Playing opens us to curiosity and wonder. Working with symbols and metaphors in the sand within a safe and boundaried reflective space provides opportunities to identify and approach challenging material; access innate wisdoms; experience profound shifts in perspective; and discover transformational meanings. A nurturing and nourishing reflexive practice for trauma informed professionals of all disciplines.
Sandplay offers a gentle, non-directive and deeply connecting reflective supervision activity for practitioners of diverse disciplines, approaches and experience. Through symbol and metaphor, freely explore your inner and outer worlds; discover new insights; and make meanings in the safe, nonjudgmental container of the sand tray. Sandplay experience is not necessary, just bring your curiosity.
Resource: Kalff, Martin. (2022). Old and new horizons of Sandplay Therapy : Mindfulness and neural integration. Routledge
"symbolic representations can help the supervisee explore their inner and outer reality" (Ladd, 2000)
Supervision in the Sand empowers bidirectional ('bottom up' and 'top down') mind/body interactions and neural integration. Engage your right and left hemisphere processing to explore deeply held aspects of 'self' and practice, including material held outside your conscious awareness. An expressive approach to reflecting, growing and learning.
Jung (2014), “often the hands know how to solve a riddle with which the intellect has wrestled in vain" (p.86)
I acknowledge the Yuin, Jerringja and Wangal people, traditional owners of the unceded lands on which I live, study and work. I value the traditional knowledge and healing practices of all cultures. Walking on Country
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Thanks for visiting. Individual supervision and therapy appointments and group supervision sessions are available to book online. See you soon! Warmly, Alison