsychological perspective on how sandplay therapy works. next, Martin Kalff will explore the implications in the context of the cotransference relationship-- highlighting the importance of moment-to-moment mindfulness practice by the therapist. He will also demonstrate his method of Experience-Related Case Study. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE, APT CrEDIT APPrOvED 10:00-10:30 break 10:30-12:00 workshops/ presentations (cont d on next page) 10:00 10:30 MiDMorninG break alchemical symbolism of sandplay images Connecting body, Mind, and spirit Helen Brammer-Savlov, CPO, JA, ISST (Toronto, Canada). Sponsor: Linda Elaine Bath, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Davis, CA) Explore parallels between sandplay and alchemy and the use of alchemical symbolism to aid our understanding of sand pictures. Alchemical images from Jung s essay The Psychology of the Transference will be presented to illustrate aspects of the cotransference that we can experience in sandplay therapy. Sand pictures will be observed that concretize unconscious experiences of the therapeutic relationship created by a middle-aged woman alienated from her emotional life and suspicious of close contact due to early cumulative trauma. The embodied feelings of the therapist evoked by her sand pictures and experiences in the cotransference will be described. LEvEL: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE

SATURDAY JUNE 4 MORNING STA CONFERENCE PROgRAM 10:30-12:00 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS (cont d) Creative Action to Language in Sandplay: An Hypothesis of the Mirror System Rosa Napoliello Balfour, MD, JA, ISST-T (Milan, Italy) Spirit embodied by creative sandplay and words that reveal it to the world is part of a mystery. The specific characteristics of the human genetic code, with respect to the mirror neurons system of language and movement of the hands and their close interconnections, can help us to formulate a first hypothesis about the path of the elaboration of emotional content inexpressible in words through sandplay therapy. The elaborative process with sandplay therapy and the new theories on the evolution of language in humans suggest that the therapeutic process of sandplay may be an example of an ontogeny that traces a phylogeny. LEVEL: ALL 1.5 hours CE Ariel: Body and Soul in the Tray Thais Maurmo (Brazil). Sponsor: Barbara Weller, ISST/CST-T (Duluth, MN) Case presentation of a sixty-year-old woman who has felt overwhelmed and helpless since her second husband left almost a year before. It appears that the separation triggered an acute childhood trauma, which her initial constricted, self-protective body posture seems to reflect. After a long process of Somatic Experiencing (SE) in conjunction with sandplay therapy, she restores connections lost along the way with daughters, deceased father, friends, and former husbands and within herself: body, mind and spirit LEVELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE Diabetes and the Soul: Manifestation of Symbols in Sandplay PIctures Cheryle Van Scoy, RN, MN, MA, JA, SP (Santa Barbara, CA). Sponsor: Marion Anderson, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Santa Monica, CA) (cont d on next page) Research Findings of a pilot experiment utilizing classic Jungian Analytic Process (incorporating sandplay therapy) exploring the phenomenon of Type 1 Diabetes as a psychoid reality the field wherein psyche and matter are united and undifferentiated. The research was partially funded by the Susan Bach Foundation, Zürich, and established in collaboration with the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA. LEVEL: ALL 1.5 hours CE

saturday June 4 10:30-12:00 (cont d) STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM by way of the serpent: the Chakras and kundalini in sandplay Geri Grubbs, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Woodinville, WA) The seven chakras, spiritual vortexes of vibration and light along the central axis of our bodies, are known to store information in the form of our psychological or mental tendencies, habits, and desires. Come learn about the meaning and function of each chakra, expressions of blockages, or vrittis, that may occur and be expressed in sandplay, and what a release would look like. See images of the life force, or serpent energy that can rise up and down the spine during a sandplay therapy process. Examples of chakra expressions, a short process of a vritti and its opening, and a second short process of spiritual emergence, also known as Kundalini, rising will also be seen. LEvEL: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE sandplay Case Consultation 4 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED 1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS. NO CE CrEDITS. 12:00-1:30 LunCH break/ MentorinG LunCHeon 12:00 1:30 LunCH on your own - or MentorinG LunCHeon 12:15-1:15 Mentoring Luncheon Jackie Kelley, LCSW, ISST/CST-T (Plano, TX) and the Admissions Committee prospective Members and associates at all levels (certified, practitioner, teaching) are invited to meet for a lunch to discuss membership benefits and requirements with Certified teaching Members in an informal setting. the admissions Committee will make a short presentation and answer questions. requires ADvANCED SIGN UP ON registraton FOrM. COST INCLUDED IN registration. FrEE TO ASSOCIATES AND NON- MEMBErS.

saturday June 4 afternoon STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 3 and 1.5 Hour workshops Three-hour workshops are listed first 1:30-4:45 3-Hr workshops/ presentations touching the Mystery: Mandorla as Crucible, womb, and Doorway where spirit and Matter Meet Lauren Cunningham, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (San Francisco, CA) and Maria Chiaia, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Berkeley & San rafael, CA) experiential, clinical and theoretical material will focus on the unfolding mystery in our work and how we may nurture its emergence through the psyche as the connecting link between mind, body and the anima mundi. the image of the mandorla as transcendent function, becomes the doorway/crucible/womb, where new connections between matter and spirit are forged that deepen the relationship to the self. within the relational field between the therapist and the sandplayer, the living presence of the sacred is encouraged to enter to transform the prima materia of unmetabolized emotion and dissociated thought as well as the non-verbal experience of the numinous. LEvELS: ALL 3 HOUrS CE Dark Goddess Tessamarie Capitolo, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San rafael, CA) The Dark Goddesses as icons have been worshiped by ordinary folks for centuries. As archetypal images in sandplay, she stands for our earthly bodies and human relationships. Later she may be transformed into consciously felt embodied dark feelings. This presentation will include images of the pantheon of dark goddesses, their stories and their psychological meanings. Several sandplay therapy cases in which dark goddesses are significant will be shown. The meaning of these figures within the context of the trays will be interpreted and discussed. Participants will be invited to create their individual dark goddess figures out of clay. LEvELS: ALL 3 HOUrS CE wise body: understanding somatic Memory in sandplay Linda Elaine Bath, MS, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (vacaville, CA) The Wise Body holds the memory of wholeness that becomes dismembered through traumatic experiences. As somatic beings we carry knowledge of our mind, body and spiritual wholeness at a cellular somatic memory level. When time is taken to attend and be guided by somatic experiences, healing can be remembered and accessed. Case presentation, breath, movement and imaginative play therapy techniques will be used to strengthen awareness of body states. Participants are asked to bring a personal figure to be used as a healing anchor from which they will be asked to monitor and gauge somatic memory as it is evoked, integrated and accessed. Somatic awareness will be approached and encouraged as a way to awaken the inner healer which guides right action in the play therapy process. LEvEL: ALL 3 HOUrS CE, APT CrEDIT APPrOvED

June 4 afternoon STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM 1.5 Hour workshops 1:30-3:00 and 3:15-4:45 1:30-3:00 workshops/ presentations Creating inner Harmony in the Midst of emotional tempests: the Cadence of intentional practice roz Heiko, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Cary, NC) and Shannon K. Yockey, LCSW, CST (Ft. Collins, CO) Attuned sandplay and play therapists enhance the rhythm of creating sand scenes, engaging in symbolic play and gaining deeper insights by deliberately and respectfully inviting client participation in mindfulness practice within current affective neurobiological and selfregulation frameworks. Utilizing Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian meditational traditions, we explore targeted therapeutic interventions that can be utilized in a play or sandplay therapy session with traumatized children using mindfulness, guided visualization, and EMDR techniques. Didactic presentation of mindful practices through three traditions will be enhanced by experiential play therapy exercises. Poetry, storytelling, guided imagery, simple movement, music, and spiritual meditation will offer workshop participants powerful means to incorporate these forms of mindfulness in everyday personal and clinical practice. LEvEL: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE, APT APPrOvED wedding sandplay and Vocal psychotherapies: a new synergy Sana Loue, PhD, MPH, MA, LISW, ISST/CST (Cleveland, OH). Sponsor: Jill Kaplan, MFT, ISST/CST-T (San Jose, CA) This session will explore the theoretical foundations of vocal psychotherapy and explain how it can be utilized to augment sandplay therapy. Because vocal psychotherapy techniques require the use of the body, participants will learn how the use of sandplay and vocal psychotherapies together can enhance the connection between body, mind and spirit. The session will include discussion of a case, including photos of sandtrays and recordings from those sessions in which vocal psychotherapy techniques were also utilized. Participants will have the opportunity to practice one of the techniques utilized in vocal psychotherapy. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 hours CE sandplay Case Consultation 5 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult Group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEvEL: INTErMEDIATE, ADvANCED 1.5 HOUrS STA/ISST GrOUP CONSULTATION CrEDITS. NO CE CrEDITS. 3:00-3:15 3:00-3:15 MiDafternoon break

SATURDAY JUNE 4 AFTERNOON STA CONFERENCE PROgRAM 1.5 HOUR WORKSHOPS 3:15-4:45 3:15-4:45 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS Influence of Chinese Culture on the Developing Individual Consciousness of Young Boy Xiuling Tang, PhD, IM (Kowloon, Hong Kong). Sponsor: Irmgard Else Thom, ISST-T (Kailua Kona, HI) Exploring the challenging influence of modern Chinese culture on the development of individual consciousness in an eight-year-old boy diagnosed with borderline autism. His psychological development aligns with what Erich Neumann called the three mythological stages in the evolution of consciousness. The sandplay therapy process will be presented in three stages: the mother-child relationship, the hero period, and the transformation period. The pressures of Chinese collective culture for a modern Chinese child will be illustrated through his journey of development and individuation. LEVELS: ALL 1.5 HOURS CE Into the Labyrinth: Reassembling Archetypal Roles in the Fluid Family Dori Pelz-Sherman, PhD, ISST/CST-T (Raleigh, NC) and Regina Driscoll, PhD, ISST/ CST-T (St. Paul, MN) Anthony Stevens described archetypes as biological entities. While biology has changed little, our understanding of the direct connection of sandplay to the body has grown exponentially. Since the Jungian and Kalffian conceptualization of the archetype tremendous, cultural, social and intellectual changes have transpired to challenge and change family roles and profoundly transform archetypal relationships and the effect on our deeper resources of body and mind. As the encounters with self are shared and supported through sandplay therapy, a re-conceptualization of familial archetypes will provide therapists with an expanded and enriched sense of the temenos. LEVEL: ALL 1.5 HOURS CE Sandplay Case Consultation 6 Antoinette Eimers, PsyD, MFT, ISST/CST-T (Tustin, CA), Consult group Coordinator Pre-registration required. Minimum of four participants. Limited to 10 participants. LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE, ADVANCED 1.5 HOURS STA/ISST group CONSULTATION CREDITS. NO CE CREDITS.

SATURDAY JUNE 4 EVENING 5:30-6:30 snacks STA CONFERENCE program 5:30-6:30 buffet: hearty SNACKS 6:00-7:00 STORY TELLING Our Stories: The Early Days of Sandplay Therapy Kate Amatruda, Linda Elaine Bath, Lucia Chambers, Lauren Cunningham, Harriet Friedman, Martin Kalff, Susan Macnofsky, and Barbara Weller Moderated by Laura Soble Join founding members of STA and Martin Kalff of ISST in recollections of the beginnings of sandplay with Dora Kalff in Switzerland, and with Kay Bradway and Estelle Weinrib in the United States. The Conference Program Committee offers this time for the sandplay community to gather, to listen, and to share stories. 7:00-9:00 membership meeting STA membership meeting for Certified members and Sandplay practitioners - Everyone welcome! Join our STA membership meeting with our traditional gathering and opening circle, followed by a brief business meeting.

sunday June 5 MorninG 7:00-8:15 8:30 10:00 workshops/ presentations STA CONFErENCE PrOGrAM regional networking breakfast with Ellen Saul, MS, LP, ISST/CST-T (Faribault, MN) Welcome to breakfast with your Regional group and Ellen Saul! Come and meet others from your region - make yourself heard in STA with your area s sandplay needs and requests. Did you know you have a Regional Council with a representative from your area? Let s get acquainted, connect our resources, share our training opportunities, and have some fun! embracing the Dark Mystery of the black Madonna Jacque Wiersma, PhD, STA Associate (Minneapolis, MN). Sponsor: regina Driscoll, PhD, ISST/CST-T (roseville, MN) The mysterious archetype of the Black Madonna will be explored to demonstrate how we and our clients can connect to and experience within ourselves a sacred, powerful, earthy and embodied feminine. With a profusion of images I will trace the history of the Black Madonna from her pre-historic origins to her emergence in 11th and 12 century Europe to modern appearances of the Black Madonna in dream, art, imagery and in the sandtray. Case examples will be incorporated to show how this numinous archetype overcomes alienation and broken attachments to re-connect us to earth, body, each other and Self. LEvEL: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE animal as symbol and instinct: embodied presence in sandplay valeria Grishko, LCSW, ISST-T (London, UK) Traditionally in Kalffian sandplay, animal symbols are considered from the point of view of instinctual energy in the process of symbolic transformation. This presentation will consider the use of animal symbolism in sandplay therapy as an embodied presence and consciousness leaning on the writings of C.G. Jung, James Hillman, and neil Russack as well as native American beliefs. Using two different cases I will focus on animal spirit and presence, their embodied consciousness and how it facilitates psychological transformation in sandplay therapy. Workshop participants will be invited to participate in experiential exercises using animal symbols that would allow them to connect to that animal and to feel its power through the body, mind and spirit. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE, APT (cont d on next page) Healing spirit, body and Mind Disjoined by immigration through sandplay and play therapy Olga Lipadatova, PhD, CrPO-T, CAST, ISST-T (Guelph, Canada) Research involving the sandplay expressions of six immigrants will be presented, with a focus on the case of one female participant. Through several immigrations she had experienced losses of the people she loved, one of whom was her mother. This resulted in a state of fragmentation manifesting in her soul, body, and mind. She felt deep transformation and healing as a result of her sandplay process. Follow this participant s journey, making use of Jung s and neumann s theories and unfolding archetypal themes. LEvELS: ALL 1.5 HOUrS CE

SUNDAY JUNE 5 MORNING 8:30 10:00 WORKSHOPS/ PRESENTATIONS (cont d) 10:00-10:30 STA COnFerenCe PrOgrAm Alchemy: Healing the Human Soul Dyane Sherwood, PhD, JA, ISST/CST-T (Oberlin, OH) C.G. Jung wrote: Without the soul the body is dead, and without the body the soul is unreal. In a richly illustrated presentation, we will explore some of the evocative imagery and symbolic language that the alchemists used to convey their probing of the mysteries of matter and through it their quests for transformation of the human soul. Our focus will be on images from a beautiful Renaissance illuminated alchemical manuscript, the Splendor solis. Its images show us that the seeker of transformation of the human soul must go beyond heroic values and enter into a new relationship to the world of nature. Its imagery shows that patriarchal values had become too one-sided, and that there was a need for redemption of the Feminine Principle of embodied relatedness. Both themes are found in the sandplay of contemporary patients. LeveL: InTermeDIATe, ADvAnCeD 1.5 HOurS Ce 10:00-10:30 MIDMORNING BREAK 10:30-12:00 PlENARY ClOSING PRESENTATION Embodied Consciousness Judy Zappacosta, ma, LmFT, ISST/CST-T (Capitola, CA) In ancient times, rhythms of the earth offered resonance, symmetry and unity to the universe. Paracelsus, through alchemy, Jung, through his explorations of the unconscious, and quantum physicist Linus Pauli all recognized that spirit lived in matter, as the lumen naturae, or the light in nature. This concept has grown over time into a unifying principle within the universe. Integrating spirit and matter, in sandplay and with embodied consciousness, brings contact with this timeless aspect of transformation. This closing session invites the practice of bringing spiritual impulse close to the body and exploring its natural expression with heart and meaning. LeveLS: ALL 1.5 HOurS Ce

STA 2016 National Conference Conference Faculty, Facilitators & Workshop Sponsors k e y STA Sandplay Therapists of America CST-T STA Certified Sandplay Therapist Teaching Member CST STA Certified Sandplay Therapist SP STA Sandplay Practitioner ISST International Society for Sandplay Therapy ISST-T International Society for Sandplay Therapy - Teaching Member All STA CSTs and CST-Ts are members of ISST. Katie Amatruda, PsyD, LMFT, EMT, BCETS is a Founding Member of STA and a former Teaching Member of ISST/STA. Her focus now is on trauma, critical incident stress management, and disaster response as a member of the Marin Medical Reserve Corps, of the Trauma Response Network, and of Disaster Medical Assistance Team DMAT CA- 6, where she applies everything she learned doing sandplay therapy. She has responded to bank robberies, workplace murders, police shootings and natural disasters, including the earthquake in Haiti, tsunamis in Sri Lanka and American Samoa, and numerous hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. Marion Anderson, JA, PhD, ISST/CST-T, is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and certified Jungian Analyst working in private practice in Los Angeles/Santa Monica CA. She trained at the Brazilian Society for Analytical Psychology and now is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She is a published author in the Journal of Sandplay Therapy. Rosa Napoliello Balfour, MD, JA, ISST-T, specializes in Anesthesia- Intensive Care, and in Medical Toxicology. She is a member of DEA Ecole Pratique en Hautes Etude- La Sorbonne Paris in History of Medicine; she is also a Diplomat in Homeopathy DUMENAT in Paris Nord and an Analytical Psychologist CIPA-IAAP. She also has a private practice in Milan, Italy. Linda Elaine Bath, MS, PhD, MFT, ISST/CST-T, is a founding and teaching member of STA and CAST. As a teaching member, she provides personal process, case consultation and Sandplay training in USA and Canada. Dr. Bath has a private practice in Woodland, CA. As a Clinical Mental Health Supervisor and Registered Psychologist in Solano County she does psychological assessments for children and adults and supervises mental health treatment in an Adult Integrated Care Clinic. Braam Beetge, ISST, is a Certified Psychologist in South Africa, a Certified EMDR Clinician and facilitator and Sandplay Therapist, ISST (IM). In his private practice in the Cape Town area, he works with adults and children. He is the ISST Representative for the South African Sandplay development group and coordinates intensive Sandplay trainings with ISST teachers for South Africa. He also has done trauma trainings and clinical trauma work in Kenya and in Ethiopia. Janet Blaser, MA, MFT, SP, JA, 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.