Title:
Sandplay Symposium: Uncovering Mysteries in the Sand
Format:
in-person
Dates and Times:
Tuesday 4th August and Wed 5th August 2026
9am – 5pm
Auckland, NZ
Description:
A two-day Symposium exploring the ways Jungian sandplay therapy heals by creating a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious. We consider how the hands sense, move and shape the sand, connecting the body and psyche. Through case examples, we witness how the ‘shadow’ and the ‘numinous’, ideas expressed by C.G. Jung, appear in the sandtrays of adults and children.
We examine different healing symbols that emerge in the sand. We uncover what the traditional fairy tale Cinderella offers our understanding of the human psyche.
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STANZA Certification hours:
11 STANZA Certification Hours/ 12 Professional Development Hours
Cost:
TBA
CPD Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program participants will have:
- An increased understanding of the meanings made from the ways clients shape or work with the sand itself.
- Knowledge about the Jungian psychological concepts of the ‘shadow ‘ and the ‘numinous’ and how these may be identified in a sandplay process.
- Ways of approaching a Jungian psychological interpretation of a traditional fairy tale.
Presenter’s Details
Presented by:
STANZA/ISST Teaching Members Carina Conradie, Sarah Gibson and Jean Parkinson together with Jungian Analyst Joy Norton.
Presenter/s Bio:
Carina Conradie is a clinical psychologist based in Hamilton, New Zealand. Originally from South Africa where she registered as an educational psychologist in 1995, her family immigrated to New Zealand in 2003 to pursue a career in dairy farming – her practice is on the farm, overlooking green paddocks. She became a certified independent member of ISST in 2016 and a teaching member in 2020. Sandplay is her main therapeutic modality with children, adolescents and adults.
Sarah Gibson works as a Jungian Analyst (ANZSJA) and Sandplay Therapist (ISST) in private practice in Sydney. She has been working as a psychotherapist and sandplay therapist with adults for over 35 years, completing her Jungian analytic training with ANZSJA in 2003. As a Training Analyst Sarah teaches and supervises analytic trainees. She became a Certified Member of ISST in 2013 and a Teaching Member in 2017. Sarah is also an artist and filmmaker.
Jean Parkinson is a Registered Art Psychotherapist (ANZACATA) in private practice in Auckland, NZ Certified as an independent CST in 2016; CST-T in 2019. While previously working with children, adolescents and families for over 30 years, she currently works primarily with adults in Sandplay Therapy. She has a specific interest in attachment, trauma, neuro-development, and has experience in child protection, education, clinical supervision and natural disaster response. Jean is the founder of Sandplay Aotearoa.
Joy Norton is a Jungian Analyst, Training Analyst and Counselling Psychologist in private practice in Melbourne. She is the immediate past President of ANZSJA. Joy has been engaged with analytic training for over 20 years and served 2 terms as Co-Director of Training with ANZSJA. Joy Norton has an interest in the experience of the body in the the analytic encounter, co-creative processes in analytic practice, and the ways image, story and psyche commune in sandplay to the unfolding and development of imagination and psychological healing.