Virtual Sandtray – Remaining Connected Through a Powerful Projective Intervention By Dr. Jessica Stone

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Digital natives have been flooding your caseload with interests and ideas that might leave you wondering about how to engage clients. Speaking the client’s language has always been a top priority for therapists and shifting with our client’s needs and culture is of utmost importance. Add in the complexities of COVID, and we have fertile ground to explore interventions which meet client needs in a multitude of ways. Respecting the client’s culture and language, while nurturing a relationship which provides the neuroception of safety, allows the client to create and express emotions and experiences within.

View Dr. Jessica Stone, a psychologist and 30-year play therapy veteran, for a fun-filled presentation! This timely course is for professionals who would like to explore the therapeutic use of the virtual sandtray. Along with identifying the therapeutic components, you will learn basic use information as well as a live virtual sandtray demonstration. Benefits of virtual sandtray therapy includes easy clean up, portable, in-person and so much more!

With the virtual sandtray, the possibilities are virtually endless!

Dr. Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S

Jessica Stone, PhD, RPT-S, is a licensed psychologist working in a private practice setting in Colorado. She has been a practitioner, professor, presenter, mentor, and author for more than 25 years. Dr. Stone’s interest in therapeutic digital tools, specifically using virtual reality, tablets, and consoles, has culminated in clinical mental health use and research for mental health, medical and crisis settings. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR). Dr. Stone has numerous publications to date including Integrating Technology into Modern Therapies, Game Play, Play Therapy Theory and Perspectives, Play Therapy and Telemental Health, and Digital Play Therapy in addition to numerous chapters in a variety of books. She has served as the president of the California Association for Play Therapy Nominations committee, is a member of the AutPlay and Digital Play Therapy Advisory Boards and serves as an affiliate of the East Carolina University College of Education Neurocognition Science Laboratory.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jessica Stone maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with Capella University, John F. Kennedy University, and Sonoma State University. She is the co-creator of the Virtual Sandtray App for iPad (VSA) and the Virtual Sandtray for Virtual Reality (VSA-VR) and receives compensation. Jessica Stone receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Jessica Stone is a member of the World Association of Sand Therapy Professionals and AutPlay advisory board. She also serves as a committee member for the Association for Play Therapy.

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