Continuing Education Courses and Trainings for Mental Health Professionals in Katy, TX
Please join us for our upcoming training in Sand Tray! This training is not just for play therapists, but for any professional who would like to learn more about integrating IFS parts work with sand tray for adult, families, and children. Our in-person training will be Friday, February 7th at West Houston Counseling Center in Katy. Registration links are below.
Advanced Sandtray: Discovering and Connecting Parts of Self in Play Therapy
Sandtray Therapy as an Ego Strength Intervention for Children and Adults.
Presented by Elizabeth Pennington, MA, LPC-S, RPT, EMDR Consultant, Sandtray-EMDR Specialist
Apollos Center for Training and Supervision
APT Approved Provider 22-668
Feb 7, 2025
9:00AM-3:00PM
6 Play Therapy CE Units
Lunch Provided
In-Person Workshop hosted by West Houston Counseling Center
Play therapy training incorporating IFS as ego strength intervention for children, families, and adults. This hands-on workshop will build on basic Sandtray skills and introduce IFS parts work. When trauma has resulted in a fractured self, play therapy is a gentle yet powerful intervention to identify, understand, and integrate parts of self for all ages.
Cost of training is $100 Fully Licensed/ $80 Associate License
Schedule:
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
What are “Parts”?
10:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Where are they?
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Who are they?
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
How Parts Become Friends
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
Questions and Impressions
Educational Goals
- Identify three basic concepts of parts work.
- Practice 3 interventions for identifying parts of self in play therapy.
- Practice a play therapy intervention using Sandtray to help clients build curiosity and compassion for the roles of parts.
- Demonstrate competency in using play therapy interventions that support cooperation and integration of parts of self.
References
Cavalli, A. (2020). Noah’s Ark: technical and theoretical implications concerning the us
of metaphor in the treatment of trauma. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 65(5), 788–805. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12640
Homeyer, L. & Lyles, M. (2022). Advanced sandtray therapy: Digging deeper into clinical practice.
Routledge
Turns, B., Springer, P., Eddy, B., & Sibley, D. (2020). “Your Exile is Showing”: Integrating Sandtray with
Internal Family Systems Therapy. The American Journal Of Family Therapy, 49(1), 74-90. doi: 10.1080/01926187.2020.1851617
Please Click one of the links below to Register:
Place: West Houston Counseling Center – 23227 Red River Dr. Katy 77494
Time: 9-3pm Lunch provided
Licensed Professionals $100 for 6 CE’s (APT approved) https://square.link/u/Kz8W9GJh
Associate Professionals $80 for 6 CE’s (APT approved) https://square.link/u/fYAbxZ6l
Contact Information: Stephanie Legendre- stephlegendrelpc@hushmail.com