The course is organised as four 3-day weekends.
It is a highly experiential course which offers a deep dive into your personal and professional journey through the late autumn and winter emerging with the new growth of spring. In my mind it follows the time line of our walnut trees starting as the last walnuts are gathered and dried through to their flowers emerging in the spring.
We will look at:
Themes of practice, Jungian and transpersonal theory, developmental theory, the elements, symbols and symbolism and archetypes, aspects of the practical and how it works in your setting, different ways of introducing sandplay into your practice, sandplay with children and with adults , The Hero / Heroines Journey, The medicine wheel and more.
This year we will start at 11am on Friday morning and finish by 4pm on Sundays to facilitate travel from far and wide.
To participate in this course some experience of sandplay therapy is required – the Foundation in Integrative Sandplay Therapy is an ideal introduction to this course.
This course will bring depth and understanding to your sandplay work from a Jungian and transpersonal perspective, weaving theory and experiential work together. This approach also integrates well with other theoretical perspectives.
Diploma Course Dates 2026/ 2027
Weekend 1: 4th, 5th & 6th December 2026
Weekend 2: 8th, 9th, 10th January 2027
Weekend 3: 26th, 27, 28h February 2027
Weekend 4:16th, 17th, 18th April 2027
Cost: £2000 payable in instalments
QUALIFYING FOR THE DIPLOMA IN INTEGRATIVE SANDPLAY STUDIES
Certificate of Attendance
- Attend the course in full.
Full Award: Diploma in Integrative Sandplay Studies
- Attend the course in full (catch up session due to illness may be arranged)
- Complete 50 hours of client Sandtrays which have been supervised by an AIST approved supervisor.
- A minimum of 10 hours supervision with an AIST approved supervisor.
- Use the Supervision Record Template provided and submit a log of the supervision record signed by your AIST supervisor.
- The supervisor will need to provide a declaration the supervision has been completed to a satisfactory level.
- Supervision should be for current clients and contain at least one example of a series of Sandtrays from the same client which have been reflected upon (as a series) in supervision.
- Completed a minimum of a Level Four or Diploma in Counselling. Other qualifications considered upon application.
- In some circumstances the individual may be asked to complete further therapy prior to receiving the full Diploma. This will be discussed with the Course Tutor prior to the end of the course.
- To keep a personal creative journal of your sandplay journey throughout the duration of the course. To be submitted at the end of the course.