Symbolic, Metaphoric Language and the Sandplay Process as seen in the Play Therapy Room
Presented by Elizabeth Craft, MSW, LCSW, RPT-STM, CST
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Schedule
8:30-9:00-Registration and preparation
9:00-10:30- Introduction and teaching on Symbol and Metaphor
10;30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:15- Teaching on The Sandplay Process
12:15-1:15- Lunch on your own
1:15-2:45 -Experiential learning
2:45-3:00 -Break
3:00-4:00- The symbolism of the Giraffe paper presentation
4:00-4:30- Questions and wrap up
Date & Time CEs
Date & Time CEs
Sat, August 29, 2026 6 Play Therapy CEs (Contact Hours)
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT 6 NBCC hours
Location
Location
The Center for Creative Arts and Play Therapy
2001 E Market St
York, PA 17402
Description:
This training explores the rich symbolic language that emerges through sandplay and play therapy, offering clinicians a deeper understanding of the unconscious communication expressed through children’s play.
Participants will learn how symbols, themes, and narratives develop within the sandtray, and how these expressions can provide insight into the child’s inner world, emotional experiences, and developmental process.
We will also will explore the sandplay process, including ideas about how to introduce sandplay to clients, how the therapist can hold the therapeutic space while the client is woking, and what to do after the client leaves the play therapy session.
Goals and Objectives:
1. Identify 3 healing powers of sandplay and play therapy.
2. Explain 2 ways sandplay in the play therapy room helps heal trauma.
3. Describe how signs are different from symbols.
4. List 2 ways to learn more about about symbols and metaphor in the
sandplay and play therapy room.
5. Describe 2 ways to explain sandplay in the play therapy room to
clients.
6. Experience what the therapist should do while the client is working,
and after they leave the play therapy room.
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