As Mental Health Professionals we are constantly learning and adding new tools to our therapeutic toolboxes.  Becoming certified in a particular approach tells your clients and your professional community that you have achieved a high degree of expertise.  Individuals who become certified in The Body-Brain Approach to Sandtray Play Therapy will be well-grounded in Interpersonal Neurobiology concepts, attachment theory, the neurobiology of trauma in addition to the practice of Sandtray Play Therapy.

Benefits of certification:

  • Confidence that comes with mastering a therapeutic technique

  • A way to communicate to clients and your professional community that you have achieved this level of mastery.

  • Listing on the SageSource website as a certified Body-Brain Approach Sandtray Play Therapist

How to become certified:

  • Complete the Year-long Learning Experience

  • Receive an additional 20 hours of supervision/consultation with a sandtray therapist certified in The Body-Brain Approach.

    • At least 8 hours must be individual
    • Supervision/consultation can begin in the last 6 months of the Year-long

  • Engage in a minimum of 5 additional personal sandtray sessions with a sandtray therapist certified in The Body-Brain Approach.

  • Conduct 1 sandtray session with Rita as the client.

  • Submit a journal of your individual sandtrays for review.

  • Submit an essay discussing how you have grown/changed through your personal sandtray learning journey.