Trainings, Intensives, Immersions & Events
Upcoming Sandplay Events
This is the place to find everything Ruth is currently offering beyond individual sessions — consultation groups, intensives, and trainings, gathered in one place as they're scheduled. Expand any listing below for dates, format, and how to register. Come back often as new offerings are added throughout the year!
Consultation Group
October 2026 - March 2027
Now accepting new members
Fall/Winter Consultation Group
Dates: October 2026 - March 2027
(October 6 • November 3 • December 1 • January 5 • February 2 • March 2)
A collaborative, teaching-led consultation group for clinicians actively practicing sandplay, rooted in the tradition developed by Dora Kalff. Over six months, participants deepen clinical insight through case presentation and group exploration of Jungian theory, archetypes, symbol and story, co-transference, and the therapeutic container as it unfolds in work with adults and children.
Each participant presents a case, supported by an individual prep consultation beforehand. The group format offers a rare depth of learning — both through presenting one's own work and through witnessing peers' material — and many participants form lasting professional connections. CE credits toward STA/ISST certification.
Intensive
June 2027
In-Person
Registration filling fast!
Mapping the Shift from Chaos to Calm
Dates: June 22 - 25, 2027
Location: Montserrat Retreat Center
600 N Shady Shores Drive, Lake Dallas, TX
This small group intensive immerses participants fully in the realm of sandplay through case studies, didactic materials, and rich experiential work.
Experiential activities may include clay, paint, music, meditation, yoga, journaling, collage, and dance and body movement drawing on the work of Marion Woodman. Case studies span adult and child work, deepening knowledge of sandplay processes, Jungian concepts, and Eastern elements of silence and presence.
Trainers will teach on tracking themes, holding a free and protected space, co-transference, Shadow, and the expression of Individuation as it appears in the sandtray.
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