Metaphor and Symbols:

A Workshop and Training -

with Jo Sopko and Sylvia Israel

Through the use of Sandtray and the Expressive Arts, we will give form to images that live in our unconscious and in our daily waking life.  We will also explore the inner knowing and wisdom that live inside each of us.

Our work will begin with the Sandtray and expand to include an inter-modal approach (writing, art, drama/ psychodrama and movement), expressing what we discover through the power of the arts. 

Participants:

This workshop/training is designed for counselors, psychotherapists and others who wish to enhance their work with individuals, couples, children and families.  It is also appropriate for anyone who has an interest in the arts and the use of sandtray for their personal growth.

WHEN:

Saturday, Feb. 1st 2014, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm

Sunday,   Feb. 2nd 2014, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

WHERE:

IMAGINE! Center for Creativity and Healing - 1924 Fourth St., San Rafael (Map)

FEE:

$250.00; $225.00 Registration by 1/15/2014

Students/Interns: $185; $160 Registration by 1/15/2014

(Fee fully refundable until 2 weeks prior to workshop; 50% refund after; no refund on day of workshop.)

Registration:

Gabriel Rabu gajokos@yahoo.com (415) 308-5657

11 CEUs  MFT, LCSW (BBS 947). $15 fee applies. Hours may be applied towards NADT & psychodrama certification.

Sylvia Israel, MFT ( MFC 31245) is a nationally Certified Psychodrama Trainer (TEP), Registered Drama Therapist/ Trainer (RDT/BCT) and Founder/Director of IMAGINE! Center for Creativity & Healing, as well as Founder/Past-director of Bay Area Playback Theater.  She is on the faculty of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), has presented at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (with Jo Sopko) and at national conferences of various expressive art therapies. Sylvia is a Fellow of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama (ASGPP). Sylvia trained in sandtray with Gisele De Dominico, PhD. She maintains a private practice in Marin and San Francisco .

Jo Sopko, MFT (MFC 38054), a Registered Drama Therapist, has used Sandtray for over 15 years both clinically and in education. She is Trauma Specialist at Homeward Bound of Marin where she specializes in working with homeless children and families. She is on the faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), teaching clinical supervision for both the Expressive Arts Therapy  and the Integrative Counseling programs. Jo also directs Self-Revelatory student thesis performances in the Drama Therapy program at CIIS.  She has presented at Spirit Rock Meditation Center (with Sylvia Israel) and at various national conferences of  Expressive Arts and Drama Therapy. She uses mindfulness practice and meditation in her work, and is dedicated to the use of art as a powerful tool toward healing. She has a private practice in Marin and San Francisco.