NSW, Australia
Supervision in the Sand (inner west Sydney)
Explore & discover
“Grounded in the body, sandplay unfolds through limbic region and cortex, and spans both hemispheres as the symbolic world unfolds into words.” (Badenoch, 2008)
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. And enjoy the process!
Self-directed, organic and deeply connecting
"metaphors provide a tool for the transfer of meaning from something that is known or recognised to something that is new or more challenging to articulate" (Hasbach, 2012)
Supervision in the Sand empowers neural activation; bidirectional ('bottom up' and 'top down') mind/body interactions; and internal relational connection. Playing reflectively with symbols and metaphors invites and supports you to engage and integrate right and left brain processing to explore deeply held aspects of 'self' and practice, including material held outside your conscious awareness. An organically expressive approach to reflecting, growing and savouring.
Embodying practice wisdom
“Often it is necessary to clarify a vague content by giving it visible form.... the hands know how to solve a riddle with which the intellect has wrestled in vain" (Jung, 1969)
- Cultivate increased authenticity in your life & practice
- Enjoy being open, curious and receptive to your embodied wisdom
- Explore themes, parallel process, countertransference
- Increase 'Self' awareness & build confidence
- Celebrate achievements & milestones
- Discover new perspectives and make new meanings
- Transform stuckness; identify blindspots; free yourself from preconceived ideas and unexamined bias
- Grieve & memorialise loss
- Explore changes, challenges & transitions
Selected resources
- Badenoch, B. (2008). Being a brain-wise therapist: a practical guide to interpersonal neurobiology (1st ed.). Chapter 16, The integrating power of sandplay. W. W. Norton & Co.
- C.G. Jung Society of Sydney
- Freedle, L.R. https://lorrainefreedle.com/articles/
- Jung, C.G. (1963). Memories, dreams, reflections. Random House
- Jung, C.G. (1969). The archetypes and the collective unconscious. Princeton University Press.
- Kalff, M. (2022). Old and new horizons of sandplay therapy: Mindfulness and neural integration. Ed. Paolo Ferliga. Routledge.
- Kahn, P. H., Hasbach, P. H., & Kahn, P. H. J. (Eds.). (2012). Ecopsychology: Science, totems, and the technological species. MIT Press.
- Siegel, D. J. (2023). IntraConnected : MWe (Me + We) as the integration of self, identity, and belonging. W. W. Norton & Co
- Tyson Yunkaporta’s books & articles about Indigenous Systems Knowledge and healing practices, https://www.textpublishing.com.au/authors/tysonyunkaporta
“We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity.”
Emerson, 1841
Qualified, experienced & accredited
Welcome
Thanks for visiting. Individual supervision and therapy appointments and group supervision sessions are available to book online. See you soon, warmly Alison