⚲ LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA
For children, teens, and adults
Sandplay Therapy
C. G. Jung wrote: "Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."
About Sandplay Therapy
This hands-on method of creating worlds in the sand, alongside talk therapy, taps into a deep healing power beyond words.
In a Sandplay therapist's office, you'll find a variety of figurines — miniature people, animals, plants, spiritual symbols, and more — along with specially designed sand trays for creating your own world.
Sandplay Therapy has been practiced for many years by trained therapists in both adult and child psychotherapy. Here’s a video from the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) that explores why Sandplay Therapy is so effective.
Sandplay Therapy has been practiced for many years by trained therapists in both adult and child psychotherapy. Here’s a video from the Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) that explores why Sandplay Therapy is so effective.
What is Sandplay Therapy?
We help with
Sandplay Therapy has proven especially helpful in addressing issues when talk therapy alone is not effective. Here are some of the challenges we can help you with
Inner conflicts
Anxiety
Emotional regulation
Grief and loss
Divorce
Psychosomatic symptoms
Social-emotional development
Trauma and PTSD
How we work
We create a free and protected space
Here you or your child can experience the calming effects of sand and water, connecting to the elements of nature and evoking the peaceful sensations we feel at the beach—a space for restoration and healing.
Specially designed sand trays, with a wide variety of symbolic figurines, and both dry and wet sand, offer a way to visually and somatically express your inner world and life experiences. The figurines range from spiritual symbols to everyday life, inviting a rich, integrative process.
Specially designed sand trays, with a wide variety of symbolic figurines, and both dry and wet sand, offer a way to visually and somatically express your inner world and life experiences. The figurines range from spiritual symbols to everyday life, inviting a rich, integrative process.
Meet our team
Meet our therapist who offers Sandplay and Sand Tray methods in therapy
LMFT
AMFT, APCC
Registered Sandplay Practitioner
Member of STA (Sandplay Therapists of America)
Member of STA (Sandplay Therapists of America)
Member of PTA (Play Therapy Association)
FAQ
About the EMDR Therapy
No, you're never required to create anything. You are free to create only when you feel moved to do so.
You are free to talk if you'd like to. Many children and adults share what they are creating, while others prefer to create their world in silence. Both approaches are perfectly fine.
Often, creating a world in the sand can lead to significant, deep experiences that spark insightful therapeutic conversations. At the same time, the process of building worlds in the sand can be healing in itself, without the need for words. There is no right or wrong way to engage in this process.
Often, creating a world in the sand can lead to significant, deep experiences that spark insightful therapeutic conversations. At the same time, the process of building worlds in the sand can be healing in itself, without the need for words. There is no right or wrong way to engage in this process.
Sandplay Therapy was developed by Jungian therapist Dora Kalff in Switzerland, grounded in the principles of both Play Therapy and Jungian Psychology. Play therapy interventions are evidence-based for a wide range of therapeutic tasks, and separate research has shown the effectiveness of Sandplay Therapy in addressing trauma and addictions in adults.
No, you're never required to create anything. You are free to create only when you feel moved to do so.
You are free to talk if you'd like to. Many children and adults share what they are creating, while others prefer to create their world in silence. Both approaches are perfectly fine.
Often, creating a world in the sand can lead to significant, deep experiences that spark insightful therapeutic conversations. At the same time, the process of building worlds in the sand can be healing in itself, without the need for words. There is no right or wrong way to engage in this process.
Often, creating a world in the sand can lead to significant, deep experiences that spark insightful therapeutic conversations. At the same time, the process of building worlds in the sand can be healing in itself, without the need for words. There is no right or wrong way to engage in this process.
Sandplay Therapy was developed by Jungian therapist Dora Kalff in Switzerland, grounded in the principles of both Play Therapy and Jungian Psychology. Play therapy interventions are evidence-based for a wide range of therapeutic tasks, and separate research has shown the effectiveness of Sandplay Therapy in addressing trauma and addictions in adults.
Contacts
Our psychotherapy and counseling practice is conveniently located on the border of Los Altos and Mountain View in the San Francisco Bay Area, very close to Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Cupertino and San Jose.
MA, AMFT
MA, LMFT
MA, AMFT, APCC
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