Trauma in the therapy room can feel dark, heavy, and overwhelming, even for seasoned play therapists. This on-demand training offers a clear, neuroscience-informed map for how to use Sand Tray Therapy, Therapy Cards (tarot, IFS, etc) and other creative modalities to safely guide clients through trauma while staying grounded and regulated yourself.
This on-demand training offers a clear, neuroscience-informed map for how to use Sand Tray Therapy to safely guide clients through trauma while staying grounded and regulated yourself.
NO SAND TRAY OR TAROT EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.
Come with a curious mind. You'll catch on.
☀️ Explore photos of sand trays to learn how to read the energy in the room as an indicator of what the imagery may be communicating.
☀️ Watch three full case studies (with step by step images): a middle school girl using therapy cards and miniatures, and two separate adult cases to see how trauma themes unfold and how to respond.
☀️ Learn a Therapeutic Card Activity (Tarot, IFS, etc) that uses sand tray miniatures to deepen insight and healing.
What You Will Gain
☀️ A deeper understanding of how trauma presents in symbolic ways across developmental stages.
☀️ Inspiration and confidence to bring Sand Tray Therapy and Cards into your own trauma work.
On-Demand Format: Video Recorded Class
Self Paced Therapist Training
4 Non-Contact APT CEs
4 NBCC CEs (On-Demand)
$99
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
🍎 Explain the importance of regulation, attachment, the brain and nervous system, and safety in relation to processing trauma in the therapy room.
🍎 Describe how trauma processes in the brain and the role of deliberate brain integration during sand tray therapy sessions.
🍎 Identify creative symbolic materials and therapeutic card activities useful for trauma-focused therapy.
🍎 Identify when and how to initiate a sand tray during a talking session with teens and adults.
☀️ Clinicians who appreciate learning through real case demonstrations.
☀️ Therapists looking for practical, repeatable sand tray and therapy card ideas (even if you are new to these modalities)
☀️ Anyone seeking CE hours that truly support effective, regulated trauma work.