Action Items
1 - Explain to one person why sandtray works in your own words and post your success in the Facebook group.
2 - Practice paying attention to your own implicit memories as you do your own sandtray, all while focusing on the thoughts and feelings that come up as you build.
Milestone
Lessons
Know the WHY
When doing sandtray therapy, need to have an understanding of WHY it works in terms of the brain science, so you can have confidence in sessions even if things don’t go as planned.
Implicit Memories
Learn the power of implicit memories and how sandtray can help heal those wounds our clients are not even aware of many times.
Split Brain Patients Reveal the Power of Sandtray Therapy
Watch and learn how trauma can often mimic having a split brain. Link referred to within the video can be found below in image resources.
How the Brain can Regulate Up and Down
Understand how the neurosequential model of development is extremely important with how the brain works in the sandtray.
Right vs Left Brain
The differing parts of the brain and how this affects sandtray work.
Neuroception of Safety
How the polyvagal theory, the neurosception of safety, and sandtray work together to understand and heal our clients.
How the Brain Works in Sandtray
Complete your understanding of the power of sandtray as it uses the whole brain. After this video, you’ll be able to confidently explain the power of sandtray from a brain-based perspective.
Co-regulation in the Sand & Social Baseline Theory
Why there is no such thing as self-regulation and how we are important in the sandtray room. Check out two of the best books below in the Resource Section to understand how the brain works in the therapy room.
Brain Nerd: Party of 1!
Did you make the list (and make even check it twice!) of your key takeaways and what you’re going to be doing differently in your sandtray sessions?
If so – let us hear from you in the Facebook group about all the changes and improvements you’ve been making throughout each training!