Endorsed by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP)

ChildPsychTM
Centre of Excellence for Children & Adolescence Psychology
The Centre of Excellence for Children & Adolescence Emotional Health Growth

Expressive Therapies Institute of Australia in conjunction with Malaysian Psychology Centre

Sandplay Therapy & Symbol Work with Children, Adolescents & Adults
This course leads towards the practitioner membership of Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP)

Course created and directed by Mark Pearson and Helen Wilson

Authors of: SANDPLAY & SYMBOL WORK (ACER Press, 2001)


Sandplay Therapy is a hands-on, expressive counselling and psychotherapy modality that has been in use for over seventy years. Sandplay forms a bridge between verbal therapy and the expressive therapies, combining elements of each. Sandplay allows the deeper aspects of the psyche to be worked with naturally and in safety, and is highly effective in reducing the emotional causes behind difficult behaviours.

With an extensive research and literature base, Sandplay is a powerful therapeutic method for use by established professionals. It has been used with children, adolescents and adults, in churches, counselling centres, schools, hospitals, welfare agencies and private therapy practices.

Workshop Schedule

Workshop 1 (“Foundation Skills of Sandplay Therapy”) – 27th to 29th November 2009
Workshop 2 (“Advanced Skills, Psychological Frameworks Skills”) – 15th to 17th January 2010
Workshop 3 (“Research, Theory & Development of Practice”) – 06th to 08th April 2010
Workshop 4 (“Transpersonal Aspects & Supervision”) –11th to 13th June 2010

Time: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm

Venue: Crystal Crown Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Facilitator & Trainer:-

Mr Mark Pearson
M. Ed. (BEM); Dip T.; Cert HB & TP; Dip. ERC.
Mark is the director of the Expressive Therapies Institute of Australia. He has been conducting training courses in Expressive Therapies around Australia since 1989, and in Asia since 2001. He was a primary school teacher, and then founded a remedial reading clinic. He has worked briefly with handicapped children, and conducted individual and group programs for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. He has been in private practice for over eighteen years. He has completed further studies in Transpersonal Psychology with Dr Stanislav Grof, and holds a Masters in Education, majoring in Behaviour Management.

Mark works as a psychotherapist and counselling trainer around Australia and in Malaysia. He regularly conducts programs for various universities, social welfare agencies and education departments around Australia.

He is the co-author of Emotional First-Aid for Children (1991), Emotional Release for Children (1995) and Sandplay & Symbol Work (2001). He is also the author of Emotional Healing & Self-Esteem (1998) and for adults: From Healing to Awakening (1991) and The Healing Journey (1997). He is the author of the new multiple intelligence groupwork programs for schools and agencies: The Innerspace Programs – Emotional Literacy for Student Wellbeing and Resilience (2006).



* 10 % discount for Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy members.


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