Sandplay Courses, Creative Trauma and Therapeutic Arts Training UK

When you join one of our courses you will:

• Learn practical, research-based ways of using sand tray, art and other creative activities working with children, adolescents and adults.
• Develop the key skills of therapeutic arts to use the magic of play in an evidence based person-centred way.
• Understand the theories and research behind creativity in counselling, education and mental health environments.
• Work in a small group of mental health professionals. Our students come from different backgrounds, trainings and experience.
• Create space to develop ways to look after yourself.
• Feel supported by a team of creative supervisors. Join the growing community of hundreds of students who have already completed our courses.
• Be able to use our sand tray therapy, expressive arts, trauma and supervision courses for BACP/UKCP Continuing Professional Development.

Jill Carter, Lindsey Toogood, Shirley Mearing, Tina Hesse, Irene Dudley-Swarbrick and Bekki Watson facilitate our courses. We have been teaching arts therapy training and sand therapy courses for many years. Our therapeutic arts and creative trauma trainings are therefore based on research-based models that work.

You will also benefit from our wide range of experience as counsellors and therapists:

• Child, adolescent, family and adult psychotherapist (Jill)
• Play therapist and counsellor (Lindsey, Shirley + Irene)
• Mental health manager (Tina)
• Dramatherapist (Bekki)
• EMDR therapists (Jill and Lindsey)

Each of our courses has been created, tested and developed by Jill Carter, who is the UK’s leading creative trainer for sandplay courses. School counsellors, psychotherapists, arts therapists and psychologists will especially benefit from our approach. Likewise, play therapists, wellbeing or mental health practitioners and social workers are welcome.

We offer 3 levels of creative expressive training:

• Introductory weekend – this will support you in your work as a professional or volunteer in an educational or mental health setting. This also includes a school or nursery, as an SEN or in CAMHS. We also welcome students completing counselling, trauma therapy or art therapy training.
• Certificate – this is our key skills’ creative arts training. It generally takes place at family friendly times throughout the academic year. You need therefore to have a counselling qualification (or similar) to be awarded the Certificate.
• Diploma – you can then go onto this course once you have completed our Certificate course. The Diploma also takes place at weekends throughout the academic year. It basically helps you understand the theory and practice of your chosen therapy on a personal, professional and spiritual level.

You can use any of our sand tray therapy, expressive arts, trauma and supervision courses as BACP/UKCP (or equivalent bodies) Continuing Professional Development.