Expressive Therapies Institute Pty Ltd

FEES: each 3-day training workshop: $745 Early bird discount: $695 if paid 1 month before course Student discounts available. Fees include workshop manuals, Book of Readings, morning and afternoon tea, BYO lunch (cafes close by)

Payment can be made per workshop, by direct bank deposit, or by cheques to: Expressive Therapies Institute BSB: 084 435 Account No: 56 421 0169

Pearson, M., & Wilson, H. (2001) Sandplay and Symbol Work. Melbourne: ACER Press

Large art pad (A3 size); good crayons; biro; journal and/or notebook; an old towel. Wear loose comfortable casual clothing. Bring a camera to record sandplay pictures.

Mark and Helen trained in Sandplay Therapy with a student of Dora Kalff, and have engaged in advanced Sandplay training with Ruth Ammann, President of the International Society for Sandplay Therapy

Mark has been conducting Courses in Expressive Therapies (ET) and Sandplay Therapy around Australia since 1989 and in Asia since 2001. He was a primary school teacher, 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.

For five years Mark held a senior staff position at a centre in Blue Mountains, NSW, as lecturer in Emotional Release Counselling, Breathwork Therapy, Dreamwork and Sandplay, then directed courses at a centre in Toowoomba for eight years. He has completed further studies in Transpersonal Psychology with Dr Stanislav Grof, and has a Masters in Education majoring in Behaviour Management, and is currently undertaking PhD research on emotional literacy and wellbeing, through Murdoch University. He works part-time as a lecturer in counselling at Notre Dame University, Fremantle, and directs the Institute courses around Australia.

Mark is the co-author of Emotional First-Aid For Children (1991), Emotional Release For Children (2004) and Sandplay & Symbol Work (2001). He is also the author of Emotional Healing & Self-Esteem - Inner-Life Skills for Children and Adolescents (2004) and for adults: From Healing To Awakening (1991) and The Healing Journey (1997), and the new groupwork program for schools and agencies: The Innerspace Program � Emotional Literacy for Student Wellbeing and Resilience (2006). Mark and Helen�s latest book is Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body and Emotion. Theory and Practice (2009) Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK.

Helen has completed all three levels of training in Emotional Release Counselling and Transpersonal Studies and holds the Post-Graduate Diploma. She has a Certificate in ERC with Children, a Certificate in Sandplay Therapy, and a degree in Human Resource Management. Helen is a trainer in Expressive Therapies and for over a decade has conducted a counselling practice in Brisbane. She is the founder of the Turnaround Centre, through which she offers personal and professional development programs around Australia. In 1998 Helen completed further studies in Transpersonal Psychology and Holotropic Breathwork, and has completed Master of Counselling studies through UNE. Helen is currently a lecturer in counselling at The University of Notre Dame Australia, in Fremantle, and conducts a supervision and counselling practice in Perth (phone: 042 1129 117 � or email: turnaround2@bigpond.com). She is co-author of Sandplay and Symbol Work - Emotional Healing & Personal Development (2001), and Using Expressive Arts to Work with Mind, Body & Emotion. Theory & Practice (2009).