OVERVIEW

Integrating Sandtray Therapy into the Playroom - Live Webinar is organized by Core Wellness LLC and will be held from Jun 25 - 26, 2026.

Description:
Sand tray therapy is an intervention that can be used with clients across the lifespan in play therapy sessions. 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 highly interactive and experiential workshop will provide the play therapist with the foundational knowledge and skill to implement sand tray interventions into their play therapy practice. 

Participants will learn how to understand and apply play sandtray theory and interventions and how to set up a sandtray box. They will learn how to facilitate sand tray play therapy sessions for clients of all ages, including mobile and digital applications for clinicians who have limited space. Additionally, attendees will learn how to use sand tray as an assessment tool to aid them in play therapy diagnosis and treatment planning. Time will be spent exploring various play therapy seminal theories including Adlerian play therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy and Gestalt Play Therapy. This popular workshop will equip the play therapist to develop their confidence and competence in implementing sand tray in a variety of settings. 

Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Discuss the history of sand tray in play therapy
  • List categories of sand tray miniatures in the playroom
  • Use cultural humility in play therapy sessions with sand tray therapy
  • Discuss ways to implement sand tray therapy when providing mobile play therapy
  • Compare the use of sand tray therapy in play therapy sessions with clients at different developmental levels
  • Analyze sand tray therapy as a play therapy assessment tool
  • Apply sand tray therapy skills in play therapy sessions
  • Analyze the application of Adlerian Play Therapy to sand tray therapy
  • Utilize Gestalt Play Therapy techniques in sand tray therapy
  • Describe the use of Cognitive Behavioral Play Therapy in sand tray therapy
  • Design play therapy goals from play therapy sessions implementing sand tray therapy
  • Write play therapy documentation notes for play therapy sessions implementing sand tray therapy

KEY DATES

Event Start Date
25 Jun, 2026
Event Start Date
Event End Date
26 Jun, 2026
Event End Date
Credits

CE Credits:
12 CE Live Online Contact Hour(s)

Note: Live interactive webinar is considered the same as live in person by most states. Please confirm with your local board.

Core Wellness, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0569 and for mental health counselors, #MHC-0167 and for psychologists, #PSY-0236. Note: This course provides 12 Clinical Contact Hour(s) live online credits (via interactive webinar) or live in person. 

Core Wellness, LLC is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for all programs. Our credits are accepted via reciprocity by the Maryland Board of Professional Counselors and Board of Psychologists. Please verify with your board.

ASWB ACE Approved
Core Wellness, LLC, #1745, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/18/2024 to 5/18/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 12 Clinical continuing education credits.

NBCC ACEP Approved
Core Wellness, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7094. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Core Wellness, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

APA Approved
Core Wellness, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Core Wellness, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

APT Credit: This training is approved by APT Approved Provider #20-610 for 12 CE Non-Contact Hours

APT Primary Focus Area(s):
Seminal Theories: 6 CE
Skills and Methods: 4 CE
Cultural & Social Diversity: 1 CE
Play Therapy History: 1 CE
Total Play Therapy CE Hours: 12 CE

  • 12 CE Hours
  • 12 CE Credits
  • TARGET AUDIENCE

    Social WorkersMarriage & Family TherapistsLicensed Professional CounselorsPsychologists

    SPECIALITIES

    CounselorPsychologyMarriage and Family Therapist

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