workshops

April 11, 2026, C. G. Jung Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Webinar

Introduction to Working with Children from a Jungian Perspective 

Play is an important part of child therapy and according to Winnicott, it is “only in the playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self” (Winnicott, Play and Reality, p. 54). This seminar will look at some major differences in the kinds of play with children, the differences between ordinary and therapeutic play and between child analysis and child therapy, and then focus on Jungian child therapy. A case will demonstrate the use of sandplay, play therapy and work with the parents around the symbolic manifestation of a tic disorder. To discover the symbol’s meaning in this case we will look at the meaning of the symbols, the context in which they occurred, the child’s developmental phase of life, his position in the family and the possibilities of meaning through myth/fairy tale.

May 29 & June 5, 2026, Singapore Sandplay On-line Program 

Introduction to Working with Children from a Jungian Perspective

.Play is an important part of child therapy and according to Winnicott, it is “only in the playing that the individual child or adult is able to be creative and to use the whole personality, and it is only in being creative that the individual discovers the self” (Winnicott, Play and Reality, p. 54). This seminar will look at some major differences in the kinds of play with children, the differences between ordinary and therapeutic play and between child analysis and child therapy, and then focus on Jungian child therapy. A case will demonstrate the use of sandplay, play therapy and work with the parents around the symbolic manifestation of a tic disorder. To discover the symbol’s meaning in this case we will look at the meaning of the symbols, the context in which they occurred, the child’s developmental phase of life, his position in the family and the possibilities of meaning through myth/fairy tale.

To register: https://www.thesandplaytherapy.com/

June 11-14, 2026, Sandplay Therapists of America National Conference, Chicago, IL

Play Therapy, Jungian Analytical Psychology and Sandplay: At the Crossroads of Transformation

Sandplay Therapy is based on the three pillars of Lowenfeld, Jungian psychology, and Eastern Philosophy and with these foundations holds promise for multifaceted enriching experiences. As Jung has stated, “…we need a method of inquiry which imposes the fewest possible conditions or if possible no conditions at all, and then leaves Nature to answer out of her fullness” (Jung, CW 8, par. 864). This is the importance of each of us knowing our uniqueness, not imposing it on another, and allowing the process to unfold. The tenets of play therapy, Jungian analytical psychology and sandplay are methods that meet at the crossroads of transformation in sandplay therapy. A brief description of play therapy, Jungian analytical psychology and sandplay will be presented and the case of a young boy will illustrated the integration of these and the transformation that unfolded in the treatment.