Sand Tray Therapy

I am recognized as an expert in Sand Tray Therapy, a powerful therapeutic modality that utilizes a sandbox and miniature figures to facilitate self-expression, exploration, and healing. My expertise is anchored in specialized training under leading figures in the field, specifically Amy Flaherty Hood of the Southern Sandtray Institute and Terry Kottman of the Encouragement Zone.

I have training in Sandtray through an online program called the Southern Sandtray Institute. I've also attended a Sandtray summit to get more hands on experience in sandtray. I have experience using sandtray with adults to help bring about deep change and healing. Sandtray helps clients use both parts of their brain, which can be especially helpful for grief and trauma. On top of this, sandtray can be a refreshing change to traditional talk therapy or when talking isn't working.

Sand Tray Therapy is a wonderful therapy I have seen support every age with a great many of issues and wants. On a technical level Sand Tray Therapy is the best mode of helping find greater meaning, resources and new ways forward to life's issues. This is because it is the chance to allow your creativity - whether you feel its there or not - to find the problem as it lives in your personally and form there builds the bridges to solutions and a more integrated life.

Sand tray therapy is a form of expressive therapy where individuals create scenes in a sandbox using miniature figures to represent their inner thoughts and emotions. This method helps clients visually and symbolically express and explore deep psychological conflicts and traumas, facilitating understanding and healing in a non-verbal, creative way. It’s especially useful for accessing and resolving issues that might be difficult to articulate, providing a powerful medium for emotional insight.

I received my training in Sand Tray Therapy from the Institute of Playful Healing and am working toward certification. I am trained and experienced in use of sand tray with individual trauma work, children and adolescents, couples, families and groups.

One of my favorite therapies! Utilizing a sand tray and "miniatures" (small toys that represent a series of emotions, ideas, and life), we

Sandtray therapy has been researched through neurobiology. In many circumstances talk therapy can only take us so far and the need for the brain's implicit processes begins to shift to the forefront. This approach creates a safe container where there are are no right/wrong ways to create a sandtray image. The sand, an element from the earth, unconsciously resembles our psychic field, a realm where one can experience freedom from judgment as well as an unfiltered presentation of our inner life.

Sand tray is a fantastic modality that lets clients explore their thoughts and feelings on a deeper level.

Sand tray therapy is a powerful therapeutic intervention that uses a specially designed tray filled with sand and a collection of miniature figurines and objects to help you connect with your inner, symbolic world.

I am trained in Sand Tray therapy and believe in the power of expression without words. This modality can be a great way for clients to explore implicit thoughts and feelings!

Sand tray is taking figurines and placing them in a tray in a way that feels right to the client. There is valuable information that can immerge from the types of figurines, and the placement that can help indicate areas that need healing in a client. Together, Aimee works with the client to address the topics brought up in the sand tray.

I use sand tray therapy as a creative, nonverbal way to help clients process emotions and experiences, especially when words are difficult. Clients use a tray of sand and miniatures—like people, animals, or symbols—to create scenes that reflect their inner world. This technique is beneficial for children, adults, and anyone working through trauma, grief, or identity issues. It provides a safe space for self-expression and uses symbolism to explore and process complex feelings at a comfortable pa

I have received a great deal of training in sandtray therapy and use it frequently in my work with clients.

I took a full course on sandtray therapy in graduate school and have taken multiple advanced trainings throughout my career to learn the most appropriate ways to include this modality to my clients of all ages.