Located in the coastal Maine town of Perry (Picture by Marion Williams).
By The Sea Seminars provides experientially-based workshops in the beautiful coastal Downeast Maine area and provides training in the Moving Stories Play Therapy Method (APT Provider #04-144). By The Sea Seminars also hosts the Moving Stories e-Library.
Telling Therapeutic Moving Stories in the Sandtray (Download Article)
Intensive Workshops
Moving Stories 1: Integrating Play Therapy, Sandtray Therapy and Story will be offered in Perry, Maine May 22-24, 2012. This training provides skills in play therapy, sandtray therapy and bibliotherapy that are needed in the Moving Stories play therapy method.
Moving Stories 3: Sandtray Therapy Intensive This training provides intensive skills in the sandtray therapy skills used in the Moving Stories play therapy method. After Level 1, it is not necessary to take the Moving Stories levels in order. Date TBA.
Telling Therapeutic Stories in the Sand and Play Therapy: Level 1 will be offered through Chesapeake Beach Professional Seminars in Bristow, VA August 2-4th. This training is the same as Moving Stories Level1 and provides skills in play therapy, sandtray therapy and bibliotherapy that are needed in the Moving Stories play therapy method.
Roundtable Workshops
In collaboration with the Maine Play Therapy Association, the Roundtable provides mental health practitioners with an opportunity to present and learn from colleagues throughout the year. Generally, 6 CEU’s are earned per session with many hours throughout the year counting for registration as a Play Therapist. Contact Sue Carroll Duffy, Psy.D. for details.
e-Library
New therapeutic story for the sandtray in the e-Library
This is a story of the growth of a butterfly from the larvae stage through the struggle of emerging from the cocoon and finally taking flight. It is a very good story for transitions and the closure of therapy.