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Workshop by Sydney Centre for Creative Change

Non-APS Event Event number: 20272
Symbols and Sandplay Included in the workshop
price:
12.00 CPD Hours Non-APS Event
• Comprehensive Bound
CPD
Workbook • Certificate of
Attendance • Lunch, Morning
& Afternoon Teas • GST •
Overview
Early bird savings for
bookings made two months
Symbols and Sandplay prior to training

“Often the hands know how to solve a riddle with • Regular Price $660 • Early
which the intellect has wrestled in vain.” C. G. Jung Bird $630 • Student Price
$560 • Student Early Bird
$530

*Provisional Psychologists
can attend at Student Prices

Mount
Claremont,
Perth, WA
Course overview:
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Sandplay allows for the projective expression of Centre

one's personal inner world. Learn how to 5 Wollaston Rd,

respectfully invite the creation of miniature scenes Mount Claremont, Perth,

and stories that help clients see, know and change. WA , WA 6010
Australia
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Australia
This two day experiential workshop introduces you Venue is wheelchair
to approaches and applications of sandplay. Work accessible
with a range of clients and therapeutic contexts will
be considered. Sandplay is a powerful therapeutic " Start date: 14 Feb 2019
method that has been around for nearly 100 years. End date: 15 Feb 2019
It is a form of therapy that gives both child and
adult clients the opportunity to portray, rather than #Time: 9.00 - 4.00
verbalise, feelings and experiences often
inaccessible and/or difficult to express. Its origins Show Location

were in the work of Jung and Kalff who were

analytically orientated. Current research has
demonstrated successful use in shorter term
strengths-based approaches with traumatised
refugees, reducing measures of anxiety and
depression, and with autistic children, increasing
verbal expression, social interaction and
spontaneous novel play. In the “free and protected”
space provided by the counsellor, a client creates a
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concrete manifestation of his or her inner world
using sand, water, and miniature objects.

This two day workshop introduces you to the

fundamental theoretical and methodological Hobart
concepts in the practice of symbols and sandplay
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work. It will include an overview of the major
10 Gladstone St,
theoretical influences in this field, the existing
Hobart , TAS 7000
evidence base supporting it and a review of
Australia
contemporary applications. The focus of the
Venue is wheelchair
workshop will be an experiential and practical
accessible
introduction to a range of directive and non-
directive methods to engage and work with this
" Start date: 26 Feb 2019
media in counselling.
End date: 27 Feb 2019

#Time: 9.00 - 4.00

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Burwood,
Sydney
! Burwood RSL
96 Shaftesbury Rd,
Burwood, Sydney , NSW
2134
Australia
Venue is wheelchair
accessible

" Start date: 20 May 2019

End date: 21 May 2019
You will have the opportunity to:
#Time: 9.00 - 4.00
Identify the theoretical basis of working with
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symbols (including Jungian, Narrative,
Humanist, Gestalt perspectives)

Consider the evidence

Practise person-centred counselling skills Organiser

Integrate the use of creative therapies into
counselling

Consider appropriate developmental, practical

and therapeutic benefits and limits

Practically experience the therapeutic uses

Consider practical ways to build an appropriate

symbol collection

Learn in the safety and support of a small group

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What ideas are explored:

How do I introduce symbol and sandplay work

to clients?
Sydney Centre for
How can using symbols be therapeutic? Creative Change
is an Australian based
Why do we use sandtrays?
training company providing
What are the stages in sandplay therapy? high quality, experiential
What do I do after clients have “made” training to small groups of
something? clinicians and students.
Training is offered in a range
How do I make sense of what the client’s
of creative therapies
symbol selection means?
suitable for clients of all
How do we know if this is working? ages and many presenting
issues in both individual and
Does it work for all ages and issues?
group settings. The
When might this form of therapy not be useful? evidence-based, hands-on
How can I start a symbol collection? training makes it highly
suitable for Continuing
What are the basic sorts of symbols I need?
Professional Development
for psychologists, social
workers, counsellors and
other mental health workers.
Who Should Attend?
Contact: Jacki Short
Psychologists, social workers, counsellors,
psychotherapists, school counsellors, mental health
$ 0411 209 802
and pastoral workers, other allied health
professionals and students of these disciplines. No
artistic experience or skill is necessary. Provisional % Email
psychologists can attend at student rates.

Workshop Facilitator

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Jacki Short - Counselling

Psychologist and Registered Play Therapist

Work Paying?

Lucky you!

Send us an email requesting an invoice with your

name, the dates and name of course/courses you'd
like to do and the name of your organisation who
you want us to invoice and we will send you an
organisational invoice and a registration form.

Presenter(s)

Jacki Short MAPS

About the presenter(s)

Jacki Short is a registered Counselling Psychologist

with over twenty five years of clinical experience
with children, young people and adults. As an
experienced and Masters qualified adult educator,
Jacki has trained thousands of students and course
participants in Australia and internationally and
gives training participants practical, evidence-
based techniques to help clients talk about their
lives more easily, feel better understood and find
solutions that are right for them.

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Download

Symbols and Sandplay Flyer 2019 LR_1.pdf

Notes

We are proud to offer small training groups of up to

16 people so you can really practice your
developing skills in a supportive environment.

Website/s

http://www.artandplaytherapytraining.com.au/

Online REGISTER
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