Facilitator: Tati Richardson, MSW, LCSW

Date: June 21st & 28th, 2025

Time: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm CST

APT Continuing Education Hours: 12.0 APT Contact CEs

Location: 3751 Pennridge Dr Suite 119 Bridgeton MO 63044

Training Description:

Sand tray therapy is an intervention that can be used with clients of all backgrounds in the playroom. It provides a non-verbal medium for clients to work through a variety of issues like trauma, anxiety and grief, in play therapy sessions. This 2-day workshop will provide the play therapist with the foundational knowledge and skill to implement sand tray interventions into their play therapy practice. Time will be spent exploring various theoretical applications to sand tray too including Child Centered Play Therapy, Adlerian play therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Gestalt Play Therapy. This highly experiential workshop will prepare play therapists to integrate sand tray therapy in a variety of settings including 

Learning objectives: 

1. Discuss the history of sand tray in play therapy 
2. List categories of sand tray miniatures in the playroom 
3. Apply cultural inclusivity in play therapy sessions with sand tray therapy 
4. Discuss ways to implement sand tray therapy when providing mobile play therapy 
5. Compare the use of sand tray therapy in play therapy sessions with clients at different developmental levels 
6. Analyze sand tray therapy as a play therapy assessment tool 
7. Apply sand tray therapy skills in play therapy sessions 
8. Analyze the application of Adlerian Play Therapy to sand tray therapy
9. Utilize Gestalt Play Therapy techniques in sand tray therapy 
10. Describe the use of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy in sand tray therapy 
11. Explain the use of Child Centered Play Therapy in sand tray therapy with young children 
12. Write play therapy documentation notes for play therapy sessions implementing sand tray therapy

Agenda: 

• 9:00 am-9:15 am Introductions
• 9:15 am-10:30 am Lecture & experiential learning
• 10:30 am-10:45 am Break
• 10:45 am-12:00 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch break
• 1:00 pm-2:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 2:15 pm-2:30 pm Break
• 2:30 pm-4:15 pm Lecture & experiential learning
• 4:15 pm-4:30 pm Q & A/wrap-up

What you'll get:

• 12 APT Contact Workshop CEs
• Certificate of Completion

*Course evaluation must be completed to receive CE credits. Certificates will be provided upon completion of workshop and evaluation.